Google Places allows business owners to edit the content of their existing listing, or to add a brand new listing to Google's local database. By ensuring that basic information is up-to-date and providing additional details, like photos, hours, and coupons, business owners can stand out on the map to attract more customers.

Place Pages help users find the best sources for information across the entire web, including business listing details, reviews, photos, nearby public transit, and more. We have Place Pages for a very broad range of "places" - whether a business, a park, a point of interest, a transit stop, or even an entire city.

There is no charge for a business owner to use Google Places or any of its features. Business owners have the option to authorize a professional to add, claim, or manage their listing on their behalf. That's where we come in. Mercury will act as your agent, securing your Google Places listing on your behalf. After that, it's all yours, will no other requirements or obligations to us. If you'd like, however, to continue to have Mercury manage your Google Places, we have options for that as well.

Google Places offers business owners the ability to verify and extend their business information to include things such as hours of operation, photos, videos, coupons and products offered, to communicate with customers, and to get insights that help them make smart business decisions. A Place Page is the way that consumers see and interact with this information. Place Pages are accessed by clicking the "more info" button when looking at business listings on Google Maps or Google.com. Business owners can use Google Places, available at www.google.com/places, to manage information contained on their public Place Page.

Using Google Places does not automatically guarantee you a higher placement in search results, but by using Google Places you are able to add a wide variety of rich information to your listing that can help improve its performance and help it be matched to the most relevant queries.