If you’re looking into how to get your business to rank higher and show up more on Google & Bing search results, we are going to talk about citations. Citations are important and a highly-missed opportunity for brand awareness. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.
You can outrank your competitors using tools for citation research and taking advantage of listing services that are readily available for you.
What is a Citation?
Think of citations as a business listing in a Yellow Pages book. In the internet, there are multiple brands of these “books,” all with their own traffic and audiences. You need to make sure that your business is listed in all of these sites and accurately maintained. In many instances, your listing can be altered by someone else, so you need to check these regularly.
Citations contain a business name, address, phone number, services you offer, and website in this combination on the internet. Google and Bing crawls for these citations and attributes these listings to you. In turn, it helps build up traffic and is a factor to increasing your rank.
Outrank The Competition
In a competitive market, check which citations are good for your specific industry. Use relevant search terms on Google to see who ranks highest among your competition. Note all the websites that list other businesses and find your way into generating your own citations in those areas as well.
How to Manage Citations
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How long does it take to list citations?
Managing citations is relatively easy, but it requires attention to detail and regular maintenance. Overall it is busy work to find to links and prevent other’s from altering your information.
A full-time professional Virtual Marketing Assistant can handle all your citations for you and more — at up to 70% LESS than the cost of a traditional employee.
Common Sites to list Citations
pr.business
AmericanTowns.com
LocalPages
Nextdoor
YellowPageCity.com
Banks.com
Yelp
Baidu
TomTom
Citysearch
HotFrog
TeleNav
iGlobal
Find Open
The Internet Chamber of Commerce
Allonesearch
Bizwiki.com
YaSabe
Amazon Alexa
Where To?
VotefortheBest
LocalDatabase
Property Capsule
iBegin
ABLocal
ChamberofCommerce.com
GoLocal247
Top Rated Local
YP.com
Snapchat
YellowMoxie
Yandex
HERE
D&B Database
Opendi
Insider Pages
Local.com v2
Navmii
AroundMe
EZlocal
Apple
Pitney Bowes
USCity.net
8coupons
Foursquare
Yalwa
My Local Services
AirYell
White & Yellow Pages
Avantar
Waze
Google My Business
Uber
Cylex
eLocal
2findlocal
Tupalo
MerchantCircle
Yahoo!
Bing
DexKnows
Superpages
Pointcom
MapQuest
Factual
n49
CitySquares
ShowMeLocal
YellowPagesDirectory
LocalStack
Brownbook.net
Credibility Review
Soleo
HolidayCheck
Postmates
Fliggy
CK Map
TripAdvisor
Zomato
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