Google, MSN and Yahoo! each have a local business search program. Orange County SEO experts will list your website and business information with these programs. The benefits of having local search is that your website will appear in Google Map listings and certain search strings. Have you ever searched for a local pizza place online and a map popped up with listings beside of it? Well, those are local search results. You want to be seen.

According to a Piper Jaffray 2008 research paper, 30 percent of all queries contain a city, state or zip code. With 2.6 billion local searches performed each month, the Internet has now surpassed print Yellow Pages and newspaper as a primary source for local consumer service information.

Internet users are seeking local websites. Their search behaviors are becoming more sophisticated in order to find what they are looking for. A search optimization strategy that focuses on those local searchers will drive visitors to your site who are seeking specifically what you offer.

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