The Website Success Show: SEO & Website Tips For Local & Online Businesses Who Want More Website Traffic & Conversions
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079: How to Optimise Your Website for Local SEO
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In this episode, Jules White shares practical local SEO tips tailored for ecommerce businesses who want more local customers to discover—and buy from—their online shops.
Whether you offer local delivery, pop-up stalls, or click-and-collect, this episode walks through how to improve your visibility in local search results, even without a physical shopfront. Jules explains how local SEO works, why it’s easier (and often more powerful) than broader national SEO, and how to take advantage of features like Google Business Profiles, website content, and location-specific backlinks.
Key Takeaways:
- How to use a Google Business Profile (even without a shop): Why it's one of the easiest and most effective ways to appear in local search and how to optimise it with product photos, updates, and reviews.
- Adding local signals to your website: Tips on using local keywords in product descriptions, reviews, blog posts, and even image alt text.
- The power of category pages for SEO: Why these often-overlooked pages can help you rank for valuable local and product-related searches.
- Getting local backlinks and collaborations: How links from directories, events, and nearby businesses can boost your authority in your area.
- Structuring your content for search engines: From schema markup to creating location-based pages, Jules explains how to help Google understand what you sell—and where.
If you want to increase traffic and sales through your existing website, this episode is full of actionable strategies to help you grow your local presence.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- 🎧 Episode 023: Quick Website Traffic Wins with Local SEO
- 🔍 Free Beginner's QuickStart Guide to SEO
- 📦 Join The Website Growth Club – Simple, bite-sized SEO and website tweaks to help you get more traffic and conversions
Get your free website SEO report here at The Website Success Hub and start making changes for a more sustainable marketing strategy!
Chapters
1. Welcome & What This Episode is About (00:00:00)
2. What is Local SEO (and Why You Should Care) (00:00:47)
3. Why Local SEO Also Works for Online-Only Businesses (00:01:27)
4. Google Business Profiles: A Must-Have for Local Visibility (00:03:57)
5. How to Optimise Your Website for Local SEO (00:08:28)
6. Boosting Local SEO with Backlinks, Content & Category Pages (00:12:48)
7. Quick Recap & Where to Start (00:16:25)
8. Final Thoughts & How to Get Ongoing Support (00:18:02)
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