Many small business owners are unaware that it’s possible to ‘get listed locally’ on Google. They think they’re supposed to rank for the product or service they offer, for example, if they sold ice cream machines they think they are supposed to rank in Google for ice cream machines. Let’s just see how hard this is or isn’t Google ice cream machines 83,700,000 results. Means you’re trying to knock off 83,699,999 other sites who have a head start on you! For the sake of argument, you are offering ice cream machines in Maryland Now you’re only going up against 422,000. I don’t know about you but I’d rather get in a fight with 400K than tangle with 83 million, what do you think? I wonder if their really is someone in neighboring Montgomery County Maryland who sells this… ice cream machines in Montgomery County Maryland Now we only have to do battle with 12,000 other pages. target the state and county you want to do business in and you will fare much better.
- David Bruce