Search Alert: Moving & Storage

Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by in All Local Search Posts, Travel & Transportation

In June 2009, there were over 3.7 million U.S. searches for movers and storage companies online. This assumes a 60% market share for Google, and includes 150 of the most relevant exact-match keywords.

These keywords include:

  • local movers
  • long distance moving
  • moving companies
  • atlanta movers  
  • storage units
  • self storage 
  • packing
  • relocation
  • cheap moving company
  • boxes

Local Visibility Factors

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by in All Local Search Posts, Automotive, Business-to-Business, Classified Sites, Food & Dining, Health & Medicine, Home Services, Internet Yellow Pages, Legal & Financial, Maps, Mobile, Optimization, Pay-Per-Click, Professional Services, Real Estate, Recreation & Entertainment, Retail, Social Networking, Travel & Transportation, Video, Websites

Back in “the day” a local business could turn on a  local phone number, place an ad in the local  telephone directory,  and start selling. Reaching the local “ready-to-buy” consumer was relatively easy.

Today, we live in a different world; many businesses are struggling to remain visible, they find the choices confusing and the requirements time consuming. 

To continue reaching both current customers as well as the new,  numerous factors need to be addressed. I recently downloaded a cool new iPhone application called “Simple Mind X” and started brainstorming. Here’s the result - it took about 10 minutes to create, and I think it sums-up the complexities of on-line visibility:

Your Online Visibility

Your On-line Visibility

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