Comments on: Local SEO

By: Carpet Cleaning San Diego

Carpet Cleaning San Diego — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:59:12 +0000

These are some great tips! Good checklist to refer back to occasionally as well.

There are now some markets where Google has opened up local paid ads. It’s $25/month and you can feature your site or a coupon code. Not sure if it’s effective to convert new clients but it does stand out in yellow on the local results.

Google’s info page:
http://google.com/support/places/bin/answer.py?answer=183288

By: Traillblazer SEO

Traillblazer SEO — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:03:30 +0000

I’m from the UK but these tips are still pretty useful as you break it down and make everything sound so simple. Nice, clear and interesting blog!

By: Internet Marketing Consultant

Internet Marketing Consultant — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:10:01 +0000

Very Nice break down for local SEO. It makes things clear for anyone that is reading it.

I like this approach. Its different and effective.

Thanks

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:45 +0000

Excellent tip!

By: Painting Contractor in San Francisco

Painting Contractor in San Francisco — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:30:48 +0000

One of my best sources of traffic come from Merchant Circle. If you create a blog and get some of your customers to post, you can dominate organic listings.

By: Mat

Mat — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:28:24 +0000

Thanks your comment. I did not know they were owned by Info USA but that makes a lot of sense now. Thanks for informing us here.

By: Mat

Mat — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:27:00 +0000

Yes, you do! It is amazing how much time goes into research and just being in “the know”. I think your blog is a good example of value and I wouldn’t think twice if I saw an affiliate link on it.

By: Mattresses

Mattresses — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:01:17 +0000

Great tips for local SEO. I would recommend UBL too, and I’m not an affiliate. It’s owned by InfoUSA, which is where many local directories, Google, and even GPS unit manufacturers get their business info from. And it’s fairly inexpensive. So I think it’s definitely worth it. I don’t really know of any good alternatives either, since UBL seems to have the farthest reach. -Sam

By: Internet Strategist @GrowMap

Internet Strategist @GrowMap — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:23:58 +0000

It makes sense for anyone to recommend what they use and provide an affiliate link where one exists. What would be unethical is recommending affiliate links solely because they might generate some income.

Researching and testing solutions takes a lot of time and we support those who do the work having the opportunity to be compensated for their investment through affiliate payments.

I really do need to blog about this, don’t I?

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:45:39 +0000

Hello localsearch, I'm not aware of any other services like Universal Business Listing. I use them for my own consulting business, so I just used the same link on my blog that I give to my clients and yes, that is an affiliate link. Looking at the UBL listing on GetListed.org, I see they are affiliates too and recommend UBLas well, so if I'm pretty sure UBL is the best service and if having an affiliate link is bad, at least I'm in good company. Thanks for the comment and I hope you stick around to read more.