Optimizing for Local Search

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'''What Is Local Search—and Why Is It Important?'''
'''What Is Local Search—and Why Is It Important?'''
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*The concept of local search is an interesting one. When a person is looking for a local business, product, or service, just where do they look?
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When a person is looking for a local business, product, or service, just where do they look?
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Well, many people continue to use the major search engines for their local searches. That’s a challenge to Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft—how do they determine whether someone is looking for local sites, and then how do they serve up locally relevant results to those searchers?
Well, many people continue to use the major search engines for their local searches. That’s a challenge to Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft—how do they determine whether someone is looking for local sites, and then how do they serve up locally relevant results to those searchers?

Revision as of 23:11, 3 January 2011

What Is Local Search—and Why Is It Important?

When a person is looking for a local business, product, or service, just where do they look? Well, many people continue to use the major search engines for their local searches. That’s a challenge to Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft—how do they determine whether someone is looking for local sites, and then how do they serve up locally relevant results to those searchers?

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