Targeting Global Search Terms For Local Businesses
August 9th, 2008Sometimes, it is just as challenging to rank on the first page with a local search term as it is for a global search term. I have noticed of late that some local terms are almost as competitive as global search terms for the same industry. In most circumstances, it is service related offline industries.
Recently, I scored a global search term that started producing traffic and leads for a company before we ranked for the local search. It caused me to start thinking about the way I approach local search. There are several advantages to targeting global search terms for a local business: