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An online listing is the most effective way to correctly display your business’s information to search engines and secure your organic ranking throughout the web. It is essentially the Yellow Pages of today. Accurately publishing your name, address and phone number, or NAP, in high-authority directories like Angie’s List and Manta help search engines find your business information and send positive local signals to your site. Even if you have a home business, you can still get your service area listed without revealing your address.
There are several types of listings to consider:
1. Claim your listing on major search engines.
All businesses have an opportunity to be listed on Google, Bing and Yahoo. Claimed listings are shown first because they offer higher relevance and credibility than unclaimed listings. These search engine giants account for more than 70% of all search traffic, so we want to make sure they are up to snuff.
2. Update your listings with review sites.
Review sites such as Yelp and Angie's List are a great way to be found by new customers. Claiming your listing on these sites also helps you to monitor your reviews and protect your reputation.
3. Expand your presence with the publishing power of data aggregators.
Data aggregators distribute business data to a multitude of local search directories. Submitting your information to the four major data aggregators:
Infogroup, Acxiom,
Localeze and
Factual, will help you gain even more local search authority.
4. Submit to the top 50 directories.
Directories such as SuperPages and YellowPages are still used, despite the popularity of mainstream search engines. Make sure your information is correct in the most authoritative directories for buyer research.
5. Help your customers find you on social media.
Did you know that social media sites such as FourSquare and Facebook have directories? Help your customers find you faster by claiming your directory.
6. Professional Services need more attention.
Some industries are highly competitive and need a little more exposure to stand apart from the crowd. If you have a business in health care, home services, financial services, law or the restaurant industry you should consider publishing in specialized directories.
7. A fresh start requires clean-up.
Do you need a fresh start? Is your old business name still haunting you? Did the previous owner of the physical location have a bad reputation? Fix it all with citation clean-up, a thorough sweep of the web for correction and deletion of old content.
Directory publishing can be a tedious task but well worth it for your company's bottom line.
For more information on listing management, contact Marci B. Marketing & Management at 248-838-9458 or marci@marcibmarketing.com.
Further reading:
http://www.linkmedia360.com/the-importance-of-local-online-listings-management/
http://commnetmarketing.com/why-local-listing-management-so-important-and-how-can-businesses-improve
http://outcareyourcompetition.com/the-importance-of-your-business-listings/
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