Citations - How does it works?

 

Citation its a technique used to help the google local bussines listing to get more expouser on free directories (yellow pages).

If you have a website, you need to create a google local listing in order get maped in Google Maps section, but guess what? You are not the only company offering the service, product or idea that you offer in your region. So in order to gain more reviews you have to subscribe your web site in directories, placing info like: phone number, adress, website, categories and others.

Those directories in SEM and SEO language are Citations. Example: 1. Get in yelp.com 2. Scroll down click on bussines support 3. Click on login on your account 4. Click your free account now 5. Write your bussines name and adress, then search... 6. Is the first time you using this page so it will tell you like .. "you must sign up first in order to get listed." so sign up 7. Then verify your Identity. 8. Yelp will give you a review before get your adress and company name submitted... verify and accept. Noticed, yelp maped you... Now you are part of this directory site, you win more expuosure, and if someone look your site on yelp it count as a review in google maps and if they looks you on google maps it make your local bussines site POPULAR. gogle will placed you in a good place according to your category and adress location (state or city)

Conclusion With Citation your adress win expousure, then win popularity, then win reviews and google take your adress and your bussines map in a nice position organic search also on its map section. If some one is looking for your products service in your region... and you have reviews google will placed you on first pages...

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