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Local SEO questions...

by roadwarriorhawk
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How do you move up a letter, with google local? I'm currently D. Do you optimise the site in the same way you would for the regular listings?

Also, I'm trying to rank for a local term for a specific site of mine, and I do rank for the term I'm going after, it's just Google displays the completely wrong site in the local listings...

eg.

Keyword is english lessons in new york

I rank for the term, but my english lessons site doesn't show, my french lessons website does instead!

Any ideas?
#local #questions #seo
  • Profile picture of the author webboss
    Its all about working with the title and th keyword to be used in the listening page . And now the reviews part is very important is it.
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  • Profile picture of the author nunugenius
    use google analytics dashboar, and select the specific language and country.

    for me, it works
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  • Profile picture of the author valeriewalton
    If you want to get a good ranking on local search carefully choose your keywords, you can also try doing more directory submission as well as citation for your site these techniques are often use for local SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author TryBPO
    Be careful adding keywords to the business name for the purpose of increasing your ranking. You can lose some of your web references that way by not having the same business name across the board.

    For a definitive list of things that help (and hurt) your local seo, check this out:
    Local Search Ranking Factors | Local SEO Best Practices for Google, Bing, Yahoo

    You'll find some of the top names in local SEO adding to the discussion there. (David Mihm, Mike Blumenthal, Mike Belasco, Steve Espinosa, etc.) It's a long read, but ABSOLUTELY spot-on when it comes to local seo.

    Hope that helps...
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  • Profile picture of the author bigcat1967
    You might want to backlink from local websites and don't forget about Yelp
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    • Profile picture of the author ed22
      Also, Google Places (assume thats what you mean) factors citations very heavily

      Suggest researching this on G - this is one of the first things that came up - disclaimer - not my biz or anyone I know)


      Authority Citation Sites To Improve Your Google Places Profile

      Think of Citations as backlinks for your Google Places listings.

      hope this helps give you some direction
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  • Profile picture of the author johnniew
    The key in local marketing (google places/yahoo local/ bing local/maps) is citations, you need to get as many backlinks citation as you can from high PR websites, and also don't forget about reviews!

    good luck
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