Local SEO Priorities

webby0031

11 years ago

Originally Posted by kimhopkins

What do you think would be the appropriate value, from 1 to 10, for the following in terms of local seo ranking?

optimized website
on site blog posts
off site blog posts
google+ listing
Links from Local Websites
Links from Private Blog Networks
Links from Social Bookmarking Websites

Links from Private Blog Networks .. this is the other thing that ranks

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nettiapina

11 years ago

These are so generic that it's very hard to rank them. For example, what's an "optimized website" and what's the opposite of that? What kind of blog content and guest blog sites are you talking about? Social media doesn't have direct SEO value, but do you have audience that likes your stuff?

You know, it all depends on where you're starting and what you're doing. Each individual activity may advance your goals, or it might be worthless. Except maybe for the last one, I've never seen social bookmarking that really works in this context.

For example, if there's obvious severe problems with the on-page stuff that's usually an easy fix. Checking that your site actually targets the country you think it does is another simple task, but one that may end up being very important.

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kimhopkins

11 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

These are so generic that it's very hard to rank them. For example, what's an "optimized website" and what's the opposite of that? What kind of blog content and guest blog sites are you talking about? Social media doesn't have direct SEO value, but do you have audience that likes your stuff?

Well most of our clients are service based, a contractor for example, who might have one address but service multiple locations.

We create content for the other service areas but find that this is not enough to show up for every area. Would time best be spent creating blog posts on site? or finding local themed websites to get a backlink from? or would building a private blog network or getting links from some be the best way to spend time?

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Ranksword

11 years ago

optimized website + Links from Local Websites is enough to rank your site easily.

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fpforum

11 years ago

For local mainly? You need all of them as 10 (most important).. Probably in this order:
1) Optimize Website
2) On Site Blog Posts
3) Google+ Listing
4) Links from Local Websites
5) Off Site Blog Posts
6) Links from Private Blog Networks
7) Links from Social Bookmarking Websites

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bestcreativeseo

11 years ago

Most Importantly is -
-creating your own business page on Google and
- doing citations.

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jazbo

11 years ago

You missed local citations - absolutely crucial.

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kimhopkins 11 years ago

Originally Posted by jazbo

You missed local citations - absolutely crucial.

What do you mean by local citations?
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Dennis Seymour

11 years ago

#1 Local Citations + Links
#2 Optimized Site
#3 Verified Google MyBusiness page

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Anteela

11 years ago

This is one of the most succint guides for local search factors I've found and there are over 50 very specific ones:
http://moz.com/local-search-ranking-factors

That is, if you're talking about map listings with "local search". In that case, there is far less emphasis on blog and PBN links, and more emphasis on building citations, ensuring consistency of NAP information, etc.

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Justin Ross

10 years ago

optimized website
on site blog posts
off site blog posts

These are enough for page ranking. Then no matters it is a bail bonds company or a raveling agency.