How Local SEO Works
You must have a local SEO strategy for your website if your customer base is “city specific” and local. Nearly two-thirds of all local customers search online to find the local business they are looking for. Whether you are a plumber, an electrician, a hairdresser, a dentist, or a restaurant owner, if you are not at the top of the rankings, your competitors will be.
Local SEO means optimizing your site for keyword terms that have a specific “location” qualifier, such as “Mexican restaurant Vancouver.” This keyword terms describes a) What is being searched for plus…. b) Where it is located.
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Why Local SEO Is So Important
Why is local SEO so important? Google gets nearly 85% of all search traffic…and nearly half of all searches done on Google are for local searches! If your business is “location specific” call 1st on the List toll free at 1-888-262-6687, even if your SEO budget is very small. Let us show you how local SEO works and how to get your website ahead of your competition.
Local SEO is designed for small businesses servicing a specific city or geographic area. Local search optimization services are effective and the benefits can be far reaching
- You choose the keywords most relevant to your business to target
- Your main website content remains untouched (we install an SEO Platform rich in content)
- Your involvement is limited, freeing up your time to focus on other areas in your business
- You can attract long-term customers that want to shop local
- You face less competition for the location-specific keywords
- You enjoy a lower cost for local search optimization that still works for your type of business
- You attract more highly qualified, highly targeted website traffic
- You earn a higher return on investment (ROI)
Additional SEO Strategies
Local SEO services are designed for small businesses on very limited budgets. However, if your budget will allow it, there are many other SEO services we can offer to help your website rank higher in the search engines, including PPC advertising. For an additional cost, here are some other SEO strategies you might want to consider:
- Claiming and optimizing your Free Google My Business page (and Bing Places for Business page)
- Optimizing site pages with unique page Meta Titles and Meta Descriptions
- Optimizing to include city and target keywords in your URLs, H1 tags, Meta Data, text content and Alt tags
- Claiming your online local business listings and getting listed with reputable local business directories
- Claiming your social profiles
- Having a dedicated Contact Page with your Company Name, Address, Phone Number, email, and hours
- Making phone numbers clickable
- Listing your hours of operation and types of payment you accept
- Embedding Google maps on your pages
- Obtaining genuine Google and Yelp reviews
- Adding Schema (structured data mark-up) to your page source code
- Local link acquisition
What Our Customers Are Saying
The Phones Started Exploding
“My name is Bob and I started my pest control company in March 2016. I started using 1st on the List in August 2016. Prior to using Chris, I tried multiple and various avenues to get customers in my local area. These avenues were costly and not always financially productive. I had a website that I built and of course I needed “some” optimization on it, more like complete optimization on it. Chris set me up on a keyword plan and an optimization program. Within three months I started seeing results. Keep in mind that when I started seeing results it was also the slow time for pest control. Fast forward to March 2017, the phones started exploding. The reason for this timeframe (Aug to Mar) in my business is that of course it is pest control and it starts really hopping in the Spring. I am only on my second year and I am up 700 to 1000% over the previous year in sales. I have owned multiple businesses including restaurants, automotive repair, etc., and I have never seen or heard of growth like this. I plan on growing my business using these folks, and these folks only in the foreseeable future. I am a one-man operator and I routinely gain 40+ customers per month which is unheard of in pest control. They have extremely competitive rates for the results they deliver. I cannot say enough about 1st on the List. You absolutely will not be disappointed in the results.”
~ Safe Earth Pest Control (Rockwall, Texas)
Very Good Progress on Google Rankings
“My driving school won Top Choice Award in driving school category in Winnipeg MB. Not sure if that helps with SEO or not, thought I should let you know anyways. And I noticed we made very good progress on Google rankings. Thank you very much!”
~ Ace It Driving School (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
About 1st on the List
From humble beginnings back in 1997 (before Google), 1st on the List has grown to become one of North America’s Top SEO companies. Our core staff average over 19 years experience specializing in custom SEO services, and together we’ve helped hundreds of clients across Canada and the United States obtain top rankings.
We understand that small local businesses don’t always have the advertising budgets that many larger businesses enjoy, so that’s why we developed an affordable local SEO strategy that helps local businesses
