pageoneresults - 4:00 pm on Dec 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

How do the search engines know where a business is located?

Part of that process is referred to as Geo-Targeting. If a consumer is using a local search interface, local companies are going to take precedence over national companies.

There is much that goes on when getting into Local Search. In addition to Geo-Targeting, there are the online yellow pages which are being used within that data. Yahoo! uses infoUSA [infousa.com], Google uses a combination of Yellow Pages and your individual submission which can be done here...

6. Why doesn’t my business show up on Google Local? How do I get this fixed? [local.google.com]