Business Information

The business information you include in your Google My Business (GMB) listing is a sound ranking signal for the Google’s Local Pack; so it is crucial to give more than enough detail, including your business categories, description, phone number, full address, photos, opening hours, website URL, and images.

Google Reviews

Google reviews are another crucial ranking signal for the Google’s Local Pack. Enterprises with diverse Google reviews and a higher level of quality are likely to appear more in the Local Pack.

If you haven’t ever asked your clients to write reviews on Google, it is high time you started doing that, but do it moderately lest you have your GMB listing compromised. If some clients need assistance with how they can add ratings of places and leave reviews, Google has a detailed guide on how to go about that through its support forum.

Local Business Citations

Besides Google My Business, there are a couple of citation sites that will assist you with improving your local search engine optimization (SEO). Sites such as Yellowpages, Yelp, Superpages, Facebook, Apple Maps, Foursquare, and Bing will enable you to include your business listing.

Among others, Moz has an amazing allusion to the most famous citation sites for your business location and category.

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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
Great training insights but left me wanting more. I love the topic of Local Search Optimization but would love to see more on Yelp, Angie's List, and others that can send local signals as well as Google My Business. Maybe a training on each like Bing Places in one, Yahoo Local in another etc...
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Dhind1 Premium Plus
Thanks, Israel,

This is a good review of local SEO. JAy did a webinar for SEO about a month ago where he covered Google my Business. I set it up after that webinar.

Using all the tools that we have available is just good sense. It is great that you are here to remind us of so many things.

Alex
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Israel17 Premium
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Yes, that's true, Alex. A webinar was organized here on Wealthy Affiliate about optimizing for local SEO by Jay. He emphasized the relevance of localizing a business, making clear references that the local SEO tactic is the fastest way to get ranked on search engine results pages and start driving traffic. Thanks for your reminder!

Israel Olatunji
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TeamIceCream Premium
Hi Israel
Awesome as always! Thank you!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)
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Israel17 Premium
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Much welcome onboard, Sharlee! Thanks for reading this and kudos for your comment! Much appreciated! I can't wait to see you optimize your site for local SEO. This is a working strategy to help increase your search visibility in search engine results pages. Thanks for leaving a thought!

Israel Olatunji
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don1rock Premium
Hey Israel,
That was some good information for local businesses. I don't have a business but if I did this would really be beneficial.
Don
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@don1rock
Thanks for reading this training, Don! Glad you found it helpful! Could you believe you can leverage these local SEO strategies whether you have a local business or not? Yes, with a phone number and an address, you can optimize that your website for local SEO and start getting an edge over your competitors in search engine results pages. Thanks for your time and the comment left!

Israel Olatunji
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PaulaSchmitz Premium
Excellent training! Perfectly written, very nicely designed by keeping it no longer than one screen per lesson, to the point and incredibly valuable information. Thank you for taking the time to put it together. Great contribution! :)
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Israel17 Premium
@PaulaSchmitz
I really appreciate you for your beautiful and amazing comment, Paula! Thanks for taking the time to read this! I hope you enjoyed reading! Glad you found it informative! You'll improve your search visibility once you can try localizing your business by affirming and verifying your GMB listing. Thanks for your time, my friend!

Israel Olatunji
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PaulaSchmitz Premium
@Israel17
Israel, we need this type of training here. We can find inspiration through blogging and social media, and TONS of talks on YouTube. We need KNOWLEDGE and TOOLS to succeed online here. That's why we joined WA. It is great to get inspired on the side, but for this, I follow Tony Robbins, Brendon Burchard, Dean Graziosi, the wonderful Grace Lever in my niche of e-learning, but we are here to LEARN! And with that training, be successful online entrepreneurs. So thank you again for your very valuable contribution! :)
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