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Safraz Alli
Creator of LocalBiz
Safraz is a digital marketer and entrepreneur. He has been in the industry for over 8 years and has helped hundreds of local service businesses generate leads through SEO. He created LocalBiz to help business owners take control of their local SEO.
Most recent articles by Safraz Alli
Florida: what a contractor's website and ads must show
Florida law puts your license number in every offer, bid and ad, regardless of medium. Where it goes on your website, trucks, profile and quotes.
Local SEO for auto repair shops: the complete guide
How drivers search for a shop, which pages answer them, what your state's repair law puts on the site, and the trust signals a customer can check.
Why you rank first at your shop and twelfth across town
Your Google Maps position is a map, not a number. What Google says about distance, how to read a ranking grid, and which of the fixes are documented.
Does blogging help you rank on Google Maps?
Blogging doesn't move your Google Maps pin. Here is what Google's own pages say a blog can change, what it can't, and which posts are worth writing.
Local SEO for dentists: the complete guide
What a dental practice can and can't do to get found locally: practitioner listings, HIPAA-safe review replies, board ad rules, and the pages patients search for.
How to show up when someone asks ChatGPT for a local business
What OpenAI and Google actually document about AI answers, what the rest of the internet is guessing, and the ten things a local owner can control.
Local SEO for plumbers: the complete guide
What actually moves a plumbing company in Google's local results: the profile, which service pages to build first, reviews, the license rule, a 90-day plan.
Do you need a website if you have a Google Business Profile?
A Google Business Profile is free and it wins the near-me search. What it cannot do, when it is genuinely enough on its own, and the smallest site worth building.
How many service pages should your website have?
There is no magic number. Sort everything you sell into emergencies, planned jobs and required work, then build one page per job you would quote separately.
Why your business isn't showing up on Google Maps
A diagnostic for owners. The reasons a business does not appear on Google Maps, in the order worth checking, and how to confirm each one.
Why a local blog works for Deltona, FL chiropractors
How a Deltona, FL chiropractor should use a local blog, what Florida's advertising and PIP rules allow you to publish, and 13 posts to start with.
Service pages for NYC plumbers: what the city changes
What New York's Construction Codes, Local Law 152 and a pre-war building stock change about the service pages a NYC plumbing company builds.