Thursday, June 23, 2011

SEO-Optimizing your site for local searches


The Google base submission system is a platform whereby you can directly load items or categorize specific content which can then be searched on Google maps, Froogle and Google. This facilitates easy searching. To help people find you, even having a website these days is not necessary. All information can be posted on this online Google base.

Google has been promoting Google Maps on search results pages, and according to Hitwise, their promotion is paying off. As a result, Google Maps has seen a sizeable increase in their traffic in the last year. If you were to search for an address on Google before last January, you would have seen map links for Yahoo, MapQuest, and Google Maps. Now, you only see a link for Google Maps.

Local search engine listings may be little more than an afterthought to some webmasters, but they are a source of business that you shouldn’t ignore. Optimizing your site for local searches and making sure you’re listed in the local versions of the major search engines is a smart move, and doing so is fairly quick and easy. The three biggies in local search are Google Local, Yahoo! Local, and Bing Local.

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  1. Google will help users to find your website at local area which you has submitted your site for. This has opened new opportunities for local businesses to list there on Google.com

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