Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Do Local Sites Really Matter?

Many internet marketers believe that local internet marketing is the newest form of marketing that will help them to help offline businesses get established.  But is it really the next hot thing for internet marketers with all the other opportunities out there?  I would say so, if you think about it, local search marketing is expected to grow and Google and other top research companies believe and have stated that as well.

So, if you are an internet marketer, it would be in your best interest to know about local listing sites and other local marketing news, because small businesses really have no clue on how to go about it.  They are so busy with their own client base and then trying to find a new way to market, that internet marketing for them is their last hope. 

What can you do when it comes to local sites and internet marketing?  Well, first you will need to understand that 99% of all the search engines use local directories, maps, and reviews to determine who should pull up in their local listing results page.  But in case you have no idea where to find there local business listings, then you might to follow the link that is provided in these blogs and many more articles to come.

After spending hours, night after night, and week after week.  I realized that everyone is looking for local sites, but it is seeming very hard to get these with all the tools needed to make it happen.  So how can you get the knowledge about these sites.  Here is an idea that cost no money, only time.  The next time you are on a local map site or local directory site, scroll to the bottom and see where their data is being pulled from. 

That is just one way to find their data providers that will open the doors for you to jump on getting local citations on those local listing sites and bring your offline business and your client's business to the first page of the search engines.

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