Google My Business listings appear at the top of search results and often contain essential information about businesses. These are the results that show up when a customer searches “near me” in Google. If you want your business to appear in this map pack, you need to optimize your Google My Business (GMB) listing. It is also crucial that your business name, address, and phone number (NAP) information remains consistent across sites such as YP.com, Yelp, Foursquare, and HomeAdvisor to add juice to your listing.
A significant component of ranking in the map pack is building local citations. These citations will reference your NAP and website. A great resource to get started and to understand your citation profile is Whitespark. Paired with our Local SEO offering, we can ensure that your citations are up to date.
Keyword-rich content is crucial to ranking highly in search engine results. Understanding the correct local keywords to target is the first step to optimizing your site. Ensuring page titles, meta descriptions, and alt text is updated can lead to higher local ranking. Additionally, creating location-specific content or pages can also help you reach customers in your area.
Responding to all reviews is essential for local businesses. Many potential customers will utilize reviews to help them determine where they will spend their money. Seeing a business that actively responds to reviews, positive or negative, is an encouraging sign to potential customers. Advantage Market Solution offers Review and Reputation management services to help save you time.
Google and the other large search engines view links from other sites to your own as a vote of confidence; however, not all links are created equal. In addition to the number of links, the quality of the site linking back to you can impact ranking. This means a well-rounded profile of links is important to the health of your site rankings.
Over half of all searches are coming from mobile devices. Often, local searchers are on their phones when they are searching for businesses “near me.” When they find a site they want to visit, it needs to respond fast because they’re on the go. A mobile responsive site means that it will perform well and look great on all devices. If you want to test your site’s mobile responsiveness, you can check out the Google Mobile-Friendly Test.
As of 2020, over 50% of all global website traffic is mobile traffic.
Your website is your first impression to a new potential customer or client. By the time you’ve gotten someone to your landing page, you’ve already overcome one of the biggest hurdles of being found but now you face the challenge of converting that customer.
Our web designs focus on 5 key pillars to drive success for your business: Findabiliy, Engagement, Content, Conversion, and Responsiveness. Each of these pillars is crucial to the overall success of your business. Research shows that potential customers spend less than 60 seconds on a web page before deciding if they want to do business with you. That means that every second counts when trying to build trust and show them what you can offer.
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