{"id":710,"date":"2012-10-17T13:05:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/?p=710"},"modified":"2017-08-12T04:38:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T04:38:06","slug":"24-of-google-searches-are-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/24-of-google-searches-are-local\/","title":{"rendered":"24% Of Google Searches Are Local!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MarketingProf&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> had a very interesting article this morning about <strong>local<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>search engine requests<\/strong>. \u00a0They even broke fit down into by <strong>search engines<\/strong>. \u00a0Local traffic from <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google<\/strong><\/a> was <strong>24.24%<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bing<\/strong><\/a> rang in at <strong>28.8%<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yahoo<\/strong><\/a> was <strong>25.28%<\/strong>. \u00a0The study was done by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chitika.com\/insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chitika Insights<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0No matter what <strong>type of business<\/strong> you have, if it&#8217;s local you can bet people are searching for it on the internet. \u00a0So you might want to make sure your online presence is where it&#8217;s suppose to be.<\/p>\n<p>One way you can help your presence stand out is to sign up for &#8216;local specific&#8217; websites. \u00a0I&#8217;ve included some links below where you can sign up for them. \u00a0If it seems like a lot you can\u00a0<a title=\"About \/ Contact\" href=\"\/about-contact\/\">call us<\/a>\u00a0and we can help you out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Places<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biz.yelp.com\/home\/lPdzTWMj0kCTbm4BwJc_nQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yelp<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.foursquare.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201063930-How-to-claim-your-listing-s-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foursquare<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are dozen sites popping up with these kind of searches. \u00a0You can always find more on your own! \u00a0Hop this lis got you started! \u00a0You can check out the full MarketingProf&#8217;s article below:<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/charts\/2012\/9136\/1-in-4-google-search-queries-is-local#ixzz29ZpSCCsK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 in 4 Google Search Queries Is Local<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MarketingProf&#8217;s had a very interesting article this morning about local\u00a0search engine requests. \u00a0They even broke fit down into by search engines. \u00a0Local traffic from Google was 24.24%, Bing rang in at 28.8% and Yahoo was 25.28%. \u00a0The study was done by\u00a0Chitika Insights. \u00a0No matter what type of business you have, if it&#8217;s local you can bet people are searching for it on the internet. \u00a0So you might want to make sure your online presence is where it&#8217;s suppose to be. 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