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# Local SEO blog

Local SEO blog: these articles explain how a Greater Montreal business improves its Google ranking and its position in the local pack, without technical jargon. They cover how local search works, your Google Business Profile, the ranking factors that come up most often and the mistakes that slow a site down. They're written for owners and managers of clinics, salons, restaurants and service businesses who want to understand SEO before hiring an agency or starting a project. For a review of your own site, our SEO audit and our Google Business Profile optimization apply these same principles to your business.

## Latest articles
- [Google Business Profile service-area listings: setting one up with no storefront](https://socialinfluencebuilder.com/blog/google-my-business-service-area.md): Google Business Profile service-area listings: how to set one up when you have no storefront, and the real trade-offs of hiding your business address. (2016-03-04)