Comments on: One of the Locals: How to Improve Your Local Search Rankings http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/social-media-marketing/one-of-the-locals-how-to-improve-your-local-search-rankings/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: David Green http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/social-media-marketing/one-of-the-locals-how-to-improve-your-local-search-rankings/#comment-3011 David Green Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:32:51 +0000 http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/?p=1267#comment-3011 These are great recommendations as the search engines are putting more emphasis on providing better local results for business-related searches. I've claimed Local Business Center listings for a number of my clients and it has helped get them better rankings and more click-throughs to their sites. Another local business search service that I've recently found is http://www.YellowMarketing.com. Like other LBCs, they let you claim or setup your business listing for free, make some simple updates to it including linking to your web site, and let customers post reviews. What's different is that they actually give you several pages of info and optimize those pages with Title tags and keywords of your choosing, as well as linking your listing to your Facebook business fan page and letting you make posts to it (and any local city pages you also are a fan of) from your business dashboard. If you upgrade your listing (pay a monthly fee), you can also post pictures, videos, coupons, downloadable PDF files, etc. I haven't seen anything quite like it elsewhere, so it may be worth a look. If nothing else, claim your free listing! Cheers, David G. These are great recommendations as the search engines are putting more emphasis on providing better local results for business-related searches. I’ve claimed Local Business Center listings for a number of my clients and it has helped get them better rankings and more click-throughs to their sites.

Another local business search service that I’ve recently found is http://www.YellowMarketing.com. Like other LBCs, they let you claim or setup your business listing for free, make some simple updates to it including linking to your web site, and let customers post reviews. What’s different is that they actually give you several pages of info and optimize those pages with Title tags and keywords of your choosing, as well as linking your listing to your Facebook business fan page and letting you make posts to it (and any local city pages you also are a fan of) from your business dashboard. If you upgrade your listing (pay a monthly fee), you can also post pictures, videos, coupons, downloadable PDF files, etc. I haven’t seen anything quite like it elsewhere, so it may be worth a look. If nothing else, claim your free listing!

Cheers,
David G.

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