subject: The Best Local Seo Tools [print this page] Local SEO tools are very handy if you have a traditional outlet, like a shop or a restaurant and can't or dont serve online much. Your business must be listed in the local listing of the search engines so when someone searches for product category same as yours in a particular area, your business pops up. SEO comes into play because you need to get your business listed at the top of the list when someone searches.
There are many handy tools for local SEO and we will describe a few of them in this article.
DIYSEO: This is a very simple tool to use. This software uses keywords, industry, location and business data to find rank on Google, Yahoo, Yelp, and Mapquest etc. local search engines. The local reference card is easy to understand and tells us quickly where to improve and where the business is doing well. It is still in Beta mode but it is free.
Generate Local Adwords & Keywords: If you new to SEO or you are just not sure which keywords can best describe your business, then you must use this tool. This software helps you to point out the needed keywords, helps you to shorten your list of keywords by excluding repeated keywords and using other parameters. In case you have your keywords and adwords already working for you, this tool can help you to convert your words into locally recognizable keywords.
Local Search Rank Checker: Local Search Rank Checker analyses data from Google, Bing and Yahoo local searches and produces an all-encompassing report on your business local ranking performance. This tool enlists the previous rankings and the present ranking for both local search and normal search. This tool can also be used for tracking directory search and secondary search. It can handle up to 100 keywords and run scheduled reports. This great utility is a trialware.
Local Citation Finder: this software finds for you where to list your business for better local ranking. It provides the user up to 245 carefully selected citations and also can be optimized for better usefulness. It can also keep records of users present citations. Use it in 41 countries all over the world and run reports many times to observe the growth.
Google Places Category Tool: Many businesses need more than one category to suit itself and this tool from Google can categorize the SEO keywords into many different sectors. For example, if you are into computer selling, you can use keywords like tablets and Smartphones also. Like most of Google products, this tool comes for free. The alternative suggestion which this tool can produce will amaze you at times.
