| Patterns in Local Search Keywords for SEO |
| Mon, 18 Aug 2008 by Kerry Dye Over the past year, I’ve blogged several times about Local SEO including looking at top local search queries. As I said before local search engine optimisation in the UK is still lagging behind the US. Even though Mobile Search is still a big topic, especially with the coming of GPS enabled mobile phones, very little of that has spilled over into the recognition that this means your site needs to be found locally. However, I see keywords on a daily basis that are locally intended, and the common ones follow quite a definite pattern., which is useful for SEO. These are the common ways which a local search is formatted
Keyword in Town
Town keyword
Keyword Town Keyword in County County keyword Keyword County Additionally, people in the UK may search by the first part of the postcode; this is particularly true in larger metropolitan areas, particularly London. So people search for Keyword NW1 Keyword in NW1 In London, borough names are also popular, and people also search by their general area e.g. “central London”. I’ll be blogging about this in more detail later because it is a topic on its own of interest to SEOs and companies. In extremis, people use odd search terms if they can’t f |
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