Comments on: Google Local Listings – 3 Essential Tips for Success!

By: Merissa Hartlin

Merissa Hartlin — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:17:58 +0000

In some cases Google Don’t show Local Listing Results, specially in case where competition is very High. I don’t know why?

By: Firma Rehberi

Firma Rehberi — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:17:01 +0000

Hi Martha,

I am using John’s awesome Firefox extension. It is a real time-saver if you need to set up multiple profiles within Google Analytics that share at least one goal. It lets you quickly copy up to four goals from one profile into as many other profiles as you want. It’s a truly fantastic and useful tool.

Thank you…
Firma Rehberi

By: Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:31:08 +0000

Hi Martha,

I think your “How to Optimize” section sums it up quite well. The more “other places” that Google finds you, plus of course, having your address on every page of your website, will help more than almost anything on-site. I think Google likes the 3rd party verification to avoid the spammers out there.

Brian

By: Curt N

Curt N — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:52:05 +0000

I have been using the google analytics tool since I started blogging, I would say it is googles most effective tool yet. I like how it allows you to see exactly where your views are coming from right down to the city.
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By: Melih Oztalay

Melih Oztalay — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:39:39 +0000

Hi Martha,

I completely agree with you regarding Google Local Business Listings. Certainly this is the first time the Internet will become a good marketing tool for the local business.

What I am most concerned about are small and local businesses having to contend with multiple websites when it comes to their local listing. What I’m really talking about are “time resources”.

Afterall, there are over 60 websites in four different categories specifically geared towards local listings. How can a local or small business have the time resources to cover this space.

Even if you made a conscious decision to not manage all 60, there are well more than Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. The space goes to Local.com (they went public), Yelp, Merchant Circle, and many others.

Consumers will be the ones deciding which of these local listing websites they will go and post their experience through consumer reviews. This adds to the burden that no one single local listing website will do the trick.

Therefore, my argument is that “getting listed” is not the real services needed. The local business still has to claim, update and maintain their local listing at multiple local listing websites.

“Getting listed” is an admirable starting point, but it will not address the long term need of the local business and their local marketing efforts.

Something we recently read at KillerStartUps are companies that are offering a low cost service to update then manage these listings for companies. You can read about this at KillerStartUps here:

http://www.killerstartups.com/Search/smartfindslocallisting-com-be-found-online

It is a changing world and the local business will benefit. There will be some adjustment to this space needed.

Good information from your post and hopefully varying opinions help give perspective.

By: Database Programmer

Database Programmer — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:08:51 +0000

I’ve been puzzling over this. My son has a site that he has submitted, optimized and not done anything tricky with. He’s right in the center of the city, has outside directory listing that are pretty consistent but though he was coming up in the top seven, something bumped him down to about 10. We can’t figure it out – some of the sites above him are bad sites, not been claimed by the owners and way outside of the city.