WordPress and Local Search Help for Small Business Websites
After installing WordPress, there are some important steps that you need to take for security and search engine optimization.
This video shows the basic WordPress Post-Install steps that I recommend:
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Im not 100% yet but I think the timezone settings in my wordpress blog are dictating were I am showing up in Googel business listing.It very strage but I am showing up in Denver Web Design in Google Busienss listing and I just noticed that my timezone in my blog is set to denver. I live in Dallas and at one point I showed up under Dallas Web Design int eh Business listings. I think I recently was playing with the timezones and now wala im in the denver business listing./Let me know if you have any information on this.
A few people have had problems changing their permalinks structure on certain hosting providers.
When you change your permalinks, if you get a message at the top of your screen that says “you should update your .htaccess now.” then you have one more step to do.
This article provides a screen shot and a fix – Wordpress Links Broker Proper Permalinks Settings.
Don have you been able to confirm that the wordpress time zone influences where Google places a site in the local business listing (Lucky 7)?
Thanks again for the quick video!
Rob
@Rob – I don’t think the WordPress timezone has any effect on that. The important thing to do is make sure you put the business name, address and phone number on every page of the site – and make sure it matches what is in the Google Local Business center.