Last month we talked about blogging to improve your local SEO efforts. But words alone aren’t enough to help propel you to the top and keep you there. A truly robust localized content strategy will include text, graphics, and of course, video. We rarely think of video as geographically-specific, but with proper YouTube optimization, you can use your videos to boost your local SEO efforts.
Local SEO
Is This Why You Failed at Local Internet Marketing?
Local internet marketing is a dirty business, especially if you’re in a competitive niche. Many local companies do everything right – practice good organic SEO, have a well-organized and optimized Google Place page, have updated profiles on Yahoo, Yelp, YP, Foursquare, etc. And yet…these same local businesses don’t rank well for local keywords.
So what’s going wrong?
Guide to Google Places for SEO
Whether you are using WordPress or something else, a valuable way of increasing traffic to your website is to setup a Google Places account for your business. The Google search engine favors websites that list a physical address over ones that don’t, and is thus a great opportunity to improve your search ranking.
