In addition to creating a Google My Business profile, additional business citations or listings are a key factor in Local SEO. They are also a key factor in Google My Business profile's ranking. A business citation is a mention of a business' name, address, and phone number (NAP for short). It's important that your business' NAP is consistent because consistency satisfies part of Google's and other search engines' algorithm for showing your business at the top of its local results. Types of online citations are:
- Local Business Directory Listings (example)
- Business Review Pages (example)
- Social Media Business Pages (example)
- Online interviews (example)
- Press Mentions (examples)
There are 100's if not 1000's of local business directories and business review websites. Websites like Yelp act as both a business directory and a review website. There are plenty of social media websites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc) that display a business' NAP, also. Online interviews and press mentions business citations happen organically or by reaching out.
Local Data Aggregators - Information Pushers
These companies are responsible for pushing information to Google, Yelp, Bing, Hotfrog, Manta, Superpages, Pinterest, YP, and a whole lot more. There are only a handful of local data aggregators:
- Data Axle
- Neustar Localeze
- Foursquare
How We Setup Business Listings
We manually build your business listings. We'll create an account in each local directory, review site, and data aggregator with an email address in your website's domain name (if possible). Once we're done, you'll own all of your business listings and they will stay up even if you decide to stop using us as your SEO provider.
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