local seo vs seo: how should you market your local business online

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Learn the differences between SEO and Local SEO tactics. Capture more lead generation opportunities by supercharging your local rankings that many of your competitors don't know about.

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Local  SEO  vs.  SEO  

How  should  you  market  your  local  business  online?  

Anatomy  of  a  Local  Search  Results  Page  

Knowledge  Graph  

Organic  Results  

Google  Plus  Local  Profile  

Google  Sucks  at  Branding  

•  Google  Maps  •  Google  Local  Business  Center  •  Google  Places  •  Google  Plus  Local  

Ranking  Factors  for  SEO  

•  Site  Structure  •  Content  OpGmized  for  Keywords  •  Links  •  Social  Media  Signals  

All  of  these  are  found  in  Local  SEO    +  

Local  Search  Ranking  Factors  

hKp://moz.com/local-­‐search-­‐ranking-­‐factors    

Local  Search  Ranking  Factors  Boiled  Down  

•  Proper  Categories  in  Google  Plus  Local  Page  –  Most  relevant  and  matches  provided  category  –  Best  category  first  –  Primary  Category  –  As  many  categories  as  is  relevant  –  Broad  categories  last    

Local  Search  Ranking  Factors  Boiled  Down  

•  CitaGon  Sources  –  Business  Directories  – Quality  citaGon  sources  over  QuanGty  – Bing  Local,  YP.com,  Yelp…etc.  

•  Name,  Address,  Phone,  WebSite  (N.A.P.S.)    – Consistency  with  Google  Plus  Local  Profile  – Perform  search  on  past  address  and  phone  – Call  forward  numbers  are  killers  

 

Call  Forward  Numbers  are  Killers!  

Relevant  CitaGons  &  Links  =  Win  

Local  Link  Building        

•  Not  an  easy  task    •  Local  Newspapers  •  BBB  –  Chamber  of  Commerce  •  Sponsorships    •  ChariGes  •  Local  Press  Releases  •  Local  Blogs  •  ExisGng  RelaGonships  –  Vendors,  Partners  

Local  CitaGon  Building    

•  Same  as  Link  Building  •  Think  Digitally  •  Always  look  to  turn  a  link  into  a  Link  +  CitaGon  

Reviews  

•  5  Reviews  to  get  the  star  aKribuGon  •  Consistent  Reviews  is  a  ranking  factor  •  PosiGve  Reviews  will  be  a  ranking  factor  

Local  Content  On  Site    

•  Schema.org  markup  •  LocaGon  pages  for  more  than  one  locaGon  •  N.A.P.  on  every  page  of  site  /  Home  Page  •  Google  Maps  on  Contact  Page  •  Place  toll  free  numbers  in  .jpg  –  Mobile  Issue?  •  KLM  file  to  root  directory  -­‐  overkill  •  Place  reviews  in  Hreview  format      hKp://dagmarmarkeGng.com/add-­‐hreview-­‐website-­‐hreview-­‐creator/  

Top  5  Filters  and  PenalGes    

1.  Penguin  2.  Penguin  3.  Penguin  4.  Penguin  5.  Panda  

Penguin  eats  Panda  for  lunch  

What  a  Penguin  Penalty  Looks  like  

Key  Components  of  Penguin    

•  Over  opGmized  penalty  •  Links  with  Exact  Match  Keyword  anchors  – Low  quality  sites  – High  percentage  of  backlinks  are  low  quality  – High  count  of  Exact  Match  keywords    

Penguin  Will  Get  You!  

Penguin  Recovery    

•  Removal  of  bad  links  –  Proof  of  effort  •  Disavow  Tool  –  Webmaster  tools  •  Acquiring  high  quality  links  •  More  Content  •  Stop  and  review  all  SEO  signals.  

Panda  Penalty  

•  Duplicate  Content  •  Thin  Content  •  High  Ad  RaGo  •  Content  that  is  “Not  consumable  by  users”.  

Common  Causes  of  Panda    

•  WordPress  or  CMS  Taxonomy  – Be  careful  with  Categories,  Tags  and  Authors  

•  Content  wriKen  for  search  engines.  •  Low  word  count  on  page.  •  Manufacture  supplied  product  descripGons  

 

How  to  Recover  from  Panda    

•   Have  a  Taxonomy  strategy  – Keep  Tags  and  Categories  separate  – Or  choose  either  Tags  or  Categories  

•  Write  for  Users  not  search  engines  •  300  +  words  per  page  •  Add  content  to  manufacturer  supplied  product  descripGons  

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