Wednesday, February 13, 2013

How do you rank high on Google Places?

Q. I have already got many citations and listed on most business directories and optimized my Google listing.

A. Keep in mind It can take 30 - 90 days for your citations to be indexed by the various directories.

Google also considers on-page optimization as a factor when ranking local businesses. Such as phone number and address in the footer of each page. A contact page with phone number address and hours of operation.

Do a search in Google for "how do I optimize for local search" you will find several helpful articles

Enjoy
Alan

For ranking - Listing site in smaller directories also help?
Q. Does adding your site in even small business directories help rank your site higher in search engines?

Or is it best to just stick with the big directories? I guess the question is - the more the merrier - big and small? Both will help your rankings in Google, Yahoo, Dogpile, etc.
Example of what I mean - There are some small rinky dink social networks *that maybe only is run by 1 or two people) with a place to list your business web site - will that also help your ranking.

A. Any mention or listing referring to your website will help.

The impact will either be through direct promotional effect and visibility, so the more people see your website name, the more opportunity there is for visitors to your website.

The direct affect of any links will also be helpful.

Links are not just for search engine promotion - people should remember that the FIRST priority for links is for people to click and visit a website. That next person clicking could be your next customer.

To summarize, even the smallest directory or social network site will be a benefit.

How do you find out which companies manufacture which products?
Q. My ignorance of this arena as a whole makes framing the question difficult, but here goes:

Lets say I am an entrepeneur who wants to sell Christmas lights. I want to purchase them directly from the company that manufactures them - be they in China, the U.S. or whereever. Where does one look to find out this information. Is there a business directory of somekind?

A. GOOGLE THE PRODUCT SUCH AS LIGHTS/CHRISTMAS/ MANUFACTURERS / ANYWHERE .




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