Google Question
 

How does google rank Local Business Results?

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Actually it's A - Z not 1 - 10. Anyone else with a clue?

Bump....

Start with manually adding to Local Business Centre, then create a KML file, upload it, include it in your robots.txt and sitemap.xml files. This should improve your ranking.

Not sure how it works exactly but as all things google, when you're using a variety of their services, they like you a whole lot more.

My guess is on a basic level you're validating your site by adding it in a variety of google areas they monitor.

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Nobody here knows?

You have a much better chance of a listing for a local listing. Less competition! Follow all the other good SEO practices. Your google account lists them out for ya.

Go for the directory listing, include a few of them to help. Easy to apply for. Do it for yahoo, dmoz.....

Also SEO requires patience. Sometimes it takes awhile to get listed like in months. Things you can do to improve that is get a link back from from a high ranking authoatative site like digg, or put a blog embedded in the site and get some bing backs.

Don't want to wait, buy ad space. Then call it SEM - Search Engine Marketing.

Thanks, but what is the formular for the biz directory listings? Why does it rank A higher than B?

Let me see if Missi is familiar with that.

Most are determined by your location to the location of the business. Do a search for "tanning beds" and you will see most are listed by how far away you are from their location.

That and a top secret formula to get a boost in local listings... can't let everyone know :winkwink:

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Straight from the horses's (Google) mouth.

Much Ado about Google Maps:

So it's based on your usage of Google Maps on your page, perhaps indication of your longitude and latitude, your address, phone number, and geographically defining factors.

common sense