Local search ranking factors

With local search results becoming so important for small business, a group of SEOs have come together to create a list of the top positive and negative local search ranking factors. The survey pulls together 27 local SEO experts to ponder over 49 different local ranking factors.

Participants were asked to rank the importance of each criteria referring only to their influence on the rankings in Google and Yahoo Local search results

The Results

1. Lolcal Business Listing (LBL)-