Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Improve your local search results in 3 steps

With the increasing number of tech savvy customers, local internet searches are also increasing.  People are using the internet to search for nearby places to eat, needed services, and good places to shop.  If your business and website are not optimized for local searches, you may be losing business.  Here are three steps that will help drive traffic your way.

The easiest place to start is to get listed in local search directories.  All of the hard work of finding and identifying the most useful directories has been done for you.  There is a helpful and simple tool called getlisted.org.  Simply enter your business name and your zip code and it walks you through the process of listing your business on all of the pertinent directories.  You will also find lots of useful information to help you improve your local search results.