How to Boost Results in Local Search
Here are some additional sources on information on the topic of Local Business Search. Most of these are blog posts written by local search SEO specialists. Try not to get bogged down in the technical details.
The bottom line, generally, is to make your Google Local Business Center listing as detailed and as “optimized” as possible. Inbound links and citations (reviews) are next in importance.
David Mihm’s Local Search Ranking Factors – May, 2009
Anatomy of a Local Search Listing – Chris Silver Smith
How to Launch that Small Business Website” – Lisa Barone
10 Likely Elements of Google’s Local Search Algorithm – Matt McGee
Local vs. Traditional SEO: Why Citation Is the New Link – David Mihm
Local Landing Page Best Practices
Google local ranking factors – Andy Corp
Google local Ranking Excel file – Andy Corp
