Local SEO is Crucial for Local Businesses

Did you know that 97% of customers now search for products and service online? In today’s highly competitive business world, having a high ranking Website is so important if you want to do some serious business online.  When your Website pages achieve high ranking, you can reap the benefits of a prominent position on the major search engines including Google, Yahoo! and Bing. Local SEO will help direct new customers to you first.

The internet therefore offers one of the most effective methods of driving new customers to local businesses. In addition to helping companies increase their levels of traffic, local SEO can help raise your business profile to people searching within specific cities, towns and counties. Studies have shown the natural listings and Google Maps are where over 80% of people click when they are looking for a local product or service; our affordable SEO packages will provide your business with great new source of both leads and sales. More and more people are using the search engines to search for such as plumbers North East or van hire Newcastle and it is reported to be one of the fastest growing areas for ‘searches’ online.

So what exactly is Local SEO or Local Search Engine Optimisation?

Local SEO is a way of bringing local visitors to your Website. It enables search engines to show local specific results for searches that have been filtered using a geographical location.  For example, if you are a garage in Durham who provides a service to your local and surrounding areas, a Local SEO service will help drive local traffic to your Website.

Many local companies now rely almost entirely local, geographic specific business so it makes sense that ‘your business’ should be taking advantage of these search engine changes. This could potentially lead to significant increases in business enquiries and sales.

From the keywords you use and how these are featured in your website content, your local link strategy, Google My Business and Google Reviews, our local SEO experts have helped numerous businesses to become highly prominent in local search results. The team at Direct Submit Internet Marketing Services can provide you with a Search Engine Marketing solution to help your company increase the effectiveness of its website in the Search Engines and give it a distinct advantage over your local competitors’ websites who aren’t optimised for local searches.

For more information on Local SEO, call us today on 0845 2722350 and get your website noticed locally.