In 2002, my wife and I
bought our business. I presented our business to the Google Local Business
Center. I kept checking to see if I was ready. After about 3 months it was was
but my listing on page 4 of the listings. So I thought that I was ready but how
in the world is my ad never going to find when there are other 35 companies in
front of mine.
No...
Google only shows the
TOP 10 listings on page 1. So if someone searches for "what we do" in
the "city that do that in", Google will display a map with 10
companies, your phone number and a hyperlink to your Web site.
Let’s face if you aren't
on the first page what are the chances of getting a phone call ever? Think
about it, if someone needs a service or product could check 3 different
companies to get quotes of prices or questions they need to make the decision.
There are many companies to choose in the Google map and the rest of the ads in
the sponsored links and regular organic listings.
So they've worked or
this announcement for 3 years. Honestly for 3 years I tried to find out how to
get my ranking to improve. in 2005 it was not on page 1. Arrrg! I was
frustrated. Why my competitors here and not our business!?They were getting to
my customers and I was frankly getting pissed. The Google map was a new thought
and then there not just information on How to improve your map listing.
But then "cracked
the code"...
YEP, I literally spent
thousands of self proclaimed gurus of internet and spent thousands of hours
figuring these things out. I was teaching myself, you still receive nothing.
Their techniques were not addressed locally and were confused. But then I found
something called the 30 day challenge. And what this course teaches the
fundamentals of Internet Marketing. It was a hard course as you had to work on
it every day for 30 consecutive days. It was basic SEO that I learned. Around
this time I also got the work of Local significance. Then apply these basic
skills for my Google Local business listing.
And then the magic
happened. Our business premises cracked the top 10 and keywords were on the
first page of Google. It has risen from # 10 to # 4 now and it appears several
search terms.
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