Local SEO for local business

by Andrewsfm

Posted: 11 years ago 12 replies

Hi,

The competition for this local business is extremely easy,

my question is, do local citations help rank in the normal Google search results AND the local Google listings? Or just the local listings?

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#business #local #seo

accessted

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Andrewsfm

For local it helps with local and regular organic search. Find highly related citations and they will help with both. It is no PBN, but for Local I think citations are the most important piece of the puzzle.

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iAmNameLess 11 years ago

Seriously with low competition local results, on page optimization is good enough to rank for 75% of the keywords you will ever target. Proper on page SEO and proper optimization of the Google MyBusiness listings will propel you higher than a site with little on page optimization and a large amount of citations.

On page SEO is #1 in local results... after that maybe you could focus on citations if you need an extra push.
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- PBMax 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by iAmNameLess
  
  proper optimization of the Google MyBusiness listings...
  
  You seem to have your head on straight, so I'll ask: What do you consider "proper" in terms of GMB optimization?
  
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xceedbd 11 years ago

There have great helpful articles about local SEO.

All About Local Listings - Moz Local
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deepakjha818 11 years ago

yes Citations are important for every local business, as it increases your local branding, your business reach and affects your rankings in google results.
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- delwin11 11 years ago
  
  Hello
  yes, citations help to increase local business.
  
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freelanceronline 11 years ago

Citations are Best way to get easily rank in Local SEO... Plus Youtube Geo Tagging and Image Geo Tagging... Make a KML and Geositemap.xml in root of your domain etc... and your ranking Boosted
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amazonspecialcode 11 years ago

Citations basically useful for local seo for get ranked easily in search results.
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Joyhawkins 11 years ago

Andrew,

I find citations help rank the site organically but generally only the homepage. So if you want to rank inner pages organically as well, this is where you should use more traditional SEO tactics. Citations are extremely important for Local SEO (Google Places) like you mentioned.
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devinholdinn 11 years ago

when people search any local thing that time immediate Search or display record in local business
and also it create link building on we can say that
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NateOlsen 10 years ago

Site structure, on page are some of the top ranking factors but I do hit citations and all the factors why not? aren't we in it to win it?
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mameen745 10 years ago

yes you can get rank but you need targeted keyword and content relevant of your local area
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