The Skegness Electricians Google search is a typical local SEO result, right at the top we have the obligatory Google paid results followed by directory listings: Yelp, Yell & MyBuilder.
It’s not until the 5th organic search result do we find an actual electricians business website: Hallsgate Lincs!
Yelp, Yell and MyBuilder are well known brands with a decent amount of off-site SEO (they have a lot of backlinks), for a local business to compete against these brands is possible with much better on-site SEO (the local businesses sites content) and better SEO targeting.
Yelp, Yell and MyBuilder are targeting ALL local areas not just Skegness, so though they have a LOT of off-site SEO it’s spread thin. If a local Skegness electrician can target their overall optimisation better than the directories they can break into the top 3.
Basically the directories want all these Google SERPs:
- London Electricians
- Scunthorpe Electricians
- Grimsby Electricians
- Lincoln Electricians
- Horncastle Electricians
- Skegness Electricians
- Brighton Electricians
- Boston Electricians
- Newcastle Electricians
- Glasgow Electricians
- and thousands more…
A local electrician might want these Google SERPs:
- Skegness Electricians
- Boston Electricians
- Grimsby Electricians
- Lincoln Electricians
- Horncastle Electricians
It’s all about focusing what you have for maximum local SEO results.
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