Results Pagination in Google Places View

June 21st, 2011 by Will Scott

For a while now, Google has been showing “Related Places” AKA “The Competition in places view.

Screenshot of Google Related Places - AKA The Competition

Google Related Places - AKA The Competition

While looking at the results for one of our clients who has recently opened a new office for his law practice in a New Orleans LA suburb I came across this.

Screenshot of Paginated Google Places Results

Paginated Google Places Results

Clearly Google is trying to offer some alternative results for “Metairie Divorce” than our guy Will Beaumont at 3814 Veterans Memorial Blvd #302, Metairie, LA 70002 – (504) 834-1117.

You’ll have to click through as I can’t figure out how to link directly.

Beyond going down the page to look at the “Related Places” (AKA “The Competition”) you can now conveniently scroll through them. And, better still, hovering over your searched for phrase at the top of the page gets you this drop-down list.

Screenshot of Select Your Competitor - Google Places Drop-Down List

Select Your Competitor - Google Places Drop-Down List