Local search result not showing
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Hi Mozzers,
I'm not a huge expert on local SEO.. the thing is when searching for our brand + city. or brand name specific or anything we do not get the map on the right with our contact info and such.
To be sure this is what we've done.- We have a google+ page + verified content (for more than 4 months now)
- We have images, opening times, email, url's and such filled in (for 4 months now)
- We are on several local sites with our address, and such
- We do have some old listings here and there where we have old addresses but its just a few and we are on it to update / deleting them
- We have Microdata on our site with our address, lat lang and such.
- All address data on social, and few other pages are super in sync with each other.
We are located in the Netherlands so a lot of info on this site we cannot use, becuase they don't accept us for example. Very curious on some interesting info how to optimize and why we are not showing.
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Hi There!
Unfortunately, I'm not very well versed in Local SEO in the Netherlands, but I do believe this Moz blog post will help you to begin troubleshooting how well-optimized your local presence is, regardless of country:
http://moz.com/blog/troubleshooting-local-ranking-failures
Also, want to be sure that your company is running a Google+ Local page ... not just a Google+ social type page and that you actually qualify as a local business of the type that Google would most typically show mapped results for. Do you make in-person contact with your customers and do they come to your physical location to do business with you? These are some important questions, and I hope the article will help!
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Hi Andy,
Just been browsing and searching along, and i have seen that there are still a lot of old addresses about 20 i could find of 3 different addresses we have been located in the pas 7 years. so thats probably a thing
So i think i need to have a format like
Microdesign Internetbureau Gevers Deynootweg 93
2586 BK, Den Haag
Nederland
Tel 085-744 0594
Fax 085-554 4574
info@microdesign.nl
www.microdesign.nlJust everywhere exactly the same right?
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As a matter of course, I would add your website address to your contact page as well. Under your e-mail address would be fine - but that is just a very small part of local SEO.
However, rather than go over everything here, this is a great article that will help you make sure you are doing everything you can. Moz also has a check list to refer to.
Grab a coffee and have a good read through these
-Andy
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Thank you for your response. Checkout our website to be sure all is included. tips are always welcome! We are cited on several sites:
- Ecabo
- eguide
- allebedrijvenin
- 12Feedback
- and like 10 more.
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Hi,
Can I ask if you have your NAP (Name, Address, Phone) in place correctly on your site? Do you have citations coming from other sites at all? It can also help to get some reviews about your business too, although this isn't likely to cause you not to be placed.
Finally, have you completed all the local SEO work on your site to help with this? From what you have said above, you might be lacking in this a little, but hard to know without seeing the site.
-Andy
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