So you are in the Plano area and think SEO will save your business or you just think you should probably be doing something with your website? Maybe your competitor is killing it on the internet and they’re everywhere on Google? If this sounds anything remotely like your current internet pains, then you’ve come to the right place. I, as the Dallas SEO Guide, am here to educate you on whether SEO is a home run for your company or it’s not worth your time and money.
I’m of the opinion that SEO isn’t a must for all businesses in all industries but is a must for a lot of businesses in a lot of industries. Sorry if that was hard to follow. Let me simplify it. Is SEO going to be a homerun for you? It depends. A lot of business owners that I speak with have tried to do SEO with no results or have an SEO service being done for them are getting little to no results. There’s a lot of shady companies and agencies out there that really do just the bare minimum while making it sound like a big service. This makes SEO look bad. I’m here to shed some light on what SEO is and how it actually works. But first here are some tell-tale signs you’re getting ripped off.
Being in the SEO business for as long as I have it drives me nuts when I see people come to me and tell me their agency is doing these things above. They’re just taking your money and making SEO look like snake oil.
When deciding if SEO is for you need to consider a few things. Let’s jump into that here.
If your clients or customers would have typically found you in the phone book back in the days before Google then odds are SEO is a good fit for you. Google in a lot of ways is just a replacement for the phone book when it comes to local businesses. Rather than looking for a plumber or dentist in their phone book people now pull up Google at home or on their phone. If your business isn’t traditionally something people look for and requires a certain amount of awareness, like a new invention or product, then SEO may not be the best plan of action for your business.
If you’re a realtor, car dealership, tourist attraction, or any business where people tend to find you on certain websites like Zillow, cars.com, or trip advisor SEO can still work for you but less so and I wouldn’t recommend you pour all of your marketing budget into SEO.
Local SEO in Dallas has changed a lot over the years. The basics are all still generally the same but tactics of how to implement the basics and what is emphasized changes all the time. As long as you have the foundation your business’s website will be in good shape. But do you want to be in good shape or do you want to dominate and be everywhere on Google when potential customers look for you and your competitors on Google? Google is a gold mine of leads and targeted customers.
Always start with your business address. If you’re a local business everything that you are to Google is based around your location. Your business address is your foundation when it comes to ranking on Google. What I mean by that is when someone searches for “Plumber”, “Roofer”, “Dentist”, “Under Water Basket Weaver [Symbol]”, or whatever your business does in their area Google considers you more relevant if you’re in closer proximity to them and will rank you higher. If you’re in Dallas but they’re in Fort Worth then you obviously see what I’m talking about.
It’s pretty much next to impossible to rank for any local based keyword without a visible address to Google. You can of course hide your address on Google maps in the case that you don’t have a retail location and don’t want customers walking in the door, like most roofers, plumbers, and other contractors, but you need to tell Google where your base of operations are.
OK, it might not suck but odds are it does. It’s losing you customer! Well odds are anyway. In order to illustrate the pitfalls that are Let’s say you walk into an interview for a job and you’re in a wrinkled T-shirt.
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