Fear Steve - Why Smart Businesses Combine Website SEO with Local Profiles https://fearsteve.com/seo/why-smart-businesses-combine-website-seo-with-local-profiles/ Many businesses make the mistake of treating local SEO as a subset of general SEO — a few extra steps in the same workflow. In reality, local SEO is a discipline with its own set of ranking factors, technical requirements, and optimization rhythms. Citation building, review velocity management, local link acquisition, geo-targeted content creation, and Google Business Profile post frequency all function independently from traditional on-page SEO. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:53:43 UTC en