How Do I Optimize My Site for Voice Search for Small Businesses?

We all want to be found, well maybe not all of us, but for small businesses there seem to be a million different things one can do to market their business, and nowhere is one more.

Voice Search.

Voice search, also called voice-enabled, allows the user to use a voice command to search the Internet, a website, or an app. In a broader definition, voice search includes open-domain keyword queries on any information on the Internet, for example in Google Voice Search, Cortana, Siri, and Amazon Echo.

In short, you want to be able found when people ask their devices questions, such as, "Find Marketing Consultants near me." Now, the goal is this business and others like it will be stated by said devices; then you will be well on your way to success.

Now I could write 2000+ words on how to go about doing this or we can do the abridged version, which just so happens to be our specialty. (We really like bullets and quick results with less reading.)

• Build authoritative site (Links, Content, Social Shares, Great User experience)

• Compatible with https framework

• Webpage should be faster 4.6 seconds or faster

• Share your business information in your site’s footer in simple text format

• Claim your Google My Business listing

• Directory Listings. Make sure your business can be found on all the major online directories and that your information is up to date. Right now, Amazon’s Alexa uses data from Yelp

• Get mobile-friendly

• Capitalize on Online Business Reviews

• Create rich, compelling content that answers your users’ most common questions and solves their pain points.

• Optimize for long-tail keywords in your keyword research

• Optimize for Featured Snippets