Google Places for Libraries : generate traffic?

In Google Places you can register your library to appear in Google Maps. 
This is how the CMB UMCG looks now in there.

You can add images and links to your website. The possibility to add information in the description is useful. Once a month you get your stats in an email, but you can view it online too of course.
This month the free Google Places Registration of our library generated: 


5421 impressions & 216 extra hits to library website, per month http://bit.ly/ceFi4b

I would like to see more stats of libraries using this. 
This week I added some extra links to our new LibGuides (see below). I hope to generate some more traffic. Anything helps ...:-)

Resources for Medicine

Resources for Dentistry

Resources for Human Movement Sciences

Related articles

• Are libraries popular venues? What location based services say. (http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com)

• Google Maps: You Are Here (libraryjournal.com)
• Why Location-Based Services are the Killer Digital Library App (libraryjournal.com)

4URHealth Sidebar for Warner Memorial Library, Eastern University

Via the new Facebook Group "Library Related People" a discussion was started about the use of WebMynd Sidebars.

Mark Puterbaugh, Information Systems Librarian (Warner Memorial Library, Eastern University)
answered positive to my question if he could see any good use of such a sidebar for consumer health resources. When asked for which resources it should include next to the obvious MedLinePlus, he added MayoClinic, the FDA and PubMed 
"Primarily it could be used as a reference tool while preparing for research. Students could use this to explore a topic in which they have an interest before hitting the commercial databases. Consumer based resources are excellent tools in which to gather the ideas and terminology that may be unfamiliar."


It took me 5 minutes to create the 4URHealth Sidebar (install page)
I used the simple widget feature for all 4 resources. In most cases this simple widget feature works fine, but offers little options to fine-tune results.
The 4URHealth Sidebar will offer results from above mentioned resources in a sidebar after search actions in GOOGLE, YAHOO, BING and YOUTUBE,

Available versions:

FirefoxInternet ExplorerGoogle ChromeSafari

Check out others in the Sidebar Gallery

Internet Librarian International Slides?

What Phil has found

View more presentations from Phil Bradley.

I found 6 presentations from ILI2010 on Slideshare tagged with "ïli2010"

• Mashing libraries to build communitiesfrom ostephens, posted 3 weeks ago in Technology. 217 viewsPresentation given at Internet Librarian International 2010 (ILI2010)
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• What Phil has foundfrom Philbradley, posted 4 weeks ago in Education, Technology. 1855 viewsMy presentation given at the Internet Librarian International 2010 conference on October 15th.
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• A. Rose by any other namefrom amandahill, posted 4 weeks ago in Technology, Education. 98 viewsThe Names Project, as presented at Internet Librarian International, 15 October 2010.
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• Social Searchfrom KarenBlakeman, posted 4 weeks ago in Technology, Business & Mgmt. 492 viewsPresentation given at Internet Librarian International, 15th October 2010, London
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• Do libraries have a future?from bethanar, posted 1 month ago. 353 views
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• Podefrom annek, posted 1 month ago. 122 viewsPresentation held at Internet Librarian International 2010 in London. For more information see: http://www.bibpode.no/bloggAnd 3 on AuthorStream:
  

  Social SearchPresentation on social media search given at Internet Librarian International, 15th October 2010, London Tags: Ili2010 , Search engine , Searchstrategies , Social Media , Social webBy:karenblakeman 800  Views|Others/ Misc|4 weeks ago| Download

  Monitoring and Maximising Organisation Impact using the Social Web Tags: Ili2010 , UKOLNbriankelly By: 101  Views|Education|1 month ago| Download

  Do libraries have a future? Tags: Echolib , Ili2010 , Libraries , Library , PlingBy:bethanar 325  Views|Others/ Misc|1 month ago| Download