Los Angeles County · West
Local SEO in Long Beach, California
Local SEO is how a business shows up on the map near the people who call. For a Long Beach business, that means people in Belmont Shore, Naples and across Los Angeles County. It starts with your Google Business Profile, the listing that shows on Maps, and a call with Offer.
Long Beach at a glance
How people search here
Long Beach has its own port, its own airport and a long habit of not being called Los Angeles. People search by corner of town: Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls, Naples, the East Village, Wrigley. Craftsman bungalows and Spanish-style houses in the older neighborhoods, condos along the water and a lot of apartments mean a mix of old plumbing and wiring calls and building-management jobs. Your Google Business Profile can list Signal Hill and Lakewood too if you go there, since they're separate cities. Let your local SEO lean on the Long Beach name.
Neighborhoods to name
The ones you really work in belong on your profile, your pages and your ads.
- Downtown
- Belmont Shore
- Naples
- Bixby Knolls
- Alamitos Beach
- Belmont Heights
- Los Altos
- Rose Park
- Lakewood Village
- Wrigley
- East Village
Google ranks map results on relevance, distance and popularity (its explanation). For a business that travels to customers in Long Beach, it asks for service areas, not an address:
If you don't serve customers at your business address, remove your address from your Business Profile.
Source: Google Business Profile Help
Trades we work with here
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Electricians
Repairs, panels and installs.
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Plumbers
Leaks, drains and water heaters.
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Garage doors
Springs, openers and doors.
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HVAC
Heating and cooling repairs.
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Roofers
Repairs and replacements.
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Locksmiths
Lockouts and rekeys.
How it starts
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Step 1: A call with Offer
Your first call is with Offer Ben Saadon, the founder. You talk about your business, your area and what you want more of. No pitch deck.
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Step 2: A look at where you stand
We check your Google Business Profile, your website and the searches your customers already use, and show you what we find.
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Step 3: A plan in plain words
You get a short list of what we'd do first and why, so you can decide with the full picture before anything starts.
Questions owners ask
Do I say Long Beach, Los Angeles, or both?
Say Long Beach, and add Los Angeles only if you really go there. Signal Hill and Lakewood are separate cities worth naming if you serve them. Google favors listings close to the searcher, so a service area drawn to match your real routes tends to read more honestly than one spread over the whole county.
Do I need an office in Long Beach to show up on Maps there?
No. A business that goes to its customers can remove its address from its profile and list the areas it serves, such as Bixby Knolls or Alamitos Beach, instead. What Google doesn't accept is a P.O. box or a mailbox standing in for an office, as its rules for business profiles say.
How do we start if my business is in Long Beach?
With a call with Offer Ben Saadon, the founder. Tell him about your business, whether you cover all of Los Angeles County or a few places like Belmont Heights, and the work you want more of. He'll tell you honestly what he'd do first, whether or not we work together.
Talk to Offer about Long Beach.
Tell him what's working and what isn't. You'll leave with a clearer picture either way.