Local search sounds like a whole lot of trouble for little results. In reality it does make a huge difference. With out targeting your business locally in the internet, your business could loose a great amount of potential clients.

Understanding Google Maps and Local Search

SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – SEO for Local Search from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo.
David Mihm provides a very nice, concise view of what you need to do to get ranked locally. Outside of search rankings I think the idea of just managing your profile on all of the IYP sites could [...]

Despite not having a panel of its own at SMX Advanced this year (maybe next year, Danny?), it seems to me that Local Search is coming of age right before our eyes.  I get invitations to more and more Local Search webinars, and innovative companies and business models are not only popping up with regularity, [...]

This month’s column was going to be about Facebook. I had about half of it written before I stumbled upon something unexpected that changed my mind, and the content below.
I’ll start from the beginning. I’m in the early stages of gut renovating my apartment. I’m very handy, and can do most of the work myself, [...]

Want your local business to thrive online? There is an abundance of information about how to target local search
terms and become an online leader in your local area and niche but it’s easy to experience information overload with all the advice that’s available out there. Here are the 5 essential components of local search that will help you rank and dominate in your local market.