- Yahoo Local
- Bing
- SuperPages
- Yellow Pages.com
- InfoUSA Today
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Get reviews for your listing and post them on the web. You can collect reviews by offering a discount to some of your favorite/frequent customers if they will promise to rate your business. Do not demand or bribe to get positive ratings, because that would be considered to be an unfair influence. However, you could hand discount coupons or other favors to customers who particularly liked your product/service, and ask them to rate you online in order to have the discount.
If you have a web site, the following simple changes will help to optimize your web site for the local business searches:
- Add the common nicknames for your locality into your site's front page text.
- Display business info clearly on your site You should start by adding a footer with your business name, address, and phone number it in, so that it appears on all pages. Also, it's wise to include your target geographical keywords and key phrases within your page titles, if its possible to do
- Make sure you have information on your web site and advertising that refers to all of your locations. However, be aware that do to specific programing, Google Local looks for the specific address registered in your account, when they look at your contact page!
Citations and links from other web sites, which include your business name and location is helpful in ranking for local search terms. This might include references from the Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Bureau, city/town directories, and even school web sites.
For those who seek more information I recommend you check out the following article link:
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http://www.webanalyticsworld.net/2007/10/ultimate-local-search-op : This web site contains a complete list of all the significant articles containing strategies for getting high listings on the local searches. The list includes several articles I have quoted from in preparing this article and I wish to acknowledge their assistance.
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Check Out the Following Tools Which Can Help You in Your Local Search Engine Optimization
The Businessman's Tool Bar is designed for the modern business owner who wants to optimize his web presence. The bar features convenient links to the major local directories and free classifieds. Additional links and drop down menus connect you to free keyword tools, blogs and other sites that will allow you to create backlinks to your web site, thereby increasing your web traffic. (see below).