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Local SEO for Cumbrian Websites

Posted by on Jul 17, 2012 in local seo, LocalSeoSlider | Comments Off

Local SEO for Cumbrian Websites

Why do I Need to Bother With Local SEO When I’m Only Looking For Customers Near Me? What drew me a non-marketer into the nerdy world of local SEO services for locally focussed businesses?  It was a long convoluted story, with more than a fair share of bloodied noses along the way! When I first got involved in local online marketing; I was appalled by the lack of attention given to...

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Citation Sources for a Local SEO Boost to Cumbria Businesses

Posted by on Jan 2, 2012 in citation, local seo | Comments Off

Knowing which citation sources are going to be effective for improving the local seo performance of your website as a Cumbria based business has been a fairly hit and miss affair.  In different market sectors, you tend to find a different pattern of  citations, directories and listing services.  Citation! That doesn’t sound very Cumbrian, does it?  I think it would be fair to say that...

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Google Places Listings are Essential For Your Business in Cumbria

Posted by on Oct 29, 2011 in Google Places, local seo | Comments Off

Google Places Listings are Essential For Your Business in Cumbria or Anywhere Update: 19/06/2013 Last year Google started transitioning the map listings from Places over to its Google Plus offering.  The process hasn’t been smooth, with The new Plus Local service was a nightmare to integrate and frequently was unusable.  the promised integration with business pages has also been very hit...

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Google Places, Your Shortcut In Local Search

Posted by on Sep 25, 2011 in Consulting Cumbria, Google Places, local Google search | Comments Off

Depending on the competitiveness of your market, local search ranking for your website can be difficult to achieve.  If you have arrived at the altar of local search engine optimisation rather late and your competitors are already ahead of you, then you have really got an uphill battle.  What is extraordinary, is that many companies who have done very well in getting their web site ranked;...

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The Importance Of Advertising In A Business Directory

Posted by on Apr 6, 2011 in Business Listing, local seo | Comments Off

Local seo wasn’t always as technical as it is these days.  Before the Internet metamorphosed local marketing, business directories and their local search power were once epitomised by Yellow Pages.  The current trend graphs of people’s usage of the paper directories show Yellow Pages vanishing in 4 years.  The major competition for Yellow Pages’ paper incarnation come from...

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