While there is much more to optimizing your Google Places listing than first meets the eye, these five tips will give you a "leg up" on your competition:
1.    Fill out every field completely.
There are about 20 fields to fill out when completing your Place Page listing. I recommend that you fill out each and every field as skipping even one can negatively affect the ranking of your Places Page.
As a general rule you’ll find the more complete your listing is, the better it will rank for the keyword phrases you …