Optimize Your Business For local Business Listings

There are many geo-targeted (keyword with location name) for which search engines show Local Business Listings within the main search result pages. For e.g. if you search for “san diego restaurants” or “new york realtors” in Google.com, you will see a 7-pack local results listings along with a small snippet of Google Maps indicating the location for these businesses. These Local listings can be quite beneficial if you have local customer base. You won’t even need a website to appear in these results; although having a website is good for your rankings. Optimize you business for these listings, you will need following steps:

1. Claim Your local listing in Google Places, Yahoo Local and Bing
2. Create a profile with thorough and accurate information about your business
3. Write keyword-rich Title and Description of your business listing page
4. Mention Physical same as the one mentioned in the website
5. If you have local landline number, don’t forget to include it with local STD code
6. Add a lot of Pictures and Videos
7. Submit in Yellow pages, Local Directories and other sources
8. Get positive reviews from both on the website as well as other industry review sources such as InsiderPages, TripAdvisor  etc .