SEO Musts for Local Business

royal Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:17 pm

Hi Everybody,
The Internet might be global in nature, but if your business is local, it makes no sense to concentrate on global reach, when your customers live in your city, or even in your neighborhood. For local businesses getting a global reach is a waste of resources. Instead, you should concentrate on the local community. You might be asking how you can do it, when the Web is global and Google doesn't classify sites according to their location. Here is how you can go local with SEO :

1. Use your location in your keywords

2. Use your location in meta-tags

3. Use your location in your body text

4. Take advantage of Google Places and Yahoo Local

5. Create backlinks with your location as anchor text

6. Get included in local search engine

7. Get listed in local directories

8. Run locally-targeted ad campaigns

9. Do occasional checks of your keywords

10. Use social media

11. Ask for reviews and testimonials

12. Create separate pages for your different locations