Ranking for surrounding cities

[Mike Pedersen]

I'm not a newbie at SEO, actually had my hands in it now for 14 years, but not at the local level.

To rank a site for surround cities, are there on-site tips we can apply? I know google has gotten so sophisticated with all it's updates, it's scary to over-optimize a site now, but to rank for say cities in a 10 mile radius what can we do "on-site" that will help?

I'm well aware of page and description titles, but I don't know if it's still okay to have a statement on the homepage saying something like...

"Also serving city, city, city and city."

Or, if there are more effective strategies to do this and improve those rankings?

 

[Colan Nielsen]

Hi Mike,

Here's a thread with some great resources to get you started:

http://localsearchforum.catalystema...google-places-listing-1-city-surrounding.html

 

[Mike Pedersen]

I was referring to organic seo not places.

Hi Mike,

Here's a thread with some great resources to get you started:

http://localsearchforum.catalystema...google-places-listing-1-city-surrounding.html

 

[Linda Buquet]

trentster you replied as if you are Mike.

And in a different thread you confused us replying the OTHER way around. (Mike replied to trentsters post.)

It appears you are the same person.
Only one account and user name and identity are allowed here.

Please PM me and let me know which user name you want to keep so I can merge your accounts.

 

[Colan Nielsen]

I was referring to organic seo not places.

Dig in and you will find great local SEO tips for ranking in surrounding cities. The title is deceiving (not intentionally).