Comments on: Small Business SEO: How To Launch That Web site

By: metin2

metin2 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:08:09 +0000

Not the free for all reciprocal linking of the old days, but a page with 10 to 20 local links

By: Ottawa SEO

Ottawa SEO — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:59:11 +0000

I went through this guide step-by-step, to sharpen my saw, and learned some new tricks for the arsenal. Thanks, Lisa!

By: Curtis Chambers/Chambers Financial Group

Curtis Chambers/Chambers Financial Group — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:17:48 +0000

Lisa, thanks for a really terrific article. You pulled everything together so well!

By: Kevin McLaughlin

Kevin McLaughlin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:55:37 +0000

As a small business owner, I am always looking for new ways to increase traffic to my web site. I don’t have a lot of time to research SEO but I stumbled on your blog and implemented a few of your suggestions. The results were immediate and impressive. Just wanted to thank you for sharing.

By: Rae Hoffman

Rae Hoffman — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:05:54 +0000

David, I know the question was aimed at Lisa, but I’ll toss my answer in – as long as they send traffic, they are valuable to your SEO efforts – followed or nofollowed.

By: David Corman

David Corman — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:02:23 +0000

Great post with some amazing resources. Do you think these types of sites are helpful in SEO link building or are many of them nofollow?

By: Andy Brudtkuhl

Andy Brudtkuhl — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:29:45 +0000

Great post Lisa! One of the first SEM items we mention when working with local small businesses is that they can list themselves on Google Maps / Yahoo Local for free. I then jump in and do a search result and they are amazed that those listings are on the first page of results – without any additional SEO.

Great Points!

Also – great work on the Thesis theme! We love it too!

By: Sujan Patel

Sujan Patel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:29:41 +0000

Lisa, your company’s blog has become one of my favorite SEO websites. I feel that there’s always helpful for people of all level of SEO from OutspokenMedia Blog

By: Stever

Stever — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:51:15 +0000

Local small business owners have a nice opportunity in “reciprocal linking”. Most small businesses have relationships with other small businesses in their area, this is a great way to trade some links. Not the free for all reciprocal linking of the old days, but a page with 10 to 20 local links, they don’t all have to be reciprocal, some can point to other interesting local resources, presented in a way that provides some value for visitors, is one great source for locally relevant links. These links can help a lot on the organic search side of things. For many local small biz sites organic rankings can be relatively easy to get with good on-site optimization and a handful of links.

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:09:59 +0000

Than you for highlighting one of my pet peeves: Web sites for local businesses that do not have locations on them. I have seen so many over the years that don’t include the state (I guess they don’t realize their city name is used in other locations) or leave off their phone number area code!

I suggest that businesses create individual pages that target their primary search phrase(s) and include any cities they serve – a separate page (or blog post) to target each city).

I have to totally disagree with BobbyD. This is NOT an afterthought – it is EXTREMELY important! Perhaps you don’t understand how local search works.

Do you know that I can go to Google Maps or Yahoo! Local, type in the type of business or product I’m seeking along with a location and find businesses I never knew existed?

Do you realize that these are major sites so incoming links from them provide enormous value to getting your site found in the regular organic search engines for EVERY phrase you use?

Have you any idea of the value of reviews and recommendations on these major sites? (If you aren’t there your existing clients can’t put in a good word for you!)