How to get high local search rankings

Why is it important to get good local rankings?

For some keywords (for example “plumbers”), Google shows local results at the top of the search result list. These websites aren’t listed at the top because they have good content or good backlinks.

They are listed at the top because they fit the geographic area of the search query. If keywords that show local results are relevant to your business, it is important to be listed in the local search results.

The five most important factors for local results

According to the survey, the following five factors are the most important factors that influence the overall ranking of a website in Google’s local results:

1. The physical address in the city of search
2. Proper category association
3. The proximity of the address to centroid
4. The domain authority of the website
5. The number of structured citations on Internet yellow pages websites and data aggregators

It also helps to have the city and the state on the landing page.

The top five factors that have a negative influence on your local rankings

The following factors can have a negative influence on your local rankings:

1. A mismatch of phone numbers across data ecosystems. For example, tracking phone numbers can negatively affect your local rankings.
2. Multiple Google Place pages with the same phone number.
3. Multiple Google Places pages with the same or similar business title and address.
4. A mismatch of the address and/or the phone number on Google Places and the landing page.
5. Including location keywords in categories.

If your website doesn’t have a crawlable version of your name, address and phone number on the landing pages, Google might not also give your website high rankings.

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