Business Citations

Business citations are simply a mention of your business in directories, websites and blogs. A business citation does not have to be a link, just a mention of your business name and contact information.

The search engines search for every online reference of your business that includes your business name, address and phone number, the more the better.

Make sure your name, address and phone number are in all of your social listings. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, local websites, blogs, trade associations, Chamber of Commerce etc;

Be consistent with your information. When you list your contact information be sure that all of the information is accurate and identical on every listing. An easy way achieve this and get listed in all of the top locations is to use a business listing service.

Universal Business Listing is a one-stop service, providing access to all of the search sites consumers are using to find information. I highly recommend this company.

Business citations are particularly important for local businesses. The majority of local businesses don't even have a website, let alone business citations from reputable sources.

Citations help establish credibility and should help you rank higher in the search results.

Business Citation Sources

Manta

Yelp

Hot Frog

Super Pages

Yellow Pages.com

Local.com

This is only a partial list of sources. There are hundreds of search engines, Yellow Pages sites, business directories, social sites, mobile devices and 411 services on the internet today where you can list your contact information.

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