Why Do You SEO For Local And Not Focus On Ads Where You Have More Control Over Keywords?

In episode 277 of Semantic Mastery's weekly Hump Day Hangouts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Scb7Tmew0), one viewer asked why SEO for local and not focus on ads where you can have more control over keywords. The exact question was: I don't understand the use of ranking websites for local. I run Google Ads (with GMB location extension activated in Google Ads) for local plumbing clients. I've ranked multiple websites organically nr 1 and GMB's organically nr 1. I would guess that about 5% of traffic comes from my nr 1 organically ranked websites, about 15% from GMB organic rankings and the rest from the ads and GMB linked to the ads. You can target so much more kw's with ads than organic. You will never show in the 3-pack for the variety of kw's you can target in G Ads. So why SEO for local? Why not only focus on ads where you have so much more control over your kw's? If you're an agency owner or consultant that wants to get more clients, grow your revenue and scale your team so that they can work less and earn more. If you want to learn more about this, go to https://ift.tt/3bS6SK2 Start with the Battleplan - your "Art of War" Playbook that combines decades of distilled SEO Experience and Cutting Edge Practices: https://ift.tt/2rmHAjA Ready to start OR grow profitable local digital marketing agency? Join the Semantic Mastery MasterMIND: https://ift.tt/2hBRPfl Join the discussion live each week for FREE (or ask questions ahead of time): https://ift.tt/2jraJoK And, if you want to get notifications of upcoming weekly SEO Q&A webinars "Hump Day Hangouts" sign up here: https://ift.tt/1NZu6N2 Stay up to date with the latest videos and training by subscribing to the Semantic Mastery Channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=semanticmastery More videos about SEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20AURKe0smg&list=PL1oO3mUVEcfpUc753HsfSJpvv4bicf5_M More videos about Lead Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSW-bwm-Lko&list=PL1oO3mUVEcfrS3wwtHTt6Ls24_8_ZAZJK More videos about SEO Questions Answered on Hump Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYv44gXnC68&list=PL1oO3mUVEcfo33kNReI6LwcM3MfgGoVpm Lastly, come join us in the Semantic Mastery Facebook group: https://ift.tt/1KpjAzH