The Power Of Internet Marketing For Local Businesses

Is Your Business Getting Left Behind in the Local Search Engine Game?

People are searching for every kind of business using the Internet. And, every major search engine is rushing to become the next local phone book. Now is the time to get your business listed and take advantage of the growing numbers of people using local search to find businesses, services and products of all kind.

Statistics show that 83% of households do some kind of search for a local product or service on a daily basis. So, the question is, how do local searchers search?

For an accountant "Garland accountant" For a moving company "North Dallas moving company" For a dentist "Mesquite dentist"

That's the reality of search on the local level and the search engines get it and are rushing in to be the big players in the local directory game and deliver search results all around town.

Each of the search engines has set-up sub sites that specialize in helping people who are searching on the local level find businesses in their town. So, let's say you type into Google "remodeling contractor 75034".

You may not have noticed it before, but the first results displayed are actually local directory results complete with a map feature. Click on one of the local listings displayed and you get all of the information that's presented. It's almost like a mini web page for that business.

What this means to you and your local business though is that you need to make sure that when someone does a search like the ones above that you show up in those directory listings and in the normal organic search results for a local terms important to your business. If you can do that, you can achieve a huge advantage over your competitors.

What would this mean for your business to show up in the top 10 on Google search results?