Google announced the release of a new Local Business Center feature called Search Dashboard that promises to help small businesses gain insight into how visitors came across their local listings.

Local Business Center is a Google service that allows business owners to enhance their business listings in Google Maps and other search results. With Search Dashboard, users are able to view statistics on how local listings are found across different websites within Google. For example, it shows when website visitors clicked on driving directions included with listings as well as those visitors’ Zip Codes.

Let us show you how this service can help you target ads to regions where your customers and prospects live.

Related articles:

• The Local Business Center dashboard opens its doors (googleblog.blogspot.com)
• Google LBC Is A Treasure For Small Business (regulargeek.com)
• Google giving small businesses local search data (news.cnet.com)