Comments on: Local SEO Tip: Google Maps loves Panoramio’s Geotagged Images

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By: Martijn

Martijn — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:02:27 +0000

I’ve been doing this for some. But I think this only works in large volumes or in area’s where the LBC is not available (In those area’s UGC will show up in large quantities ! )

You need to set a proper goal on what to achieve with putting your images online, I can think of branding or bring people to your storefront.
I doubt it will influence ranking though. Just creating greater visibility in the search engines.

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:00:59 +0000

Great tip as usual Mike. I’m going to try this out for a few of my clients and will let you know what I find!

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:00:12 +0000

Neat tip! Hmm…I have to think of something I can try this with. I want a hands-on experience.

By: Ben Saren

Ben Saren — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:04:35 +0000

Awesome, I’ll report back once we get some good data!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:03:08 +0000

Sitting in the sticks, with limited opportunities to “touch” products like yours, the only way I can learn is by asking.

Would love to hear back from you on the results!

Mike

By: Ben Saren

Ben Saren — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:53:53 +0000

Always with the good questions Mike

We just implemented Panoramio about a week or so ago actually, so it’s hard to say just yet. When we had flickr in there before we didn’t really get any sort of traffic. We ultimately replaced it with Panoramio because the photos they provide are very relevant and also more appropriate then the pics we sometimes saw from flickr.

Panoramio images for standard (free) business profiles is definitely a consideration for us and something we’re looking at for the next upgrade to our profile templates coming later this quarter. This is obviously much more long tail than say city/town/neighborhood levels so we’re really interested to see what kind of inventory is available first.