City Pages for Local SEO
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Hey Mozzers,
I have a local SEO question for you. I am working with a medical professional to SEO their site.
I know that when creating city pages, you want to try and make each page as strong as you can, showcasing testimonials from people who live in those towns, for instance.
Since my client is in the medical profession, i was going to include a list of parks from that town and say something about how, "we want to encourage good health, etc."
However, i began to wonder whether i should just create one, large resource for the surrounding towns having to do with parks, dog parks, and athletic activities and link to it in the top nav.
thoughts?
Nails
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Thanks for the response!
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We have seen great results using City Pages for our clients, some of those being in the helathcare and medical field as well. Just make sure each city page is unique and helpful to the user. Mentioning parks from within each specific city on the appropriate city landing page sounds like an awesome idea actually, since it will further distinguish each page.
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Thanks, Kris!
Nails
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This sounds like a great idea to me, as long as it integrates into health services. My opinion, the more relevant pages the better. Just make sure you have enough content on the page, internal links pointing to it from other sources than only the nav bar, and external links pointing to it as well.
Another option, blog about utilizing each park for the health benefits and link to these internal pages.
To me, it seems like you're on to an "outside the box" content strategy...so nice job!
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