{"id":1436,"date":"2024-02-20T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2024-02-20T00:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:48:03","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-small-business-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/2024\/02\/20\/a-beginners-guide-to-small-business-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Small Business SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before getting into three tips for small businesses looking into improving their SEO, You must have these basic things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ve installed Google Analytics, or other tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ve created your Google My Business listing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You get some traffic &#8211; not necessarily from search engines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;re a local business with only a few locations or are in a service-based industry. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Having these five things prime you and your business to increase your SEO position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 Tips to Better Your SEO<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Create a logical website structure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google says, &#8220;build your site with a logical link structure. 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