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Improve Your Local Search Rankings in Canada

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 at 4:04 PM  
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Want increase your local search rankings?  Get listed on the following websites which have been proven to increase local search rankings.  In many cases, local search rankings come in higher than organic search rankings that your are accustomed to seeing.  And the great thing is…they’re FREE to list!  Make sure your keywords are relevant i.e. [CITY] + [SEARCH TERM] example: Calgary Dentist

20 Links to website directories that accept Canadian business listings and are looked upon favourably by Google Places:

image thumb3 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaYahoo Canada Local

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image7 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaBing Local Canada

image8 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaYellowPages.ca

image9 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaGoogle Maps

image10 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaCanPages.ca

image11 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaHotFrog.ca

image13 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaBrownbook.net

image14 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaOurbis.com

image15 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaiBegin.com

image16 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaWebLocal.ca

image17 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaFoundLocally.com

image18 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in Canada411.ca

image19 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaWCities.com

image20 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaCanadaDirect.info

image21 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaWhere.ca

image22 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaRestaurant.ca

image23 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaUrbanSpoon.com

image24 Improve Your Local Search Rankings in CanadaOpen Directory Project

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20 Percent of Google Search is for?

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 6:23 PM  
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LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

If you check out stats & facts at Google they’ll tell you that 20% of all their searches are location related.  Are you missing out by not taking advantage of a simple registration at Google Places?

8 Business Tips for using Google Places:

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Make sure your listing is up to date, accurate and complete. 

This may seem obvious but I’ll list them here anyway: business name, physical address and phone number(s).

  1. Make your listing POPs or STANDS OUT with IMAGES and VIDEOS.
  2. List information on: operating hours, payment methods, and other tangible details to help users choose among search results.
  3. Ensure the location of your business on the map is correct making it easier for prospects to find you.
  4. IMPORTANT TIP – you can drag the map marker to the exact location of your business.
  5. Ensure you list your authoritative business website as your homepage, because Google uses information from your homepage to help improve search results.
  6. Choose a category from the list of suggestions to help Google to show your business for the right searches (you can also pick your own if you don’t see one that fits).
  7. You can be specific in your categories instead of broad. It’s more important that they are accurate and represent your business well.
  8. Encourage clients or customers to review your business or blog about it.  They will help Google return better search results.

What are you waiting for?  Your competitors are probably already there! Go to Google Places now it only takes about 15 minutes.

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