Below you can find Google My Business (Maps)

niches and keywords

Chicago

Organic Search & GMB Search Volumes
Compared

50% of Google searches are made locally and lots of people do not include the Geo suffix to the search query to find their desired service. That’s why when you check the chart below, you will find out that Google My Business (GMB) is leading in local searches.

This the the reason why any local SEO professional should be focused more on optimizing for the 3-Pack instead of being focused on growing organically in the search.

Google is hogging all of the site traffic and on-page by giving customers everything they need on your Google My Business listing – customers barely even need to visit your website.

• Attributes
• Phone number
• Store/Service hours
• Address with directions
• Photos
• Easy links to book appointments & make reservations

It’s all right there on the GMB listing.

What’s more, customers don’t necessarily need to click through to your site as they don’t really care about what you have to say about yourself. Instead, they care about what your fellow shoppers have to say about their experiences with your business.

So that said lets see the charts.

Chicago Niches Compared

• Health and Beauty – 54,490 M/V
• Automotive – 40,740 M/V
• Professional Services – 35,800 M/V
• Construction/Home Services – 32,870 M/V
• Financial – 25420 M/V

Organic Search Niches

• Automotive – 5,460 M/V
• Construction/Home Services – 3,710 M/V
• Real Estate – 1,860 M/V
• Health and Beauty – 1,390 M/V
• Events – 1,310 M/V

Google listing has around 247k (246,960) monthly search volume compared to the organic search volume which is around 18.5k level (18,470).

GMB vs Organic by Market Share

Here we see that only 7% of the entire GEO searches are organic, while 93% of the remaining searches are done without the GEO prefix on Google.

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