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SEOMay 28, 2026 6 min read

SEO Basics Every Local Business Should Ship This Month

You don't need a 40-page strategy. You need seven small changes shipped this month. Here they are, in order.

SEO Basics Every Local Business Should Ship This Month

Local SEO is not mysterious. It's a short checklist most small businesses have simply never worked through.

Ship these seven, in this order

  • Claim and fully complete your Google Business Profile
  • One title tag per page with city + service
  • Meta descriptions that read like ad copy
  • A page per service you actually sell
  • Real photos, not stock
  • 10 fresh reviews in the next 30 days
  • LocalBusiness schema on your homepage

That's it. Do these before you spend a euro on ads.

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