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Time Business News
7 hours ago
- Business
- Time Business News
Dentist's Guide To SEO Success: Winning The Local Search Game
People today find their next dentist through searching Google rather than talking with friends; when people in your local area cannot easily locate your dental practice in search results, you could lose out on new customers and this is where local SEO comes in handy – designed specifically to promote brick-and-mortar businesses like dental clinics so when someone near them searches 'dentist near me' or 'teeth cleaning in [your city], your practice ranks highly among search results. Your practice can gain control of local search results, increase online visibility and ultimately fill more appointment Place with help from dental SEO experts. This guide explains what local SEO is, why its importance to dentists and how you can begin using it for long-term results. What Are The Fundamental Elements Of SEO For Local Businesses? SEO for local businesses refers to the practice of increasing their online visibility among those searching for services similar to yours in their area, like dental care services on Google searches. That way, when someone in your locality looks up dental services on Google they should easily be able to locate you! Enhance your Google Business Profile, use relevant keywords specific to your area, obtain positive reviews from satisfied customers and ensure all online directories reflect accurate listings for local citations and listings for local directories are in sync. General SEO involves getting traffic from all across the internet; local SEO aims at getting noticed in local neighborhoods where patients reside and search. Why Local SEO Is Important For Dentists Imagine someone searching online for emergency dentists nearby but failing to locate your clinic on the first page or Google Map pack; otherwise, that patient might end up going with one of your competitors with better SEO plans instead. Local SEO has long been seen as an essential strategy, particularly with more people turning to mobile search and voice assistants for information, making it even more imperative that practices can easily be found online. Here is why local SEO matters: Enhance visibility : Appear on Google Maps and the 'local pack' results pages, increasing exposure. : Appear on Google Maps and the 'local pack' results pages, increasing exposure. An Increased Conversion: Local searches bring in more visitors when people look up your office online. Local searches bring in more visitors when people look up your office online. Trust building : Establishing yourself locally by earning positive reviews strengthens trustworthiness. : Establishing yourself locally by earning positive reviews strengthens trustworthiness. Advantage over competitors: Since many dental offices still don't fully embrace SEO, giving your office an advantage is an area. Dentist SEO Strategies Are an Essential Component Here are the main services provided by SEO experts to increase practice visibility: 1. Improve Your Google Business Profile (GBP) One of the easiest and best ways to boost local SEO is setting up a Google Business Profile for your company. Make sure your profile meets these criteria: Completely filled out (hours of operation, services provided, photos). Updates are provided promptly, and positive patient reviews are provided. Utilising keywords strategically when writing business descriptions. Google examines your practice profile to assess its relevancy for local searches. The more accurate and thorough it is, the higher its chance is of appearing in map packs. 2. Solicit and Respond to Reviews Reviews from patients play an integral part of how well websites rank. Always respond to reviews, whether to thank reviewers for leaving one or address concerns they raise. Encourage happy patients to leave reviews on Google for each successful visit they experience with your practice – reviews not only help boost rankings but can also convince new patients to choose you! 3. Create Content That Reflects the Area Where Your Company Is Operating Writing blog articles like 'Best Dental Practices for Families in [Your City]' or 'What to Expect From Our [City] Clinic on Their First Visit' makes your blog more pertinent to locals in your community and will pique prospective patients interest. Writing about things relevant to them cements you as the expert of that subject area. Final Thoughts Success at local search can't just depend on luck; rather it relies on strategy, consistency and understanding what search engines and patients want from you. By conducting SEO properly for dental practices, they can get listed near the top of local search results to attract new patients while building their reputation and appearing prominently among search results pages. To keep your clinic competitive in an already saturated market, hire experienced dental SEO experts. Your goal should be for people searching for trusted local dentists online to click directly onto your name as the first result they see and the one they click upon first. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Tom's Guide
2 days ago
- Tom's Guide
Google Maps just lost a useful feature — this will make future road trips more frustrating
Google Maps remains one of the most popular navigation apps on the market, but a recent change might turn users off of it. Last year, Google removed Assistant Driving mode from the bottom of the Google Map app, which allows users to interact with Google Assistant while navigating, a useful way of controlling media playback while on the move. When this mode was removed, users instead had to use the Show media playback control feature, which works with apps like YouTube Music and Spotify, to easily control what they were listening to while driving. However, as first reported by 9to5 Google, the playback control feature appears to have been removed. In past versions, the playback bar would appear at the bottom of the screen while you navigated, allowing you to pause, play and skip songs or podcasts without needing to leave the app. However, as of Google Maps version 25.28, the controls have vanished alongside the toggle to show them. I checked the app on my Galaxy Z Fold 5 with the most up-to-date version of the app and, sure enough, I could not find the toggles, which usually live in the Navigation tab. However, my colleague's Honor 400 Pro, running Google Maps version 25.29, did have the toggles in place. It should be noted that, at time of writing, the feature still appears on the iOS version of Google Maps. As such, we can't say for certain if the removal from Android is an intentional choice or a bug in the app. The advantage of easy Playback Control tools is that they allow users to quickly change songs without needing to divert their focus from the road. If you remove them, it means that a user has to leave Google Maps, find the relevant media app, change the song and then head back to Google Maps. At best, that's a solid ten to twenty seconds where they are not focused on the road as much as they should be. If this removal is an intentional choice, it will certainly be a disappointment and will likely lead some users to head to alternative apps like Waze, which still has media controls in the app. However, Google Maps has released several recent updates that might help to keep users on the app. For instance, Google Maps on iPhones recently rolled out a screenshot recognition feature that can find locations from images you've saved in your camera gallery. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. For the time being, we'll need to wait and see if Google keeps this change, or if this is simply a hiccup that will be addressed. If this is going to be the new normal for the app, let us know what you think and if this will lead to you changing navigation apps. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Metro
4 days ago
- Science
- Metro
Scientists begin melting Earth's oldest ice to unlock 1,500,000-year-old secrets
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Unassuming, icicle-like tubes could help answer mysteries about Earth's climate. They are the world's oldest ice cores, which have just landed in the UK after being drilled from the depths of Antarctica. While most of Britain is reeling from weeks of back-to-back heatwaves, scientists in Cambridge find out what the rare blocks of ice can reveal about climate change and our home planet. But to get hold of the ice, they first had to drill for 1.7 miles down the ice sheet at the South Pole. The giant stick of ice was then cut into more manageable chunks and transported to Europe. Scientists hope the pieces will reveal why the planet's climate cycle shifted more than a million years ago, helping to predict Earth's future response to rising greenhouse gas. Dr Liz Thomas, from the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, told Reuters: 'We really are exploring a completely unknown time in our history. 'We are hoping to unlock all these amazing secrets.' The new core ice, which was drilled near the Concordia research station in the 'White Continent,' beats the previous 800,000-year-old ice, which was drilled in the early 2000s. Until now, scientists have relied on marine sediments to study the climate cycles. over millions of years. But ice has a special feature invisible to the naked eye – entrapped bubbles showing the atmospheric conditions, amount of greenhouse gas in the air and chemical evidence of temperatures at the time when they were released. And to not make the job too easy for the scientists, Antarctica is the only place on Earth where such a long record of the atmosphere is found. Summer temperatures at the French-Italian Concordia station range from -30°C to -50°C, and can reach a brain-numbing -80°C in winter. Dr Thomas continued: 'Our data will yield the first continuous reconstructions of key environmental indicators—including atmospheric temperatures, wind patterns, sea ice extent, and marine productivity—spanning the past 1.5 million years. 'This unprecedented ice core dataset will provide vital insights into the link between atmospheric CO₂ levels and climate during a previously uncharted period in Earth's history, offering valuable context for predicting future climate change.' The world's largest ice sheet remains shrouded in mystery and intrigue as relatively little is still known about Antarctica. More Trending Geologists believe the continent was once covered in rivers and forests. Satellite data and radars revealed ridges and valleys, suggesting the icy no man's land looked very different 34 million years ago. Meanwhile, conspiracy theorists have their eyes set on Antarctica after Google Map sleuths believe they have found a secret door buried in the mountainside. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Scorching 40°C temperatures 'will soon become the new normal for the UK' MORE: I love living in London — but it's absolutely vile in the summer MORE: Blame, thoughts and prayers – the uncomfortable truth about politicians and natural disasters
Barnama
6 days ago
- Barnama
Cops Bust Serial Cable Theft Gang ‘Dika Bayu'
PENDANG, July 17 (Bernama) -- Police have busted the 'Dika Bayu' gang, which is believed to be an active gang on theft of telecommunication substation cables, after arresting seven men in their 20s in this district and Sungai Petani since July 10. Pendang police chief Supt Rodzi Hassan said police first arrested three men when they were spotted climbing and cutting cables at 5.50 pm at a substation near Pokok Tai, Bukit Jenun here. He said police were then led to a homestay in Taman Sinar Intan, Sungai Petani and arrested another suspect after an inspection found tools for cable theft. "On July 13, police managed to arrest two more men by the roadside of Jalan Aman Jaya in Sungai Petani who are believed to be members of the same gang and another man suspected as 'fencer' for buying processed copper from the gang," he said in a press conference here today. Rodzi said the modus operandi of the group, all locals, was to rent boarding houses and use rented cars to carry out the criminal activity to feed their drug habits. "Investigations found that this gang would survey the location of the substation via Google Map and find a way into the substation area. They used safety vests and helmets as disguise to distract the public," he said. He said that all those arrested had past records related to theft and drugs and in urine screening, all tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. "All suspects are now remanded for further investigation until July 19 according to Section 379 of the Penal Code," he said. He said that with the arrest of all these suspects, police are confident of solving 22 cases of theft of telecommunications substation cables in this district since last January until yesterday.
The Star
6 days ago
- The Star
Serial cable theft: Gang 'Dika Bayu' busted
PENDANG: Police have busted the 'Dika Bayu' gang, believed to be active on theft of telecommunication cables, after arresting seven men since July 10. Pendang police chief Supt Rodzi Hassan said police first arrested three men when they were spotted climbing and cutting cables at 5.50pm at a substation near Pokok Tai, Bukit Jenun here. He said police were then led to a homestay in Taman Sinar Intan, Sungai Petani and arrested another suspect after an inspection found tools for cable theft. "On July 13, police managed to arrest two more men by the roadside of Jalan Aman Jaya in Sungai Petani who are believed to be members of the same gang and another man suspected as 'fencer' for buying processed copper from the gang," he said in a press conference here on Thursday (July 17). Rodzi said the modus operandi of the group, all locals in their 20s, was to rent boarding houses and use rented cars to carry out the criminal activity to feed their drug habits. "Investigations found that this gang would survey the location of the substation via Google Map and find a way into the substation area. They used safety vests and helmets as disguise to distract the public," he said. He said that all those arrested had records related to theft and drugs. They also tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. "All suspects are now remanded for further investigation until July 19," he said. Rodzi said with the arrests, police are confident of solving 22 cases of theft of telecommunications substation cables in this district since last January until yesterday. He added, apart from Pendang, the suspects admitted to carrying out cable theft in the Sik, Yan, Alor Setar, Sungai Petani and Penaga districts in Penang, which involved losses estimated at RM145,000. — Bernama
