subject: Dominate Local Search Engine Rankings [print this page] Here are 6 fantastic ways to get Google to show your website a little local love.
1) Register your online business in Google Places.
a) If you register your small business in Google Places you'll want to fill out your profile as thoroughly as possible. Connect as many footage as potential, video, etc. Additionally make sure to use your key phrases in descriptions and for the IMG ALT tags on the photos.
b) Get as many opinions to your Google Locations itemizing as possible. Offer new customers a discount in alternate for a assessment or contact some previous purchasers that you've got a superb relationship with and ask for a review.
The more complete your profile is and the more optimistic reviews you've got the better your itemizing will perform.
2) Construct local one-way links!
a) Goto Google and kind in (Your State) (your niche) blogs. Then begin doing blog commenting on all of the blogs in your niche for the state. After you do many of these slim your search even right down to seeking blogs in your metropolis or adjoining cities.
b) Begin discovering all of the listing sort sites in your area of interest and create profiles and drive a few reviews. (A very good instance can be to get a profile up on Yelp if you are a restaurant.)
c.) If you are concerned with the Chamber or the BBB make sure you have your links arrange in your account. The are great backlinks to your site.
3) Try migrating your web site to a server that is closer.
a) I talked about this in one of my information videos. In our testing we saw a small distinction on rankings depending on the place your server is located. Chances are your server is States away or possibly even in a special country. Find where your server is definitely at and move your website to a more local server.
four) Put these three steps above into action.
a) From my experience, finding good data to be taught will not be the problem. I may go on itemizing more suggestions, however the problem I see is folks dont put what they learned into motion! I need you to take these three steps and really work laborious on these. Build native inbound links and fill out a Google Locations account. Even if you have already got a Google Locations account I need you to go in and evaluation it. Are you able to add extra photos? Can you drive extra opinions?
5) For USA readersattempt filling out an Angies Record profile.
6) Rinse, Repeat. Native Search Engine Optimization shouldn't be a one time thing. continue to develop your website and build backlinks.
