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What advice do you have for achieving verification for Google Places for a client?

I have a client at the moment and I tried getting the call sent through and I'm not sure what happened but a couple of tries at this did not work. I've tried the post card way and I'm still waiting.

Do I need to be more patient in Australia for this verification post card?

Is there a way I can verify the info myself?

note: I have set up a seperate email that there business email to handle a lot of the link building but this is different to there business email which Google uses.

For those who are conducting SEO here in Australia:

A lot of the info I read, and there is a lot, is generally from the States or UK it seems. Are there any things in particular I should look out for when doing SEO in Australia?

Are there any SEO tips that are particular to Australia only?

What directories are a must in Australia?

I feel a lot of my link building might be a bit heavy on the directory links side. Should I limit the percentage amount of links as a part of my overall link profile? If yes what percentage of links is ok to be directory links?

From a business perspective It seems a better idea to have one site and multiple domains pointing to that one site.

Is there any benefit as far as ranking well in Google to having a site set up on each domain with links to the main site?

Does you have any success from a business point of view in using this strategy?

P.S. This is my 4th question in Beta testing, just want to make sure I'm not taking advantage of your generosity and if it is fine to keep asking questions here.

I'm attempting to build links for a seafood market / restaurant and I'm finding my creativity and knowledge of SEO being stretched, which is a good thing of course. Can you help me grow here?

I have the client interested in writing articles but he has little time for this. I want to make sure it is worth it.

Is article writing and submission worth the time and effort for a business like this?

How would I go about link building though articles for a small business like this?

I'm attempting to promote a fresh seafood market / restaurant here on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. I have not found a lot of examples of people using Twitter and Facebook to promote this type of business here.

Is it hard to justify the time for return here?

One benefit I thought for twitter is we could have tweets displayed on site giving us some dynamic content which would hopefully keep Google spider coming back more regularly is this correct?

Is there any link building advantage to using these social media sites?