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Local SEO - any different than IM SEO?

by Jeff Lenney
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So i've gotten pretty good at SEO for my own stuff, in my own opinion at least. :-)

I'm doing a site for a friend now, and while i've got him ranked on a few keywords - according to the competition, keywords that I should normally be able to DOMINATE using angela's links and a few other methods - I'm not getting any decent results....

For example: Do a local search for 'your city' plumber- no yahoo answers, no digg, no web 2.0 sites - etc....

However, google "how to do this and that" and the first 10 pages are web 2.0, digg, ezine - etc.

Any ideas/advise for Local Business SEO?

Thanks!
Jeff

The site i'm working on: OC Massage Therapy
#local #seo
  • Profile picture of the author Marty S
    I have found that there is more extrapolation and even some guess work to target the amount of keyword data and traffic for a specific geographical area. I really don't know why you cant do keyword research on Google yet that targets a specific area - at least smaller than a country.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
      Well, I"m SEO'ing the heck out of it for local terms, LOL - I even use Micro Niche Finder to search for phrases with "orange county" and "massage therapy" for example.

      Perhaps I just need to be more patient, I only started the SEO a few days ago - LOL, i'm just used to seeing quicker results with the IM stuff and Web 2.0 stuff...

      Any offline warriors have any (further) feedback?

      Thanks

      Jeff
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    Anybody? LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author clairejarrett
    Try adding yourself to local directories that reference the town or area in question. I take it you've done the basics such as H1 tags, metadescription, making sure the keywords appear in the text on the page in question etc?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
      Originally Posted by clairejarrett View Post

      Try adding yourself to local directories that reference the town or area in question. I take it you've done the basics such as H1 tags, metadescription, making sure the keywords appear in the text on the page in question etc?
      Absolutely - i'm going to add him to yahoo business, google business, yelp, etc - next.

      Thanks!

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  • Profile picture of the author zoobie
    well, Google local listing, add your local city to the keyword for example: plumber Los Angeles
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