1. "small business [industry] + [city]" (e.g. "small bakery businesses in Los Angeles")
2. "top [industry] businesses in [city]" (e.g. "top coffee shops in San Francisco")
3. "nearest [industry] competitors near me"
4. "competitors of [business name]"
5. "most popular [industry] businesses in [city]"
6. "best [industry] companies in [city]"
7. "similar businesses to mine in [location]"
8. "leading [industry] businesses in [city]"
9. "compare [industry] businesses in [city]"
10. "competitors in [industry] within [distance] miles from me" (e.g. "competitors in clothing industry within 5 miles from me")
This is your lucky day: you are the owner of your new small business! You want to find out about any competition in the area and decide to search the internet.
List ten searches total that you would use to identify your strongest competitors.
Work out what these searches should look like: What you should type into the search bar and how it should be typed?
Think about things like location, distance, and what your competition looks like in order to design your searches.
Remember what you learned about Boolean searches, as well as informational, transactional, and navigational searches, to create the kinds of searches that suit your purposes best.
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