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6 Ways to improve local search engine ranking

by webmash
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  • SEO
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Local optimization always needs local keyword. If you have local keywords in your site then you will get better chances of optimization.

1. Claim Google places page.
2. Use local keywords, title and description.
3. Use your address or phone no to verify locality.
4. Put your phone no, area code and local address at your webpage.
5. Use canonical URL & Add business listing at Google, yahoo and Bing.
6. Get listed in your local directories.

Natasha
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMCarter
    You can follow these steps also -

    Create a Page for Each Location

    If your business has multiple locations, make sure that each location has a separate page to optimize your chances of ranking well in the local search results.

    Optimize Home Page for Location

    Again, if you have a website, it is important to optimize your home page (or for businesses with multiple locations, your location page) for your given location. For example, one of the restaurants in our results above, Salad King, has the following title: "Salad King | Thai Restaurant in Toronto." Perfect! You can further optimize your meta description, content, images, and the other elements of a page that you would optimize in traditional SEO.

    Ask for Online Reviews

    Online reviews have quickly become one of the most relied-upon sources of purchasing decision information. Most people trust online reviews, especially if there is a significant number of reviews. Another benefit of reviews is that it may impact your local search rankings. In the example above, you don't see any restaurants without reviews. But note that the top-ranking listing has only 7 reviews, so it's clearly not the dominant signal to the local search engines. It's OK to ask for online reviews. A good way to target clients for Google Places reviews is to check which customers have a Gmail account and ask them to document their experience with your business on Google Places.
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