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(Entry was posted by Frank Photiadis on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 02/01/2014).

What is the more common way people search?

I have a question and I`m not sure if I`m putting this in the right place in this community but here it goes. I was doing a search in Salt Lake City , Ut where I live. I know that when I do a search like "heating repair" google local will pull up the most relevant local companies in Salt Lake City, what I call, Baloon map/results, because above the search results we have search tools and you can set the city and state. But, if I put in "Heating Repair Salt Lake City Utah"?  The results are not exactly the same in the local results. Now that I have explained all that, here is the question. What is the more common way people search? 
With google search page set with the city and state and they just type "heating Repair" OR do they use  "Heating Repair Salt Lake City Utah"??
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  • Frank Photiadis: I have a question and I'm not sure if I'm putting this in the right place in this community but here it goes. I was doing a search in Salt Lake City , Ut where I live. I know that when I do a search like "heating repair" google local will pull up the most relevant local companies in Salt Lake City, what I call, Baloon map/results, because above the search results we have search tools and you can set the city and state. But, if I put in "Heating Repair Salt Lake City Utah"?  ;The results are not exactly the same in the local results. Now that I have explained all that, here is the question. What is the more common way people search? ;
    With google search page set with the city and state and they just type "heating Repair" OR do they use  ;"Heating Repair Salt Lake City Utah"?
  • eBizWebpages: I think Google can only answer your question.

    I also bet most people have no idea that Google is serving them results based on their current location or habits while logged into their Google account.
  • Mike Stetzer: If I were to guess, I would expect more people to use the head term "heating repair" and rely on Google's ability to identify location via your IP address. Google won't give me estimated search volume for the localized keyword search, and I'm guessing it is because search volume is too low. Heating Repar was something like ~ 3k searches per month in SLC, Utah. ;
  • Frank Photiadis: Thanks for commenting. If any one else can add valuable knowledge, please do. :-)
  • Mark O'Leary: I always ask clients this question when I get enquiries. "What did you search for to find me?". They nearly always include the county or country with the main search term. However this is for Ireland and may differ for the US.
  • Frank Photiadis: Mark, I don't think that Ireland makes a difference human nature is human nature. Thanks for commenting on this and keep them coming.

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