SEO for Car Dealers has been hugely important for years now, but the recent changes at Google have made strong SEO that much more powerful in driving traffic to your websites.

The changes really come down to three things:

• Places (the maps listings) have moved to the right sidebar and stay persistent with the page as you scroll down.
• The organic ranking algorithm now controls the rankings on Places.
• Reviews are now visible on your standard Google listings.

A lot can be written about these changes, but it's better to see it. Below is a video that briefly explains the changes and puts into focus two conclusions: your reputation online is highlighted more on Google and organic automotive SEO is more important than ever before.