Small Business Local Search

Do you have a local business with a physical address? If so, then why not let us optimize your web site business for local search.

What is local search?

Local search is a powerful new feature that Google and other search engines provide to make searching for local businesses and services easier. This is accomplished by displaying relevant search results for your particular geographical location.For example say you are searching for a "physiotherapist in enfield" (a borough in London, England) because it so happens that you live in Enfield and would prefer to use a service provided by a local business person.So, for instance a potential customer would visit Google and type physiotherapist in enfield.Google will then display relevant results for all physiotherapist located in the area of Enfield. See example below for more detail

Small Business Local Search and Google Map Results

As you can see all relevant local search results are displayed including a map of your business specific location and reviews by customers who have tried the service.

1] This is where you type in the service you are looking for "physiotherapist in enfield"

2] Google returns the most relevant results for businesses who have been submitted to local search, or geo targeting.

3] This is a snap-shot view of natural returned results for a optimized website in Google

The Future of Local Search

Local search is here to stay and will only get better by providing even more accurate results, take advantage of this small business service now and don't loose out to your competitors by not appearing as part of the local search results for your business in your area.

Yellow Pages/Directories Days are Numbered

More and more people are using the power of the internet to search for information, products and services, so it's only natural that they'll also search for local services...the question is, will your business be part of the local search results displayed ?The days of the big thick yellow pages/directories are numbered, replaced with lightning fast up-to-date search results with instant access to phone numbers,interactive maps and more detailed information.

Yellow Pages Versus A Small Business Local Search Website.

Compare a yellow page advertisement to that of a optimized website business by viewing the table on the next page which displays some very clear and honest points for you to consider.If your exclusively using a yellow pages advertisement to promote your small business this table clearly demonstrates the huge advantage of using an effective website business to actively promote and market your business on the net.