{"id":654,"date":"2015-09-28T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.knownhost.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2020-08-10T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:49:57","slug":"pave-your-way-to-local-seo-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/pave-your-way-to-local-seo-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Targeting Local Keywords Will Help You Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Updated August 6, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Just because you consider your customers to be nationwide, does not mean that your marketing should be geared for that audience. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/240055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Local SEO is so important<\/a> these days, especially with Google\u2019s 2014 \u201cPigeon\u201d update.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Therefore, you must know how to pave your way to local SEO success to be competitive in today\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<h2>Ensure Your Business Contact Info is on Each Page<\/h2>\n<p>You will not make it to the top of Google\u2019s search results if your business contact is not visibly displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You need a few key pieces of information included on each page of your website so Google can pick it up. Your business name, address, and phone number should be listed at least in the footer of your site. This ensures it\u2019s noticed on each page.<\/p>\n<h2>Be Proud of Your City<\/h2>\n<p>A great way to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incorporate local SEO<\/a><\/strong> is to put information on your site about your city. Talk about the local area as much as you can. You can include other relevant businesses and what they are doing, talk about a local sports team, high school, or provide a listing of your favorite city attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Providing relevant city data helps boost your visibility on Google. The easiest way to do so is on your blog.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Having city data on your blog is also a great way to avoid keyword stuffing. Your city name should be incorporated into your website naturally \u2013 not throwing hundreds of city names on your page.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>So if you want to attract local customers from a variety of cities, start writing blog posts about many areas. The information you provide should be relevant and useful for your audience.<\/p>\n<h2>Remember, Title Tags Encourages Clicks<\/h2>\n<p>Now when setting up your website title tags, be sure they\u2019re short, to the point, and of course \u2013 relevant. You will want to include a keyword, your business name, city, and state somewhere in there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Claim and Improve Your Business Listings<\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest mistakes you can make in local SEO is not claiming your business listing. For goodness sake, most of the relevant ones are free. You want to update and claim your listings on Facebook, Google, Yelp, Yahoo, Foursquare, and Apple Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Your business name, phone, and address should be accurate. In addition to that, update your listings if possible. Provide relevant photos, your website URL, as well as videos if possible. Make it personable and friendly. See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/promote-ecommerce-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to promote your Ecommerce Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Encourage Online User Reviews<\/h2>\n<p>Local SEO is all about the perception of your business as well. That\u2019s why user reviews are highly encouraged. It not only helps your business become visible, but also allows those looking for your type of business to find out what similar users have to say about you.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>What Can You Do for User Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter if your review is positive or negative be sure to respond to each. Keeping these pages fresh with reviews shows local customers that you still exist! Be sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/yelp-consumer-alert-reviews-20415.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not to pay for user reviews<\/a>, as these are caught.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<li>Make sure to ask your customers to write a review and leave ratings. You can send them out an email or place it on your business card. Offer them a discount for their review (good or bad).<\/li>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<li>Make sure your customers know how to leave a review. Give them local sites to post their reviews to.<\/li>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<li>Never argue with the reviewer. Respond in a positive light to any negative reviews. Let the person know you will work on improving whatever it may be.<\/li>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Be Active on Social Media<\/h2>\n<p>Being active on social media is another way to increase your search results. You not only may start to get more followers, but these social interactions can be visible too.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some engagement ideas can be promotions, giveaways, links to customer reviews, or a review of your latest product by a customer. Remember to utilize your Google+ page when posting as well.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Mimic and Improve What the Competition is doing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just as with any other marketing tactic, always mimic and improve what your competition is doing. Have they started doing more video reviews on Google+? If so, you should also. They are not investing their time for nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>See how their customers are engaging: commenting and sharing. 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