The glossary — chapter 10 of 12

Local, International & Analytics, defined

Visibility with a postcode, a language and a measurement plan.

In practice

The same tactic is adapted to the user’s location, language, market expectations and available measurement.

Why it matters

It makes performance more relevant to the actual market instead of a generic global average.

Local SEO

Optimisation for searches connected to a geographic area or nearby need.

Ana says: Context changes everything: market, language, location and tracking.

Google Business Profile

A business listing that can appear across Google Search and Maps.

NAP Consistency

Consistency of a business’s name, address and phone number across online sources.

Local Pack

A map-based group of local business results.

International SEO

Optimisation for users in multiple countries, regions or languages.

Hreflang

An annotation identifying language and regional alternatives of a page.

Ana says: Hreflang is simple in PowerPoint and surprisingly emotional in production.

Localisation

Adapting content, offers, language and experience for a specific market.

GA4

Google’s event-based analytics platform for website and app behaviour.

Ana says: When tracking is broken, every marketing channel suddenly becomes innocent.

Google Search Console

Google’s platform for monitoring search performance, indexing and technical signals.

Conversion Rate

The percentage of users or sessions completing a defined conversion.

Beyond the definitions

Where this chapter becomes work

Local SEO

Visible where the customers actually are.

Case studies

Proof, or nothing.

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Where this leads

The definitions are free. The diagnosis is a conversation.

A conversation first, to check the fit. If what you need is not something I do, I will tell you who does.

Services

Nine ways of working, from a one-off audit to ongoing consulting.

All twelve chapters

The full glossary, with the A–Z index and the PDF.

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