Comments on: Loci2009: Matt McGee’s Most Important Developments in Local Search for 2009

By: Gode ting fra mine Twitter-kontakter

Gode ting fra mine Twitter-kontakter — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:35:23 +0000

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By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:25:17 +0000

While google are showing local listings on generic search terms it does seem to be quite random as to what words trigger it, I am not sure if this is to do with words that they deem should trigger these searches or if its more that they dont have a “local” supplier of x in which case we will see more and more instance of this.

I think that the amount of focus that these local searches get at the top of the page will drop over time, at the moment they take up the whole of the page above the fold on the majority of setups.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:36:20 +0000

thanks for a great read

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:20:44 +0000

Earlpearl, if you managed to get a client to rank on page one for terms like “insurance agent” and “italian restaurant” years ago, you’re a much better SEO than me.

By: Earlpearl

Earlpearl — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:51:36 +0000

Matt:

With a bunch of small local business websites, one has been strong enough to rank highly and get that “generic” query traffic for years.

This year, the big difference out of google, was during the periods when the 7pac was showing (with the business ranked #1 through most of the geography) and the high generic rankings co-incided Not only was there a ton of traffic….BUT….coversions just SOARED!!!!!

The visibility of a map coinciding w/ a search w/ probable local intent…but no local geo modifier is actually a tremendous boon for local businesses, and of course a dagger into the hearts of all the directories, IYP’s, vertical directories, etc…..that now sit way below the 7pac.

A very big deal, indeed, for the local search industry!!!