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Local SEO Tips Anyone Can Implement – DIY Tips

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my local SEO tips. There is so much information floating around the net that it can be hard to determine what will help and what won’t. Rest assured, the tips I will share with you in the short article will absolutely help you get off to a good start. Let’s dive.

I am going to give you some local SEO tips that you can put into practice starting today. Here are the things you can do that will help your site start to perform better in your niche:

  • Optimize your site. Do not overdo it here, but you HAVE TO tell Google what you do and where you do it. If you don’t have that information in your domain name, use your site title to do so. If you’re a plumber in Omaha, a well-optimized site title might be Brand Name | #1 Omaha Plumbing Company. Optimize your title a bit, then maybe add related keywords once or twice in your content. Sounds normal and don’t overdo it! Also, add your NAP information to your footer. NAP = name, address, phone number.
  • Claim and optimize your Maps tab. If you are a legitimate business, Google probably knows about you. If you have not claimed your listing, please do so immediately. You’ll want your NAP information to be identical to your site here. Also, add hours, categories and fill it out as completely as possible. A great local SEO tip here is to geotag your images. There is a lot of information on the web on how to do this, so just do a quick search and you’ll be good to go.
  • Get those quotes! Citations will help your Maps ranking as well as give your website a good base of branded links. Most of these will be nofollow links, but they carry weight and are very important. These are sites like Yelp, Manta, YellowPages, CitySearch, etc., and you can create FREE listings on all of them. They will definitely try to get me to advertise, which I think is unnecessary, but it’s their call. We look for the link we get from the sites. Make sure the NAP information is ACCURATE here. If you don’t want to do this yourself, there are many services available that will compile quotes for you. I’ll be happy to help you if you get stuck.
  • Socialize! If you don’t have Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, get them. You will want to fill them in and complete them as completely as possible. They will all provide a nice link back to your site as well.

Here are some of my local SEO tips for beginners. If you follow the tips above, you’ll be off to a great start. In low-competition niches, doing this could be enough to get your site and Maps listing to rank very high.

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