Comments on: Local Search Summit 09 – Local Search Ranking Factors http://www.expand2web.com/blog/local-search-summit-09-local-search-ranking-factors/ WordPress and Local Search Help for Small Business Websites Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Content Marketing Today » The Best Way to Promote Your Offline Business to Online Prospects http://www.expand2web.com/blog/local-search-summit-09-local-search-ranking-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-6093 Content Marketing Today » The Best Way to Promote Your Offline Business to Online Prospects Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:05:09 +0000 http://www.expand2web.com/blog/?p=917#comment-6093 [...] See this link for more information on the factors that affect your local search rankings. [...] [...] See this link for more information on the factors that affect your local search rankings. [...]

]]> By: Chuck Harmon http://www.expand2web.com/blog/local-search-summit-09-local-search-ranking-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-5936 Chuck Harmon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:11:56 +0000 http://www.expand2web.com/blog/?p=917#comment-5936 Don, thanks for being willing to share your notes on the conference. I appreciate this insight into LBC which is still mysterious territory to most of us. Internet marketing is changing rapidly and it takes a group effort to keep up. Don, thanks for being willing to share your notes on the conference. I appreciate this insight into LBC which is still mysterious territory to most of us.

Internet marketing is changing rapidly and it takes a group effort to keep up.

]]> By: Juliemarg http://www.expand2web.com/blog/local-search-summit-09-local-search-ranking-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-5935 Juliemarg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.expand2web.com/blog/?p=917#comment-5935 Mike - I love the singing - that will be my special offering to the local search community. I'll offer singing lessons & coaching on some local search appropriate songs. 1. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2. On the Street Where You Live 3. On the Dark End of the Street 4. Dancing in the Street 5. Street Map 6. We Built this City 7. Call Me! and Don - Thanks for your great reporting! Mike – I love the singing – that will be my special offering to the local search community. I’ll offer singing lessons & coaching on some local search appropriate songs.
1. On the Sunny Side of the Street
2. On the Street Where You Live
3. On the Dark End of the Street
4. Dancing in the Street
5. Street Map
6. We Built this City
7. Call Me!

and Don – Thanks for your great reporting!

]]> By: Mike Ramsey http://www.expand2web.com/blog/local-search-summit-09-local-search-ranking-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-5926 Mike Ramsey Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:49:17 +0000 http://www.expand2web.com/blog/?p=917#comment-5926 Even though 100% doesn't give you a magic star that makes you invincible and knocks all the other listings out of the way, Im pretty sure it was mentioned that the more information google has about your company, the more trust they have for you, which definitely will help rankings. And if you shoot for the 100% then you won't miss out any details that are important... My feeling is that the 100% will help more with click through rate and conversions than anything. Listings with a lot of information are always my choice. I do think that Google should change the 100% break down though. There needs to be two more additions... 1. a company should be required to collect 5 reviews. 5-8% 2. all businesses need to upload one theme song...accepella, and it has to be sung by the business owner. 20% Even though 100% doesn’t give you a magic star that makes you invincible and knocks all the other listings out of the way, Im pretty sure it was mentioned that the more information google has about your company, the more trust they have for you, which definitely will help rankings. And if you shoot for the 100% then you won’t miss out any details that are important…

My feeling is that the 100% will help more with click through rate and conversions than anything. Listings with a lot of information are always my choice. I do think that Google should change the 100% break down though. There needs to be two more additions…

1. a company should be required to collect 5 reviews. 5-8%
2. all businesses need to upload one theme song…accepella, and it has to be sung by the business owner. 20%

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