Friday, 27 February 2015

What is local SEO? How to list your business on Google maps

As the usage of mobile devices is increasing rapidly, internet users are increasing  more and more.  With this advancement, more than 70 percent online shoppers like to do shopping online through mobiles. This is the reason why businessmen are using Local SEO for their business.



What is Local SEO?


Local SEO is focused on providing relevant local result in search engines. This will help to make the website visible in Google maps.  For example, if someone is searching for restaurant then the search engine will show the nearest result automatically.

The most important advantage of doing local listing is that it will place your site right in front of the local web surfers seeking your goods and services. Through this you can make your site visible so that visitors can find you, and then turn into customers. Now the question arise how to do local listing.

Steps are given below:

1. Direct your browser to the Google Local Website.

2. On the left side of the screen, select "Put your business on Google Maps". This will show you two faces one contains your address and other one describes what you do

3. Now Select "Add A New Listing".

4. Sign-up form is available, complete that form for further processing and remember these points:
Maximum 5 categories are there to list your business
You can mention hours if you want
Don’t forget to tell the people that which type of payment mode you accept
Describes specialty of your business so that people wants to take service from you
Include video of your business that increases reliability.
After doing this, you can offer coupons and more info about your business.

5. When you are finished, Google will ask to verify your listing.

There are two ways to verify your listing. You can follow anyone means you choose call the telephone  or send post card. But telephonic way is much faster than postcard.

These steps are sufficient to list your website. If you are facing any query then you can leave your comments below and you can also share your reviews with us.

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