Archive for April, 2011
Building Your Local Presence Online
A client of mine just forwarded me a great document about building a stronger local search presence and I wanted to take the time to share it with all of you. When you have some spare time, these are some great tips on how you can work on your own SEO (Search Engine Optimization) without ever touching your site! For more information and guidance on SEO visit Victorious.
Claim and add detail to local search listings
Add information, upload photos and videos. Exact, Accurate and Consistent.
Must Do:
- Google Place Page: click here
– Only change inaccurate data in Google Place Page to avoid “red flaggingâ€.
– Choose your category by writing what you are (e.g. Roofer, Plumber). Use this tool to help.
-Â Choose your description by describing what you do (e.g. Installing roofs). - Localeze (claiming basic listing is free): click here
- Universal Business Listing ($30/year): click here
- InfoUSA (claiming listing is free): click here
Should Do:
- iBegin: http://www.ibegin.com
- Yahoo: http://local.yahoo.com and http://listings.local.yahoo.com
- Bing: click here and click here
- Hot Frog: click here
- Manta: click here
- Merchant Circle: click here
- Superpages: click here
- For specific industries, list in these directories: restaurants (Yelp), lodging (Trip Advisor), and legal (Avvo)
If you have extra time:
- Brownbook: click here
- Yelp: click here
- Best of the Web: click here
- Insiderpages: click here
- CitySearch: click here and click here
- Kudzu: click here
- Angies List: click here
- Yellowbook: click here
- Local.com: click here
- Judy’s Book: click here
- Yellow Book: click here
- Yellowpages: click here
- Zidster: click here
- Magic Yellow: click here
- DexKnows: click here
- YellowBot: click here
- Shop City: click here
- City Voter: http://cityvoter.com
- City Squares: click here
- FourSquare: click here