A local SEO walkthrough for "website designer Vancouver, Washington" shows how to rank in Google Maps and organic results. The speaker warns against guarantees of #1 rankings and recommends free listings on UpCity and Yelp, which rank well in local searches.
Okay, so we're going to go back to my example of website designer Vancouver, Washington, and we're ignoring these ads. These are paid. They're going to be there no matter what. Somebody pays. We don't care. The first thing that shows up is Maps. Okay, and you'll notice I'm number 1 in Maps. And also notice this is an incognito window, um, so this is not because I'm always searching, it's picking that up. Which if you're signed in, it does do that. And I'll tell you in a minute how I get here. And if we scroll down, first organic is me. Now I'm not always— sometimes I'm second, sometimes I'm third, sometimes I'm first. Again, Google doesn't— nothing is set in stone. And if someone's telling you they can guarantee you first, run, because they're full of BS. But here's another thing. The very— the second thing, UpCity. I know some of you have heard me talk about UpCity. This is a website that matches service providers with people looking for services. If you do not have an UpCity free page, get one. They rank really well. When people are looking for services. So get on this website. Um, Yelp. Second one is Yelp. Then we come down here. These are my competitors in my local area, and we keep scrolling down. Another competitor, another competitor.
