Posts under ‘Local Searchs’

I have covered how to make sure your business gets included in the three main search engines local searches. When my family is out and about, we regularly do Google searches for businesses on our phones to get directions. I can’t be the only geek that does this all the time, and I get frustrated [...]

Google Maps can help you create a map that you can embed into your site.
Here is how to do it. If you have all ready created a listing in Googles local business center
in Google, choose maps and search for your listing,

Click on your listing.

On the upper right, choose Link and choose the custom option.

Choose the [...]

Yahoo offers Yahoo Local Listing and has 3 different plans you can choose.

From Yahoo’s front page, there users can choose local search.

There search will send them to Yahoo local and display a list view page.

If you click on a listing, it brings up lots of info about the business including photos.

To add your listing, choose [...]

MSN maps allows you to add listing for free if you have an account.
You can add, edit, or delete the information about your business that is displayed in search results on Live Search Maps by using Live Search Local Listing Center. Help customers find your business by adding details such as hours of [...]

Google Local Business Center
All Google search results are based primarily on relevance, and Google Maps listings are no different. Google Maps ranks business listings based on their relevance to the search terms entered, along with geographic distance (where indicated) and other factors. Sometimes our search technology decides that a business that’s farther away from your [...]