We will build citations based on the operating area of your business by identifying
the best business portals, B2B portals, White Pages, Yellow Pages, Review Sites,
Map Sites, GPS aggregators and reputed portals in that locality.
Identify business portals based on the Business Niche and build quality citations.
Relevancy and reputation is an important factor and we make sure that we build citations
in portals that are relevant to your business.
Claiming the business and confirming the citation is the final part of building
citation. We claim all the citations we build and verify the business profiles.
A detailed report with the URL of all the citations along with account details will
be provided to you. As a business owner, you own all the citations we build for
your business and have 100% exclusive control over all the citations.
FAQ on Building Local Business Citations
Why should I build citations for my business and
does it impact my rankings?
Building citations is quintessential for any local business as it significantly
increase online visibility, drive in clients and influence search engine rankings
positively. The quality of citations and relevancy impact positively or negatively
the search engine rankings. The greater the number of consistent, relevant citations
a business builds online influence search engine rankings to rank your business
on top of SERPs. Inconsistent and inaccurate citations damage reputation, search
engine rankings and new business from online users.
What is the difference between structured citations
and unstructured citations?
Structured citation is an organized listing of your business with NAP essentials
and you have control over the listings. If you have changed your business address
or phone number, you can always update your business information making it consistent.
When you setup a Google My Business or Yelp business page, you can at any time update
your citations.
Unstructured citations mostly mention your business name not exactly the way you
wanted it but may talk about your business. You may not have control over the listings
as it is cited on a log or news portal by a third party.
Why Should We Hire SIM And How Do You Build High
Quality Citations?
We at SIM have worked for thousands of businesses in the past 18 years and have
an extensive list of reputed citation sources based on locations, industry niches
and we have good relations with popular business portals. We do additional research
for every business to collect more relevant citation sources pertaining to the business.
We consider the following while selecting citation sources.
- Popularity & Authority
- Readily Indexed
- Managed Listings
- Industry Relevant
- Local by Region
- Domain Age
- Strictly NO SPAMMY Network or Automated Business Directories
We offer a turnkey citation service, from analyzing your business, collect data
to build citation, research the best resources for citation, build citation with
accurate data, confirm citations and hand over you with the list of citations, accounts
and all other data. Unlike most of the agencies, we do not hold back any data and
you have 100% exclusive control of your business citations. With an expert citation
team and over 18 years of experience, we offer you the best rates with accurate
citations in a record time.
Our citation team analyzes competition and identifies new citation opportunities.
Like competitor link building strategies in SEO, we research your competitor's presence
on local business portal and industry niches to find the right places to build new
citations.
Do you provide white label citation service for agencies?
Absolutely, our core business is from agencies that resell our digital marketing
services. We build white label citations for agencies at a massive discount. All
the citation reports will be branded under your agency brand (white label). We also
do white label Citation audit to help you get new clients. Contact us for sample
white label citation audit and citation building.
What is local citation?
Local citation is the mention of incorporated name, physical address of business,
phone number, city, zip, Geo coordinates, business category, driving categories
and much more on business directories, portals chamber of commerce etc. Local citations
help businesses reach more online customers with brand exposure.
Where can we build local citations?
You can build local citations on reputed and relevant business portals, local chamber
of commerce, Google my business, Data aggregators, Map sites, FB pages, Yelp, PR
portals, Social Media properties, Hyper local directories, Niche business directories
and local news portals. Building local business citations are not limited to a specific
set of sites, but depending on the business category you may extend to a variety
of portals catering your industry.
Should I use a local citation tool to build and manage
my citations?
Yes, you can use citation tools to build local citations and there are a number
of tools provide by third party citation providers sucha as Moz, Whitespark etc.
However you can build your own local citation by doing a research on local business
directories, your competitor citations and by googling for citation sources. Using
a citation building tool will cost you but saves time.
Should I hire a local citation expert to build citations?
Hiring a right local business expert who has expertise in your domain will have
the following benefits.
- They have precise data of reputable and relevant citation sources.
- A citation expert will prepare rich informative data on your business to build citations.
- As a citation expert, they will submit the accurate data and subsequently do the
confirmations, verifications and follow up as and when needed.
- A local citation expert keeps track of new citation sources, latest trends to get
more online visibility for your business.
- Whenever a policy change happens in a local citation source, an expert can re submit
your business info as per the guidelines.
- Local citation experts have good relations with data aggregators, business portals
and various citation sources.
Is local citation considered as a backlink?
Yeah certainly, every citation with a link to your website is considered as a back
link and helps you in local SEO search results. However there are unstructured citations
which may not have a link back to your site which is not considered as a backlink.
Are all local citations Do-Follow?
No, not all local citations are do-follow. Some of the local citations are no-follow,
but still is beneficial.
What are local map citations?
Map citations are citation sources exclusive for map listings, where you can mark
the Geo coordinates of your exact business location. They get distributed on GPS
and Map trackers.
How to do a local citation audit?
Google the following
- Your business name + City,
- Your business name + Phone Number,
- Your business name + ZIP
Collect all the URL's from the results where your business is listed in an excel
sheet. Use a free citation audit tool like citation tracker, Moz or paid tools such
as SEMrush etc. and append the URL's to the search list. This will provide you with
a list of URL's where your business is listed. Now you have to analyze every URL
for
- Consistent Business Name
- Exact Address
- Right Phone number
- Correct CIty & Zip
- Check if it displays current business details
Any inconsistency in the citation should be noted down to be fixed.