Business,  Search Engine Marketing,  Search Engine Optimisation

Understanding local search and the benefits to your business

Local search provides businesses with great opportunities, but these opportunities must be kept in perspective and expectations realistic. Business owners must understand that depending on their products or services, there may or may not be a large volume of people within their local area searching for them online.
Either way whether there is a large volume of searches or low, this traffic is generally of a very high quality and converts well. The trick is to make sure your business is being found by the potential customers searching for you online. As the internet has evolved and become cheaper for the average person to access. People have learned how to search for things they want and are very specific on how they go about finding things.

Gone are the traditional ways of searching through telephone books and even going to business directories online. These days consumer type in exactly what they are looking for into search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo. If you aren’t being found in these searches, there is a good chance that your competitors are.

In general there are 2-3 ways to be found on these search results pages. Businesses can either pay through PPC to be there or rank organically within local search/maps and or SEO. There is a skill to make this happen and depending on how competitive your area is, you may or may not be found.

Local search is a rapidly growing area that is quickly becoming competitive as many businesses have found the benefits of online advertising equals high conversions and a 24 hour presence. The quicker you take advantage of this area the better, just understand that it takes a bit of tinkering with and volumes are indicative to your business offering and the local area population.

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