{"id":1839,"date":"2012-05-20T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T04:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.primeview.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T23:47:01","slug":"7-tips-improve-local-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primeview.com\/blog\/7-tips-improve-local-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tips to Improve your LOCAL SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so the landscape of shopping has changed in the last few years. Gone were the days when people would go out on a spending spree and come home disappointed because the item they bought wasn\u2019t what they expected. Although there will always be an option to get your money refunded, there\u2019s always the unaccounted cost of going to the place where you bought the item and returning it. Nowadays, before buying an item, most shoppers would either ask their friends for recommendation, or go online and check out reviews. With search engines like Google\u00a0showing results for both local and national, it\u2019s important for a business to have reviews on their local listings. Such local listing sites include Yellow\u00a0Pages, Google Places, Bing local. If you don\u2019t have an account on any of the local listing sites, we suggest you create one immediately. But before you do so, heed our suggestions below in improving your chances of ranking for your area.<\/p>\n

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  1. It goes without saying that you need to claim your profile<\/strong>. The local listing sites provide easy steps to claiming and verifying your listings.<\/li>\n
  2. Upload Photos of your business<\/strong> \u2013 whether it\u2019s the location of your business, or your business in action or perhaps the happy customers you\u2019ve served.<\/li>\n
  3. Ensure your contact details are correct<\/strong> \u2013 believe me, numerous clients have been dumbfounded by a lack of business despite stellar listings only to find their contact details were incorrect<\/li>\n
  4. Make sure your physical address can be found on ALL pages<\/strong> of your website. While it\u2019s helpful for your customers, ultimately you\u2019re sending a consistent message to the search engines.<\/li>\n
  5. Keywords<\/strong> \u2013 search for the keywords ideal for your business and make sure to optimize your listings for these keywords. From photos, titles, categories and keywords, it will be much easier to find you if your listing is keyword optimized.<\/li>\n
  6. Ask for reviews<\/strong> \u2013 although these local seo<\/a> sites don\u2019t support bloated reviews on your listings, there are other ways to ask for reviews from your satisfied customers. On your contact page, on the receipt you issue, on email communications \u2013 why not indicate a note that says \u201cThank you for your continued patronage, we\u2019d appreciate it if you could give us a review on\u00a0 Google Local\u201d. Now, this doesn\u2019t mean only good reviews. Encourage your customers to post an honest appraisal of your business \u2013 good or bad. Bad reviews are a part of business from which you can learn.<\/li>\n
  7. Do you have multiple locations? It\u2019s best to have multiple landing pages<\/strong> on your site that links to each separate local listing. The landing page should contain all information pertaining to the location and what it can offer your customers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Local SEO<\/a> listings can be an avenue to both increase the number of your customers and help your link building campaign<\/a> along with best practices such as press releases, video distribution\u00a0and others. With the constant algorithm updates of Google, it pays to be on the safe side and optimize on all fronts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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