Not surprisingly, local search is the next big thing for all the search engines, and there are a few things every (and any) business owner should think about in that reference.
If you are selling or providing any service locally, you should have (at least) one page up on he net, describing your services or product, this becomes even more important for business that provide local products or services exclusively, since they stand to lose considerable potential earnings and clients to fast moving internet competition.
Local Search for NYC Lawyer - Looks Crowded
Your page does not need to be anything fancy or complicated, it is optimal if this could be your own registered domain, but even if you set up a free web page on one of the many sites that gives that (free) service it will be OK. Set your page name to the product (or service) you provide and the area, city, state or country in which you provide it (for example dog trainer from Chicago should do something like dog-trainer-chicago for his page or domain name).
Get something up TODAY, this is not something you need to plan or produce over months, your page needs time in order to rank and get into the search engines, do not wait another second, take 2 hours off and do this right now, in time you will see this was a clever move.
More on local search in a few days.
