In today’s market, growing your business is one of the essential things for survival. Getting a local business to rank on top of search engines is becoming much more difficult. Ranking for local searches requires focusing on a combination of different local SEO ranking signals. With Google’s local algorithm relying on various signals, it can be hard to understand where to spend your valuable time to maximize your chances of ranking highly. 

If you haven’t maintained your Google My Business page, start it now. It only takes a few minutes and one of the most effective ways to begin improving your Local SEO. Within your Google My Business account, make sure you have chosen the right categories. For optimum results, use as few categories as possible and ensure they are as accurate as possible. After that, take photos of your location, your staff, your products, even your customers. Photos help add credibility to your business and serve as a local ranking signal. Read this Red Website Design infographic for more detail. 

Author

Navneet Kaushal is the Editor-in-Chief of PageTraffic Buzz. A leading search strategist, Navneet helps clients maintain an edge in search engines and the online media. Navneet is also the CEO of SEO Services company PageTraffic which is one of the leading search marketing company in Asia.