2. If you are looking at getting local traffic there are some other things to consider. Offer consistent Geo Location signals on your site. Your company name, address, and phone number or NAP. If you are not consistent with the address or phone it can cause confusion. Use your location in your title tags and follow traditional SEO strategies. Citations are also important to local SEO. Citations are mentions of your business name and address on other web pages. No link to your website is needed. Citations are to local search what backlinks are to overall SEO. Help build credibility. Citations include: Yellow Page Directory Listing Local Chamber of Commerce Pages Local Business Association Pages SuperPages.com

3. Data Aggregators Infogroup (www.expressupdateusa.com)www.expressupdateusa.com NeuStar LocalEze (http://www.neustarlocaleze.biz/directory)http://www.neustarlocaleze.biz/directory Factual (www.factual.com)www.factual.com Local Search Engines Google and Bing have local search engines. A majority of their searches are local focused. Yelp HotFrog Local Blogs Run a search for “your city blog” to find them. Contact the blog owner about getting listed on your site.

4. Local Directories Look for human edited local directories. Run a search for “your city directory” Best of the Web Regional Directory (http://botw.org/top/Regional/United_States/)http://botw.org/top/Regional/United_States/ Yahoo Regional Directory (http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/u_s__states/)http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/u_s__states/ Better Business Bureau Get your company listed in the BBB if possible. WhiteSpark (www.whitespark.ca)www.whitespark.ca Recommended local citation service from top SEO companies.