My bro in law is an electrician and wants to know how he can get his business in the top ten listings for his area in Google Maps.

He's got a listing which shows up on a google search, but when a map search is carried out for his area, using the search term "electrician", he's on page 3 or 4.

Any tips or tricks?

Edited 28 January, 201016 yr by Royston

My bro in law is an electrician and wants to know how he can get his business in the top ten listings for his area in Google Maps.

He's got a listing which shows up on a google search, but when a map search is carried out for his area, using the search term "electrician", he's on page 3 or 4.

Any tips or tricks?

I thought cash normally worked with google?

Any chance of a screenprint? I don't quite understand. On the one hand, he's in the top ten listings for his area in google maps. Then when doing a map search, he's on page 3 or 4 ?

General listings are down to SEO (search engine optimisation), but if you're talking purely about the maps, I don't know. Careful keyword choices / categories have done it for me (I'm 8 or 9 I think in the local business so appear in the top 10 listing at the top)

Any chance of a screenprint? I don't quite understand. On the one hand, he's in the top ten listings for his area in google maps. Then when doing a map search, he's on page 3 or 4 ?

General listings are down to SEO (search engine optimisation), but if you're talking purely about the maps, I don't know. Careful keyword choices / categories have done it for me (I'm 8 or 9 I think in the local business so appear in the top 10 listing at the top)

sorry no he's not in the top ten of anything. I meant that his listing shows up in a google web search so he's definitely listed with google, he wants to get in the top ten map listings for "electrician Aston Sheffield" as some devices like the piephone only show the top ten. Currently he's on p3 or p4.