Search engine optimization SEO and local listings

Posted by on September 23, 2010 at 5:13 am.
  1. OK, so I went and did a web page for my uncle, on the domain www.wingortailor.com it was a simple web page but compared to the web pages of other tailors in Winnipeg it was the most optimized.
  2. What did this mean for my uncle? well his local search engine ranking, the ones where local businesses are listed at the top of the list for a query like “Winnipeg tailor” went straight to #1, as time passed, abou 2 years, his organic search ranking went to number one. Try searching “Winnipeg tailor” in Google.
  3. You’ll see that now that he didn’t renew his page and I pulled the website from his local listing his local listing ranking is dropping. The organic rank for his web page outside the list is still around #1 but now it is the URL for my Winnipeg business cards site. You can get a business card with a QR barcode in it which is great for networking, but that’s not all it can do, it can fix you up with a bunch of neat things to see on your Iphone.
  4. Sadly, but then again, maybe it’s for the best, because now anyone who is looking for business suits tailored will find my business card suit. It wasn’t like there were hundreds a day looking for his services online tho and if you do a search for how many actual people were online looking for a tailor the number is not too high. I renewed the domain with the company credit card thinking he would renew his yearly subscription, but he canceled and now I found a piece of knowledge to share with you guys: if you want to rank high in the local listings, you have to have a web page. And if you want a web page for this purpose, a good investment is the 5 minutes it takes to find out how many people are actually searching for your services locally.
  5. If you need a good tailor though, call Wing Or Custom Shanghai Tailor 255-0608

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