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Local Business Listing Tips – local marketing optimization has become a very important factor for Search Engine Optimization. Milestone compiled this list of top 5 dos and don’ts for local business listings on Google local and how to optimize places listings to get good visibility and gain online traffic.

Dive deep into targeted tactics for Local Search optimization on Google. One in five search queries have a local intent. Make sure your website shows when they do.

anking locally is much more critical with the evolvement of local listings across the web such as Google Places, Bing BBP, Yahoo local, and the various social media channels. Read more about how you can improve your local ranking.

Search Engines support micro formats in local and SEO search. Deploying micro formats can help in SEO and Local search results and rankings.

The importance of Local and Hyperlocal promotions is increasing day by day. Today, Local results are viewed millions of times a day with 20% of searches on Google being local in nature and 64% of the searchers on the net looking for results within 15 miles.

Google dramatically expanded its collection of information about the real world with its introduction of Place Pages – a webpage for every place in the world – for businesses such as hotels, points of interest, transit stations, neighborhoods, landmarks and cities. If you haven’t yet claimed your place page you’re missing out on a fantastic opportunity for controlling your own destiny and gaining valuable search traffic on Google Maps.

In response to a recent article published in the New York Times, Google has amended parts of its Google Places local search algorithm to take into account user experience and satisfaction.

At SMX West Conference in Santa Clara, Stoney de Geyter, Kayden Kelly, Matt McGee, Matt Van Wagner gave various seo tips, plan and strategies which can help small business establish a good rank in search results.

The most effective strategy to dominate the top of SERP’s is by claiming your own business listing. Google and other search engines position local results at the top of the golden triangle, which attract the most traffic and clicks.