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Website Tools & Tweaks
Search Engines
Will Love

Will Hanke

What the Search Engines See

site:www.domain.com

People are looking for your services and products. With well over 2 billion searches being done every day on the big 3, how can you ignore this opportunity?

People are looking for your services and products. With well over 2 billion searches being done every day on the big 3, how can you ignore this opportunity?

People are looking for your services and products. With well over 2 billion searches being done every day on the big 3, how can you ignore this opportunity?

People are looking for your services and products. With well over 2 billion searches being done every day on the big 3, how can you ignore this opportunity?

Teach the Engines with a Sitemap

Imperative in Google Maps, Yahoo Local, Bing LocalLocal businesses have a shot against big brands (notice no Dominos, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns)

Join Google Webmaster Central

www.google.com/webmasters/

Add Your Site

Google Webmaster Tools - Submit

Does Your Domain Name Suck?

Engines: Dont Confuse Em

Choose one version of your URL and stick with it when linking (search: canonical URLs)

Set Your Preferred Domain

Website Tweaks that
Wont Take Long(or a Rocket Science Degree)

Title Tag

Short, concise, unique and keyword packed

Meta Tags: The Description

A descriptive and compelling sentence or two

Why the Description is Important

Use it to encourage people to click on your listing

Text Navigation

ALT Tags

alt=Keyword description of picture

Article Directories

www.digixmas.com

Track Your Changes

http://analytics.google.com

Plug the Leak with Call Tracking

Claim Your Local Business Listing

http://www.google.com/local/add/

http://listings.local.yahoo.com/

https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx

Make Some Onsite Changes

Add Geographical Locator to some Title Tag(s)

Update Your Contact Page Info

Include a Map and Driving Directions (Text)

Add GLs to your META Descriptions

Blog about local events/news related to your biz

Mention local landmarks in posts

Dont forget about multiple spellings, zip codes

Blog home & garden show, car show, new laws that affect your bizSpellings such as St Louis, Saint Louis, and now STL

Marketing Suggestions

Run/add analyticsUse call tracking or special URLsAsk your customers for reviews Geolocated Link buildingClaim your profile on GBL, Yahoo Local, etcAdd a blog to your siteConsider cutting out Yellow Page spending

Will Hanke

Contact info:
[email protected]
WillHanke.com
@TechLH