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Zainlee
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Lesson Learned

Lessons Learned πŸ“š

  1. Local SEO is competitive - Established businesses have years of backlinks
  2. Structured data matters - JSON-LD for LocalBusiness helped a lot
  3. Content > Code - Writing location-specific pages (Sharjah Industrial Area guides) drove more traffic than any technical optimization
  4. WhatsApp is king in UAE - Nobody wants to fill forms, everyone uses WhatsApp

What's Next

  • Adding user reviews
  • Price comparison features
  • Mobile app (maybe React Native?)

Check It Out

πŸ”— Live site: olpart.com

Key pages:

Would love any feedback from the community!

Have you built location-based directories? What SEO tricks worked for you?


Building in public. Follow for updates on the journey. πŸš€

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