
What can change in a few years! When I wrote the original version of this post in January 2014, the local SEO industry didn’t have the abundance of paid tools that exist now, and many of the free services on my previous list had been discontinued. It’s definitely time for a complete update of the most useful free tools, widgets, and resources I know of to make local business marketing easier and better.
While all of the tools below are free, some will require you to register to access. Others are limited, free or trial versions that will give you a good idea of what they provide and allow you to consider whether it would be worth buying paid access. One thing you may notice: my new list of local SEO tools offers increased support for organic SEO tasks, reflecting our industry’s growing understanding of how organic and buy google reviews usa local SEO are closely related.
Open this toolkit now and start 2018 off to a great start!
For research
US Census Bureau Toolkit
Want to better understand your target community for marketing purposes? Find more than 20 useful resources from the US Census Bureau, including population statistics, economic data, map and geocoding widgets, income and language information, and much more.