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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
Unblocking Robots.txt Files
Buying you drinks
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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.
About Us
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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
Text
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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What Can you Do Tomorrow?
What
http://www.localseoguide.com/enforced-nap-consistency-scale-happened/
How
http://www.localseoguide.com/our-citation-stack/
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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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Real SEO Heroes Level: Wix
https://www.rei.com/stores/huntington-beach.html
http://www.homedepot.com/l/Costa-Mesa/CA/Costa-Mesa/92626/6664
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/tustin
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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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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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Near Me Factors: http://www.localseoguide.com/near-local-seo-ranking-factors/
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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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Coming Soon
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Check out the whole study at localseoguide.com/2016-local-seo-ranking-factors/
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