Search Engine Optimization for Towns

Some websites spend a lot of time worrying about their Google page rank. Some companies even spend a lot of money on Search Engine Optimization to try and ensure that they appear on the front page of Google search. Maybe towns and cities should be using SEO to ensure that they also have a high visibility on search engines.

SEO experts Absolute has been researching the visibility of French towns in Google search results. Référencement Naturel des Mairies is a Google Map visualizing the results of this research for French towns. Each town (or municipality) is represented on the map by a colored map marker. A green marker indicates that the town has a high visibility in search results, orange shows that the visibility is average and red indicates a poor visibility in Google search results.