Definitive Guide to Local SEO Ranking Factors - SMX West 2017

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What Local SEO Ranking Factors Really Matter?

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About Us

10 Insane Years of: Enterprise SEO Audits Local SEO White Label SEO Agency Process Consulting

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Andrew Shotland, CEO A pain medication-dependent, misanthropic SEO who’s seen one too many site migration gone bad…

Dan Leibson, VP of LocalA hotshot SEO with a mysterious past and a chip on his shoulder.

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The Quest for the Perfect Local SEO Ranking Factors

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A Method To the Madness

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A Method To the Madness

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For more detailed explanation go to localseoguide.com/local-seo-ranking-factors-methodology/

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Ordinal Ranking Factors

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Categorical Ranking Factors

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Huh?

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Strong Correlation with Local Pack Rankings

GMB “AUTHORITY”• GMB Reviews• GMB Photos• Keyword in Business

Name BACKLINKS• Majestic AC Rank, Trust Flow, etc.• Google Toolbar PageRank• #/% Backlinks w City in Anchor Text• #/% Backlinks w Keyword in Anchor

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WEBSITE FACTORS• # Words on GMB Landing Page• # Images on GMB Landing Page

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Citations

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Citations

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Links

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Links

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Organic Algo > Local Algo

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Websites Matter A Lot

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Location Pages Don’t Cannibalize Store Locators

LOCATOR ONLY• Mean # Of Terms: 2,462• Median # of Terms: 2,325

LOCATOR + Locations Pages• Mean # Of Terms: 3,583• Median # of Terms: 2,394

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With A Page Per Location You Will Rank for More Terms

LOCATOR + Locations Pages• Median # of Terms Per Location Page: 23• Median # of Terms Per Location Page Template: 3,412• Median # of Terms Across Locator and Location Pages:

2,438• Median # of Terms Combined Locator/Location Page:

5,760

LOCATOR Only• Median # of terms for Locators: 2,325

Brands with Location/Locator Rank for 3,435 More Terms then Those With

Locators Alone.

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Location Location Location

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Location Location Location

Query Type

Example Backlink w/City in Anchor

Text

Majestic AC Rank

KW in Business

Name

Distance From

Searcher

IMPLICIT TACOS HIGH HIGH LOW *VERY HIGH

EXPLICIT TACOS IN SAN JOSE

SAN JOSE TACOS

VERY HIGH VERY HIGH VERY HIGH LOW

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Let’s Dive Into The Proximity Code

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Time To Get A New Job

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What Can You Do Tomorrow?

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PSYCH!

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There Has To Be More To It

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These Only Look Like They Are In Ascending Order

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Where Were These Two?

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http://www.localseoguide.com/proximity-the-number-1-local-seo-ranking-sub-factor

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What may not work?

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Low Correlation to Local Pack Rankings

OFF-SITE • Avg. # of Citation Backlinks• # of Verified Citations• Avg. Domain Authority of

Citations• Avg. Google Rating• GMB Phone # Matches

Website • Google +1s ! ! !

WEBSITE• Moz Domain & Page Authority• Keyword in H1 of GMB Landing

Page• Keyword Density of GMB Landing

Page• City & State in URL & <title>• HTTPS URL• Has Flash #DUH

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Links, not just Location

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Not so Near Me

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What Correlated with Who Now?

STRONG CORRELATION:# of Native Google Reviews

# Backlinks w City in Anchor Text% Backlinks w City in Anchor Text

GMB PhotosGoogle Rating

WEAK CORRELATION:City in <title>

City & State in <title>% Backlinks w City in Anchor Text

GMB PhotosGoogle Rating

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What Can You Do Tomorrow?

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So Many Choices, so Little Time!

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Prioritize Investment

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Check out the whole study at localseoguide.com/2016-local-seo-ranking-factors/

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