LocalMN 301 – Using Your Google Photos on Sites that are NOT Google
Now you should have a good idea how to organize your Google Photos and the basics on how to use Google My Business to submit them to Google Maps.
Now how about using your Google Photos, that you own, and place them on places that even compete with Google?
How about Siri?
Siri uses a lot of business information including photos from Yelp. Your business can sign up to Yelp for free to where you can upload your organized Google photos.
Yelp Photo
Of course there’s Apple Maps itself. You can sign in to Apple Maps Connect for free by just using your Apple ID, then add your organized Google photos. Speaking of Apple, many don’t know that Apple Maps is the default when you open your iPhone box. You could be searching Yelp results without even knowing you’re talking to Siri.
The same concept can apply to many other local/social portals including:
- Bing
- Flickr
- Foursquare
- Flickr
Just like Google, it’s important to add titles, descriptions and (geo)tags to each, individual photo. As well, you can do these either on a desktop or mobile with their apps. Whichever is more convenient for you.
Why would you do this for all of these sites?
Because Google loves these sites.
If you do a branded company search and the businesses have done this, not to mention your own site, the first page will be flooded with your portals. It’s even better for the user. Depending on their wants, they may specifically be looking for your Facebook page, Instagram feed or even Pinterest boards.
In the end, you still have all of your Google photos, organized to your needs or liking. All of this is a time saver, organizer, SEO tool, and user tool all wrapped into one. The time it takes you to do this is valuable, although the outside costs can be as little as nothing.
LocalMN Interactive offers full local search services which includes this, photography of your business and even overall digital marketing. Contact us to learn more.
