Michigan’s SEO

At the last #tweetea I went to The Center for Michigan was there and gave a very informative presentation and the discussion during gathered further information. I think that observation is the key to implementing successful change.



One statement that was made was that the world knows Detroit it does not know Michigan. So what can we do about that? Well one thing popped out to me immediately. When looking at the profiles of people on FaceBook and LinkedIn and Twitter they all choose locations like. Birmingham, Metro Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lincoln Park and Detroit. Well that is all great no wonder we don’t have a trending topic – in Twitter at least. I looked at profiles of other people and saw DC, New York, Dallas, Paris, London. Simple sometimes simplified. Like you may live in a small town outside of London, but who would know where that is you get used to saying London. So that translates to your web profiles.



So I changed my Metro Detroit to “Michigan”. It’s all in the SEO. If everyone from all over Michigan changed their locals to say just plain straight to the point “Michigan” we could rule our little mid-west section of the Internet.



Track Tweets by Location


Geolocation How Cool is That?


Twitter Stats for Cities Around the World


Twitter Stats for US States





Now here’s where YOU become extremely important. Post your comment here. Your idea about what Michigan residents can individually do to help our state build up a positive reputation and get it noticed. AND we all could do these little things. It will show cohesiveness, teamwork, innovation and a will to survive and thrive if we can pull this off.