Any benefit of Geo Targeting in Organic Positions?
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Hi All,
Can anyone please guide me on Geo Targeting for Google Organic Improvement?
Thanks!
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Hi,
Can anyone please update me?
Thanks!
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Hi,
Actually I already set GEO Location in search console. I do have google map for my store. My ecommerce site is visible in local sites like yelp, hotfrog etc. I do have google plus page too.
What can be actually called as GEO Targeting? Someone told be for Ecommerce site organic improvement do GEO Targeting. So please guide me on this.
Thanks!
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I'm unsure if I get your request. are you asking for which are the advantages of setting your site to a given region in Search Console or to apply GEO targeting like HREFlang?
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Are you looking for information aside from having the site properly associated with a Google My Business page, using the local business markup, and incorporating references/content on the page to the Geo you are targeting?
Maybe you can provide some detail as to what you have already done, and what specifically you are running into?
Have you read this - https://moz.com/blog/local-seo-checklist
Cheers,
Jake Bohall
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