{"id":2939,"date":"2022-01-17T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prospectamarketing.com\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2022-01-17T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:00:23","slug":"use-local-seo-to-your-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/?p=2939","title":{"rendered":"Use Local SEO To Your Advantage!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2962 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1833320389-edit-1-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"Gorgeous,Male,Doctor,At,The,Office\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1833320389-edit-1-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1833320389-edit-1-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.prospectamarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1833320389-edit-1.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dental practices with\u00a0a strong local SEO strategy are\u00a0well-positioned to bring new patients into their offices. How is that, you may ask? With local SEO you\u00a0become more visible to people in your town who are looking for the services that you provide.<\/p>\n<p>SEO stands for search engine optimization. If the term is new to you, it&#8217;s a way of designing your website to attract search engines, and thus rank high in Internet search results.\u00a0<em>Local<\/em> SEO refines the strategy\u00a0by\u00a0targeting the people in your geographic area who are probably already searching for nearby dental services.<\/p>\n<h4>Indispensable<\/h4>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t know\u00a0much about local SEO, you have probably seen what it can do. It&#8217;s how\u00a0local businesses, like dental offices,\u00a0show up on the first page of Google search results. Their listing includes essential information, like the name of the practice, its phone number and business hours, and its location \u2013 usually pinpointed on a map.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0the power of local SEO.\u00a0We don&#8217;t just search for services like dentists. More and more, search terms are localized with words like\u00a0<em>dentist near me,<\/em>\u00a0or <em>dentist\u00a0in my town.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nearly half<\/strong> of all Google&#8217;s 3.5 billion daily searches are local.<\/li>\n<li><strong>36.4%<\/strong> of websites at the top of search page results are visited by the searcher.<\/li>\n<li><strong>90%<\/strong>\u00a0of consumers\u00a0use the Internet to find services in their area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even the devices people use for searches matter. <strong>57%<\/strong> of\u00a0people under\u00a0thirty-five, and <strong>53%<\/strong> between thirty-five and fifty-four, say they use a mobile device for at least\u00a0half of all their searches. (For more on this, see our recent post on the growing <a href=\"https:\/\/prospectamarketing.com\/Blog\/optimize-for-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">importance of smartphones<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>If you have a good\u00a0local SEO strategy, then the people who need what you have to offer can find you, quickly and easily. ProspectaMarketing can help you take full advantage of local SEO. We are an experienced Internet marketing firm specializing in dental practices and the tools of Internet marketing. We help you reach key prospects who are looking for what your practice has to offer. Our unique and thorough approach provides visibility, financial accountability, and ongoing refinement and improvement. You can find out more by contacting\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prospectamarketing.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lane Anderson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0toll-free at\u00a0<strong>1-877-322-4440 Ext 101<\/strong>, by email using the form on our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prospectamarketing.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us page<\/a><\/strong>, or online at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prospectamarketing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProspectaMarketing.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dental practices with\u00a0a strong local SEO strategy are\u00a0well-positioned to bring new patients into their offices. How is that, you may ask? With local SEO you\u00a0become more visible to people in your town who are looking for the services that you provide. SEO stands for search engine optimization. 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