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- About OptiLocalOptiLocal was established by Nyagoslav Zhekov in 2011. The company specializes in Google Places and local search engine optimization (SEO) for small businesses. Our core mission is to create positive, sustainable online presence and image for each of our clients and to help them gain business through their Google Places pages. Google Places has turned into one of the must-have, integral aspects of the online presence of any business all over the world. Why? Because when you search for any term, related to some kind of business on Google and you add to this term any location word (i.e. “restaurant New York”), the results that are shown at the uppermost part of the page are the Google Places pages of the businesses. Those business owners who are smart enough to optimize their Places pages will gain greater visibility, leading to more phone calls or clicks on their websites, which in turn could potentially lead to more business. Even though any Google Places optimization is strongly advised, only the 7 most ingenious business owners might get access to the “golden mine” called “first results page”. Do you want to be one of them? …
- ServicesAt OptiLocal, we are happy to offer our clients “the full package” of services that they need in order to have a strong, search engine friendly, positive and sustainable online presence. These include but are not limited to everything from the creation of the client’s website itself through Local SEO, Google Places Optimization, Local PPC Campaign Management, to analyzing the results. We specialize in businesses which target gaining new clients locally. As a small company founded by good friends, we take pride in the high quality of our services, highly competitive prices and great customer service. Our principles when optimizing a client’s online presence are impeccable – we only follow best practices as determined by the official guidelines of the search engines, our own experience and the research of well-established specialists. We do not engage in any black or gray hat optimization. Despite the company’s young age, some already consider us one of the leaders in the local search world. Take advantage now of our FREE CONSULTATION offer and contact us. This discussion is not binding you in any way and is completely casual. It includes a basic review of your local search strategy. Note: it does not include any…
- ClientsOur client base consists of a wide range of companies from various types and geographic regions. Currently, we provide professional local search marketing services for the following countries and business types: Countries: USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Bulgaria,Romania, Dubai Business types: hotel, restaurant, doctor, dentist, lawyer, accountant, retail store, interior designer, real estate agency, beauty salon, electrician, plumber, car mechanic, consultant, SEO agency, piano teacher We do not confine only to these and are always open to accept new challenges. We have consulted companies from over 20 countries and over 50 specializations. While we take pride in the results that we have achieved with our clients, we prefer to protect our privacy and that of our customers. Therefore, the following testimonials are displayed anonymously. If you are interested in hearing from our past or present clients, we are happy to serve a special request and get you in contact with them. Testimonials: You have been great and thats why I hired you for the next month and fot the many months after. (B.G., USA) Finding Nyagoslav Zhekov was a very lucky accident. He has helped first by giving tips on google…
- FAQ1. What is Google Places? 2. Why doesn’t my listing show up in search results? 3. What does “There is no data for your request” on my Google Places dashboard refer to? 4. Why is the information that shows up for my company on Google Maps not the same as what I added via my dashboard? 5. Why am I unable to verify my listing by phone? What is Google Places? Google Places is a product of Google Inc. presented officially on 20 April 2010. Its main purpose is to collect data for businesses and visualize it in the search results for particular search queries. Google Places is still not available everywhere. You can look up the current availability in your country via this Mapping tool availability page. Some of the benefits of Google Places are outlined here. Why doesn’t my listing show up in search results? Ranking of Google Places listings is based on an algorithm. There are hundreds of factors to be considered, but the most important ones are: relevance, distance, prominence. You can read more on each of these in the official “Ranking of Listings” article by Google. The Local Search Ranking Factors are a series of…
- Citation Sources for Local SearchThroughout our work here at OptiLocal we have kept a careful track of which local citation sources have worked best for our clients and assembled some “top” lists that we constantly update as we learn from our practice. Also, for your convenience, we have written up instructions on how to list your business on the directories in each of these lists. Contact us now if you are interested in getting one or more of the following and get a valuable citation for local search: – 250+ local business directories in the US (with instructions on how to list your business on them) – 100+ local business directories in Canada (with instructions) – 100+ local business directories in the UK (with instructions) – 70+ local business directories in Germany (with instructions) – 50+ local business directories in Australia (with instructions) – 100+ local business directories for restaurants (US) (with instructions) – 50+ local business directories for lawyers (US) (with instructions) – 50+ local business directories for physicians (US) (with instructions) – other lists on demand You can always use our citation building service as a stand alone, which we usually offer packaged with our Google Places Optimization service. And here is…
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Interesting Google Places and Local Search Articles (22-29 May)
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I proceed gathering all the interesting articles from the past week, related to local search, Google Places and the social-local. You can see the previous editions here: Articles 15 – 21 May Articles 7 – 14 May Articles 1 – 7 May Articles 23 – 30 April I’d say the most interesting even of the past week was the discovery …
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How to Use Google Places Featured Review
A few days ago I wrote about an interesting new feature I found out by chance – “Featured review” on Google Places. Unfortunately, I struggled to uncover more about it as I don’t have an Android phone and the people in Google seemed not to be willing to give away some information on it. However, I spoke with Linda Buquet …
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Google Places Featured Review
I just discovered by chance a new feature on Google Places. Did you know that you can tweet your reviews on Google Places? If you didn’t know – now you do, but if you did – I have something interesting for you. Check out the “Featured review”: In the beginning of March 2011, Google announced that anyone could tweet their …
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Interesting Google Places and Local Search Articles (15-21 May)
Here are the interesting Google Places and local search articles from the past week. In case you’ve missed some of these, every week I will be posting a list of the ones that I consider the most valuable and informative. This week the biggest event was definitely the SMX in London, where specialists from all over Europe gathered with colleagues …
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Google Places Optimization and Local SEO Fraud – How to Detect It
As Google Places becomes one of the most important online marketing tools, the scam and fraud connected to it starts to pop up like mushrooms in a warm, rainy April morning. For the average business owner it is difficult to distinguish a real, solid and fair specialist from a swindler. There are two great articles telling stories of such owners …
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Interesting Articles from the Past Week (7-14 May)
This week was not as full of nice articles related to local search, Google Places and local-social as it was during the previous one. The biggest event was the Google I/O where a lot of innovations were announced, but only very few regarding local. However, let’s see what I’ve chosen for you to read during the peaceful weekend evenings. Google …
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Google Giving Tips for Places
It seems like Google has really heard of the problems and numerous complaints of all the users of Google Places and started taking some action to provide them some truly valuable tips. Here is what I saw today when I tried to join the Google Places “Create New Listing” Page: These tips address some of the most common mistakes made …
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New Local Ranking Factor Coming Up?
A few days ago Greg Linden notified about new local search ranking factor that might be implemented in the Google algorithm. It would be the number of driving direction queries. He found that out via a paper, named “Hyper-Local, Direction-Based Ranking of Places“, written by four scientists from Google, Stanford University and Aarhus University (Note: Although I read the whole …
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The Importance of Images for Your Google Places Page
One of the important features of every Google Places page is the pictures. Google realizes that and they put effort to stress the importance of the images for the public. Two events from the past week made me be even more sure in that. First, Google changed the interface of the Google Places pages and now the Photos & Videos …
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Great Local Search Articles From the Last Week
As I’ve promised, I would try to make it a regular practice to post links to some of the most interesting articles I’ve spotted during the past 7 days on topics related to local search and Google Places. But as the social element becomes more and more important part of the marketing of every small company, I would add also …
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OptiLocal, Ltd.
Placement Improved Dramatically
“…Finding Nyagoslav Zhekov was a very lucky accident. He has helped first by giving tips on google forum, then by working on our website and listing placement, which has improved dramatically as a result. He is patient with our technical inexperience, and has excellent communication skills. We heartily recommend his service.“
–Sandra Gibbens – Englandstars
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Blow the American Market Away
“…Nyagoslav is fantastic. He is going to Blow the American Market away with what he can do with Google Places. I have been in the Offline Search Engine Marketing game for a couple of years now and it is so hard to find great outsourcers you trust. But this guy knows what he is doing. Make sure you get him to work on your business before your competitors. He is a Cold Hard Business Getter! A+++“
–Stephen Martin – New Zealandstars
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Hired for the Next Month
“…You have been great and thats why I hired you for the next month and fot the many months after.“
–Brett Gremillion – USAstars
OptiLocal is rated based on 4 ratings from 4 user reviews