{"id":162,"date":"2016-10-21T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2016-10-21T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:44:47","slug":"3-free-google-tools-you-must-use-for-your-child-care-business-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/3-free-google-tools-you-must-use-for-your-child-care-business-website\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Free Google Tools You Must Use For Your Child Care Business Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Maps \/ Places (Get Started:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.google.com\/business<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"untitled-4_r1_c1\"<\/a>Your business is a \u201clocal\u201d business and therefore needs to be on Google maps in order to display in the local search results for businesses like yours. It takes a few weeks to get your physical location confirmed on Google Maps but once it is, you will see your business pop up on the map listings that Google displays to your potential customers.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out on this free advertising and organic traffic to your business website!\u00a0 Follow these steps via the link above:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Go to Google My Business. Click \u201cGet on Google\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Enter Your Business Name and Address in the Search Box.<\/li>\n
  3. Select or Add Your Business. Click on your business listing if it appears among the suggested matches. …<\/li>\n
  4. Verify Your Business. …<\/li>\n
  5. Confirm your Business.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"untitled-4_r3_c1\"<\/a>Google + (Get Started:\u00a0 http:\/\/plus.google.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Google+ is essentially your Google Website Business Page.\u00a0 You can provide basic info about your business, upload photos, read and respond to reviews, and manage your map location.\u00a0 I highly recommend you ask all your customers to leave testimonials on your Google+ page! \u00a0These reviews (star ratings) display on Google\u2019s search result pages and map display alongside your listing.\u00a0 Potential customers can\u2019t see your testimonials buried on your website pages.\u00a0 Make sure they are legitimized and more visible on your Google+ page.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    When you visit the link above, click the \u201cJoin Google+\u201d link to get started on creating your business page.<\/p>\n

    \"untitled-4_r5_c1\"<\/a>Google Analytics (https:\/\/analytics.google.com<\/a>) <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Google Analytics is the best tool available for analyzing your website visitor information.\u00a0 You can review highly detailed and comprehensive statistics to determine how many visitors to your site you are receiving, how long they are staying on your site, the bounce rate, how they found your site, even what browser and type of screen they viewed your website on.\u00a0 The information is endless and can be extremely valuable in determining what areas of your site may need more work and what marketing efforts are providing the most traffic to your site.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    To get this installed, you will need to enter your domain name, verify ownership of the domain\/website and then install a tracking code on each page of your website.\u00a0 Have your website developer assist you with that final task. Within days, you\u2019ll start receiving analytics on your business website.<\/p>\n

    Good luck and if you\u2019re not already a client, we hope to be doing business with you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Google Maps \/ Places (Get Started:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.google.com\/business) Your business is a \u201clocal\u201d business and therefore needs to be on Google maps in order to display in the local search results for businesses like yours. It takes a few weeks to get your physical location confirmed on Google Maps but once it is, you will see … Continue reading 3 Free Google Tools You Must Use For Your Child Care Business Website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,13,9,11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-care-seo","category-child-care-websites","category-custom-daycare-and-child-care-website-design","category-daycare-seo","category-daycare-website-templates","category-daycare-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitesfordaycares.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}