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local seo: use city in phrase or allow Google to geolocate?

by PBMax
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When doing local SEO, is it better to use:

pizza place in Dallas OR pizza place

If it's local, the people in Dallas should be getting Dallas-area only results, so is the "Dallas" addition to the keyword necessary?
#city #geolocate #google #local #phrase #seo
  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    Originally Posted by PBMax View Post

    When doing local SEO, is it better to use:

    pizza place in Dallas OR pizza place

    If it's local, the people in Dallas should be getting Dallas-area only results, so is the "Dallas" addition to the keyword necessary?
    It's not imperative. But if it won't hurt, why not?
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  • Profile picture of the author MrJeff
    I use city niche for my garage flooring company and I dominate the serps.
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    • Profile picture of the author PBMax
      Originally Posted by MrJeff View Post

      I use city niche for my garage flooring company and I dominate the serps.
      So you use "garage flooring in X" instead of "garage flooring" and that helps you rank? How competitive is your niche in your city? Curious if you also rank for just "garage flooring."
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    Necessary, no. Useful, yes. Very useful.

    If you don't have it in the domain name, have it in the url of a page.

    Originally Posted by PBMax View Post

    When doing local SEO, is it better to use:

    pizza place in Dallas OR pizza place

    If it's local, the people in Dallas should be getting Dallas-area only results, so is the "Dallas" addition to the keyword necessary?
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    • Profile picture of the author PBMax
      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

      Necessary, no. Useful, yes. Very useful.

      If you don't have it in the domain name, have it in the url of a page.
      Definitely will have the keyword in the page URL, but you're saying ALSO put the city in the page URL?
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        Yes. Use it in h1, h2, h3, on page

        Originally Posted by PBMax View Post

        Definitely will have the keyword in the page URL, but you're saying ALSO put the city in the page URL?
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  • Profile picture of the author daguerfi
    Yes. More local long-tail keyword results depends on the location of the user running the search query.
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