Your Google My Business (GMB) listing and account are absolutely central to achieving success with local SEO. If you want customers to find you, especially new customers who aren’t just searching for your business name, you need a fleshed out and properly optimized GMB account. Unfortunately, many businesses make important mistakes with their GMB account… Continue reading

If you are a local business owner, you have probably used the Google My Business (GMB) page. It is a must-have for improving local SEO. Google decided to turn things up a notch by adding the “Post” functionality to GMB. This means you can publish posts on-the-go using GMB Android and iOS apps or even… Continue reading

Local search is more popular than ever, with 82 percent of smartphone users regularly conducting “near me” searches, and more than a third of all searches have local intent, with 53% of them visiting a business found using local search within 48 hours. In order to make sure that your business is showing up for… Continue reading

Success with local SEO requires a skill set that builds on top of general SEO requirements. A toolset built specifically for global SEO isn’t necessarily well equipped for dealing with local SEO concerns. For that reason, we’ve collected 31 free and paid tools below that can help you achieve local SEO results. Free Tools LocalSEOChecklist:… Continue reading

Did you know that 46% of all Google searches are local? With mobile internet connections becoming ubiquitous and faster, you can expect local searches to be through the roof. These days, a local SEO strategy has a huge impact in driving people to your business – regardless of whether you are a standalone operation or… Continue reading

When you’re a local business owner, focusing on listings/citations needs to be your first priority for online marketing. We wanted to know which citation tools find favor with SEO professionals. This led us to conduct a poll on microblogging site Twitter. Before you know the outcome, let’s brush up the basics. What is local citation?… Continue reading

The significance of SEO and its impact on the foundation of our online presence is well-known. For a business to succeed on the online platform, having a solid local SEO strategy is a must. As long as there are websites competing for visibility and increased traffic, SEO will continue to be an integral part of… Continue reading