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Local SEO

by StrategicCheetah
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Apart from Google Places, what do I need to do to get my local clients brand new website known to Google?

I am talking about really low competition keywords. The site is keyword optimised, the domain is good, and there is no competition, yet I am still not seeing my client anywhere on Google.

I used to use traffic bug, trial version, but that doesn't seem to be working anymore.

Does anyone have any advice on this?

PS I am registering my clients for Google Places as we speak but it will take some time to get the confirmation sent out etc, so in the mean time, I am trying to get them in the organic listings...
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  • Profile picture of the author PowerWealth247
    have you pinged the site ? Bookmarked it on Digg and other Social media sites ? Have you gone to GetListed.org and made sure they are in all the local listings for Search Engines ? Built any links to it ?
    Good luck, read through some other threads and take massive action !
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  • Profile picture of the author jsherloc
    I would get listed on some of the core citation websites while you're waiting on Google Places. If your KW is truly LOW competition, you may not need much "offpage" work at all. I would really focus on your onpage and establishing geo-relevance through citation resources.

    Then, do some normal backlinking to your actual website, not overkill, but some bookmarks, articles, press releases, etc....

    You'll probably end up lower-front page after a week or so if your onpage is on point and the competition is NIL, even with minimal backlinking.

    I agree with poster above though, seriously just spend a few hours reading the offline sub-forum and you'll have more ideas than you know to do with.

    Hope that helps,

    - Jim
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    • Profile picture of the author Nail Yener
      Originally Posted by jsherloc View Post

      I would get listed on some of the core citation websites while you're waiting on Google Places. If your KW is truly LOW competition, you may not need much "offpage" work at all. I would really focus on your onpage and establishing geo-relevance through citation resources.

      Then, do some normal backlinking to your actual website, not overkill, but some bookmarks, articles, press releases, etc....

      You'll probably end up lower-front page after a week or so if your onpage is on point and the competition is NIL, even with minimal backlinking.

      I agree with poster above though, seriously just spend a few hours reading the offline sub-forum and you'll have more ideas than you know to do with.

      Hope that helps,

      - Jim
      Jim, I am new to offline world, what do you mean by citation websites? Can you give an example?
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      • Profile picture of the author Traffic_Is_King
        A lot of the ideas mentioned above are pretty much on point. I would just like to add that you should submit your clients website sitemap to Google or have the sitemap pinged. You can do easily do this by using Google's Webmaster Tools. If your on-page SEO is done correctly and the keywords you are targeting are low competition, it shouldn't take that long to rank them high in the SERPS.
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  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Are your client's links indexed? They must first be indexed before they can start showing up in the rankings. Try building a few blogs on Squidoo, Blogger and HubPages about a similar topic and then put a text link on each blog to your client's website. Then ping the blogs using ping-o-matic.

    Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Leanne King
    build links to your google places listing as well as build links using your keywords to the website and other places you are building links ie ezine articles, you tube
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  • Profile picture of the author ferriswannabe
    How long since you did the work on the site? I'm guess it recent since your saying your filling the places while you started this thread?

    And you did not mention any backlinking. Throw some backlinks at it, and if its as SEO optimized as you said, give it a minute or two.

    Good Luck
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  • Profile picture of the author mcconnon12
    How old is the site? I see that you mentioned "new." Google is taking longer these days (in a lot of cases, not all) to rank sites. I have seen sites that have every page indexed but not ranking for very low competition keywords. Keep building links slowly, dont do anything crazy. You do not need to build links to the Places page, it will not help, however you can build links to other local directory sites. If your still having problems add fresh original content to their site. Hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author ericsaffold
    Even Internet professionals sometimes forget the benefits to be gained from the use of local techniques of SEO. The Internet is a big place and covers the entire globe, while their business is likely that only a small corner of the world. This is especially true if you have a "real world" business, brick and mortar and all. Instead of wasting your time marketing and marketing budget to the whole thing, consider using a more targeted approach.
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  • Profile picture of the author rbrShorty
    Originally Posted by PositiveVibe View Post

    Apart from Google Places, what do I need to do to get my local clients brand new website known to Google?

    I am talking about really low competition keywords. The site is keyword optimised, the domain is good, and there is no competition, yet I am still not seeing my client anywhere on Google.

    I used to use traffic bug, trial version, but that doesn't seem to be working anymore.

    Does anyone have any advice on this?

    PS I am registering my clients for Google Places as we speak but it will take some time to get the confirmation sent out etc, so in the mean time, I am trying to get them in the organic listings...
    The most important factors regarding local organic search are pretty much the same as the ones for normal organic search:

    1) quality backlinks
    a) anchor text
    b) PR of sending page
    c) quantity (the least important)

    2) onsite factors
    a) content
    b) overall structure and internal linking (where site map is included as well)
    c) loading time
    etc.

    The more specific in local is that you need to include the city (and state) in proximity to your core keywords and in the title tags, meta description, etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author StrategicCheetah
      Sorry, I'm totally confused now haha.. I'm a complete novice when it comes to SEO, but I did get my web guy to make sure everything was keyword optimised.

      Tell me, would taking one of these packages be good for getting the website a better ranking?:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...s-act-now.html

      Or, could having too many links have a bad effect?
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      • Profile picture of the author thriftgirl62
        Originally Posted by PositiveVibe View Post

        Sorry, I'm totally confused now haha.. I'm a complete novice when it comes to SEO, but I did get my web guy to make sure everything was keyword optimised.

        Tell me, would taking one of these packages be good for getting the website a better ranking?:

        http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...s-act-now.html

        Or, could having too many links have a bad effect?
        VERY bad effect. That simply tells every search engine you are in it for the money and NOT the visitor. CONVERSIONS. Until you have consistent traffic that converts, nothing you do will last, if any of that even works anymore. Free downloads and white papers also count as conversions so get something up there people want, otherwise why would you expect to land on page one and be rewarded with high page rank and lots of traffic? Reviews, local reviews will be quicker and work as well as conversions if they are real. But you still need conversions before your reviews will be counted as being real.

        http://www.ez-1.net/rank will tell you what you need to do in order to rank on page one for free. Nobody wants to hear the truth so you may not like what you're told. Just remember one thing: the truth never changes.

        One more thing that helps: Register brand new domains for 2 years if you want to be separated from all the other wanna be's, spam sites and worthless crap out there. That tells Google you're NOT one of them if they can't really figure it out - that's your tie-breaker.

        Google has never put that in writing but it's a known fact that anyone who isn't concerned with "whether it works or not" will most likely register for more than 1 year because they are serious and will probably add more value to their new site than others who don't. Play the odds when there's no risk - the cost is only $10 paid 1 year sooner.
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  • Profile picture of the author rbrShorty
    I'd personally never buy a backlink package unless I am sure they are created naturally, over time and by person. However, as you can see the prices I think it's obvious these are not created this way
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    • Profile picture of the author TroelsJepsen
      Hey man.

      Local SEO is not really my area of expertise, but I found a blog, that deals only with this: Local SEO Guide — Local search engine optimization blog – SEO consulting services Hope this helps you out.

      When it comes to getting indexed in google, you can use the following tool for this. I've used it for getting sites indexed in less than 4-5 hours, and I've heard of people using it to sucessfully index their site within 30-60 minutes with it. It doesn't help with rankings though.

      Profit Instruments: Quick Index Tool
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      • Profile picture of the author thriftgirl62
        Originally Posted by TroelsJepsen View Post

        Hey man.

        Local SEO is not really my area of expertise, but I found a blog, that deals only with this: Local SEO Guide — Local search engine optimization blog – SEO consulting services Hope this helps you out.

        When it comes to getting indexed in google, you can use the following tool for this. I've used it for getting sites indexed in less than 4-5 hours, and I've heard of people using it to sucessfully index their site within 30-60 minutes with it. It doesn't help with rankings though.

        Profit Instruments: Quick Index Tool
        Why do you think those indexing tools are all free? What is the motive for distributing a free tool to as many new website/blog owners as soon as possible? Why would anyone want to help you? They are not your friends so who are they? Competitors who didn't just forget to tell you what happens when you index a site with no real content full of ugly ads and robotic auto feeds.

        That's like your child running home after school to show you a report card full of D's and F's. That kid must not be doing any homework and cutting class because he didn't know or was he telling lies to avoid getting caught? That child just like your new site gets grounded. How long depends on whether you knew better or not.

        IF they used their own tool at all, it's only AFTER THEIR site was fully developed with 20+ pages of good content, consistent traffic, conversions and no advertisements that have no value to their visitors.

        http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-...ml#post4031527
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        • Profile picture of the author StrategicCheetah
          Okay, thanks again for the responses guys.

          Can anyone answer this simple question:

          Given the fact I do not want to do ANY of the SEO stuff myself, what is the best way to go about getting my clients on page 1 of google, for very low competition keywords (outside of google places)?
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  • Profile picture of the author MelJames
    I think you should review the guidelines on this page:

    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Webmaster Tools Help

    be sure not to overlook even the simple steps as these can make a big difference overall.
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