{"id":17524,"date":"2023-03-02T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iscripts.com\/blog\/?p=17524"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:45:02","slug":"8-statistics-that-prove-the-importance-of-local-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iscripts.com\/blog\/8-statistics-that-prove-the-importance-of-local-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Statistics That Prove the Importance of Local SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are a business that has a physical location for customers to visit, you must optimise for local SEO so that more people can find you through search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about it, if you are looking for a local shop in a place that you have not been to before, what do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take out your phone, open a search engine like Google, and search for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your own customers are no different, and if your business appears at the top when they make a search on Google, they are more likely to go to your store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact over 45% of all searches made on Google are from people looking for something local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A successful Local SEO<\/a> plan will massively impact your business by increasing the number of people that find your store via Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carefully read these 8 statistics that prove the importance of Local SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local SEO Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> Over 45% of Google searches are made from people looking for something local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> 78% Of location-based searches made on a mobile device convert into an offline purchase being made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> Google offers a free local listing called a \u2018Google My Business\u2019 listing and 56% of local businesses have not claimed theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> Over 50% of users visit a store within a day of finding it through a local search!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> 28% of the time local-based searches end in a purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/strong> When making a local search 92% of users will only look at the first page of search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/strong> 33% of people who use smartphones to search for a company are looking for its location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.<\/strong> The average mobile user spends about 4 hours a day on their smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your business sells products or services in a localized area, and not just online, you must <\/strong>optimize for Local SEO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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