Presentation given during Construction Owners Summit Conference on Winning at Local Search Marketing geared for Contractors and Owners. This conference was held in Scottsdale Arizona.
11. @Matt_Siltala
1 in 3
queries that people
type into a standard
Google search bar
are about places
-EdParsons,Google.
P.S.In2010itwas1in5
Best burger restaurants
68. In one implementation, the number of documents with reviews of a
business may be used as a factor in determining the location prominence
score of a document associated with the business
Reviews from different sites
INCREASE RANK
@Matt_Siltala
70. Results for respondents with demographics. Weighted by Age, Gender, Region. (1202 responses)
46% READ REVIEWS FIRST
REVIEWS NOW FRONT & CENTER
@Matt_Siltala
This is what they want – they want us to go about ranking the natural way …. Not faked
This is what NAP looks like to google when you have different name addresses and phone numbers in all different listings etc … this is a great visual that shows how it gets all jumbled up
This Is a list of local directories to submit to/ get citations from
Some users have extensions built into their browser that allow them to click this. (or if searching on phone)
You have a choice
You can either engage in the process or hide your head