Question 1

What is Local SEO Marketing?

Accepted Answer

Local SEO marketing is the process of optimising a website – and its individual pages – to generate traffic from location-based searches. The rapid growth of mobile usage and on the go searching has made local optimization an important focus for a variety of businesses, but most importantly for businesses with brick and mortar stores or offices.

Question 2

What is Local SEO Marketing Not?

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Local SEO marketing is not something you pay someone to take care of technically behind the scenes without your involvement as a business owner. Local SEO Cardiff is a process that needs to be integrated into all your marketing, writing, publishing, and customer targeting activities.

Question 3

What is the Difference Between SEO and Local SEO?

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The main difference between general organic SEO and local SEO is that local SEO has a geographical component.  nnIf a user searches for an industry/service/product  + location, the search engine – whether it is Google, Bing, Yahoo or even Facebook – knows that the search has local intent. And all search engines want is to give the user exactly what they’re searching for. So a local business that has implemented local SEO specifically is almost always going to show up ahead of one that has not.

Question 4

Why Do We Need Local SEO?

Accepted Answer

A local SEO strategy is especially important for small, local businesses. SEO stands for search engine optimization and is important in order to increase traffic, attract customers, and make your business known.

Question 5

How Many Searches on Google are Local?

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That, depends of course, upon where your business is located. But, in very general terms, as of July 2018,  46% of all searches on Google are seeking local information (and that’s according to Big G themselves) That’s nearly half, another indication of just how important local SEO is.

Question 6

What are Local Citations?

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Do you remember the Yellow Pages? That big thick book that used to be delivered to homes and businesses in countries all over the world? They are still around, but in much smaller numbers, and most people either throw them out if they do receive one (or use it as a doorstop or something similar)nnWhy? Because people use the web to find what they are looking for these days. And the web uses Local SEO citations to help deliver that information to them. In a nutshell, a local SEO citation or local business citation (the two are essentially the same thing) is any listing that contains (at a minimum) a business’ name, address and phone number. Google and other search engines rely heavily on what are known as citation sites to find local businesses to include in their results.  nnDirectories and citation sites go out and scrape business information from the web – in mass quantities. They then pull business info into their database and share it with the world. Google My Business, Yelp, Foursquare, Trustpilot, Merchant Circle, CitySearch – they’re all examples of citation sites. And those are just a few of the big ones, there are many more.

Question 7

What is NAP?

Accepted Answer

Name Address and Phone (NAP) accuracy is critical for local businesses. It’s important for your NAP to be correct and consistent not only throughout your website, but also anywhere it appears throughout the entire Internet.

Question 8

How Do Businesses Add Themselves to Google Maps?

Accepted Answer

Having strong Google reviews and completing your Google My Business listing – adding photos and videos and selecting correct categories – improve your business’ chances of showing up on Google Maps.

Question 9

What is Google Maps Optimisation?

Accepted Answer

Something else that people just don’t use anymore is an atlas. Or an A-Z (remember those?) Instead they often rely on their trusty cell phone to find things and to find their way making use of Google Maps. There is a Google Maps app installed by default on most smartphones and Google Maps data is also used to power hugely popular GPS apps like Waze.nnAnd on Google Maps, if a business has a Google Listing, people will find that business as they near it. Or look it up. To see this in action right now head to Google Maps for a minute. Do a directional search for a location near your business. See those buttons that are offering you the chance to look up restaurants, bars, cafes, and almost any other kind of business located in the area? This is where you want YOUR business to appear, which is what Google Maps Optimisation and Google Maps Marketing as executed by a local SEO expert sets out to achieve.

Question 10

What Are the Benefits of Consistent Local SEO?

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The benefits of local SEO for a business that has a local presence are almost too many to list here. But here are some of the most important:nnA stronger web presence in your local marketnHigher search engine rankings in local searchnYour web content will rank higher in search, driving more traffic to your site.nIncreased website trafficnAn increase in phone calls from local potential customersnAn increase in foot traffic to your business locationnIncreased sales revenuenAn increase in repeat businessnStronger local community presencenMore effective incentive-based marketing campaigns

Question 11

How Can You Increase My Local Listing in Google?

Accepted Answer

As an SEO company that specialises in Local SEO, we have developed a set of proprietary local SEO techniques that we tailor to suit the needs of every individual client we work with. In local SEO there is no one size fits all solution that will ensure that every business ranks as well as it possibly can in local search.nnInstead we examine the needs of each business/client we work with and create a unique local SEO plan that will include Google My Business listing optimisation, general website SEO optimization, Google Maps optimisation, locally focused content marketing, local business citation optimisation and much more, according to the individual business’ needs.

Question 12

My Business Has Multiple Physical Locations, Will You Incorporate This Into My SEO Strategy?

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Absolutely. Each location is different, and so we treat it that way, even if you only maintain one website (as is the case for most local businesses) As a business that maintains a number of regional locations ourselves we have a unique insight into the challenges such companies face and we’ll put all that we have learned to work for you too.

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