1.0Setmorehttps://www.setmore.com/blogSetmore Appointmentshttps://www.setmore.com/blog/author/setmore/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EQ42cijPE3"><a href="https://www.setmore.com/blog/google-my-business-local-search-optimization/">Google Makes It Easier for Small Businesses to Reach Customers</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.setmore.com/blog/google-my-business-local-search-optimization/embed/#?secret=EQ42cijPE3" width="600" height="338" title="“Google Makes It Easier for Small Businesses to Reach Customers” — Setmore" data-secret="EQ42cijPE3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Small Business is one of the major driving forces for the national economy, however, the booming market has posed many important challenges. One that surfaces the most is finding new customers and another is engaging the community to encourage word of mouth. Online presence has been a need of the day and local search optimization is the bare minimum for the small business online marketing while social media to engage the new and existing customers remains the next logical step. Google plans to help you all along this process of reaching to new and engaging existing customers.https://storage.googleapis.com/blog-setmore/1/2014/06/business-listing.jpg