{"id":2718,"date":"2021-10-09T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.co.in\/demo\/daisyfashion\/\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2022-08-23T11:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:34:37","slug":"a-complete-guide-to-local-citations-to-enhance-your-local-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/a-complete-guide-to-local-citations-to-enhance-your-local-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Guide to Local Citations to Enhance Your Local SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2718\" class=\"elementor elementor-2718\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32efe43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32efe43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-252b007\" data-id=\"252b007\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c22f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5c22f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>Local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the best practice that businesses can adopt to drive more in-store traffic. And <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are one of the core parts of overall<\/span><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/citation-building\"> <i>local SEO strategy<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we will walk you through important points on <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like what they are, their significance, how to build a proper <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> strategy and more. So, buckle up and get ready to learn all you need to know about using <\/span><em><b>local citations <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> purposes. Bookmark this page for whenever you need help with your journey.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad65d8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad65d8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-733a345\" data-id=\"733a345\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30258bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30258bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 1: Introduction to Local citations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26c90f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26c90f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-932ab47\" data-id=\"932ab47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f248c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4f248c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\">The word \u2018citations\u2019 may give you nostalgia and throw you back to your school days. Sorry to burst your bubble, but we\u2019re not going to talk about that type of citation here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f01b9eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f01b9eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dd38a2\" data-id=\"5dd38a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063a615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"063a615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are Local citations?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ccae23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ccae23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f55b0dd\" data-id=\"f55b0dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa39f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afa39f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is when your business or business information is mentioned on a local directory or a third-party website like Yelp, Facebook, Bing Places, MapQuest, etc.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This information is generally your business\u2019s name, address and phone number, which in abbreviation is called NAP. Additional information like business hours, products, images and social media links are also a part of <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e67aa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e67aa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba6f79\" data-id=\"1ba6f79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0353c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0353c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Local citations\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-02-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-057f7ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"057f7ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f52cf5e\" data-id=\"f52cf5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519bab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519bab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Local citations<\/strong><\/em> are regarded as \u2018<em>the new link<\/em>\u2019 by some experts. Although, there is a difference between the two.<\/p><p>Here, links are not always links. They could just be an address and phone number related to a particular business.<\/p><p>Even though they\u2019re not necessarily a \u2018<em>vote<\/em>\u2019 factor for any business, they do validate the existence of a business at a particular location. That way, they increase the relevance of a business for a particular search.<\/p><p>These mentions of your business and business information online can be of various sorts. For example, Google My Business, business directories, review sites, local guides, industry-specific sites, social media pages, apps and information all around the web count as <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>These citations help Google and other search engines to verify your business\u2019s data.<\/p><p>Let me tell you four of the most popular business citation directories:<\/p><ul><li>Google My Business<\/li><li>Facebook<\/li><li>Bing Maps<\/li><li>Yelp<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a32a5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a32a5a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fe4346\" data-id=\"3fe4346\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbadb31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbadb31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"business citation directories\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-36x23.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-03-48x31.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90eb21f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90eb21f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aae518f\" data-id=\"aae518f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca983fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca983fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Listing your business in these indexes should be your first step.<\/p><p>Once indexed, the <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> works very much like a link works for your organic SEO, and helps your local rankings boost upwards.<\/p><p>Most <em><strong>local citations <\/strong><\/em>will remain under your control. Let\u2019s say you submit your site to a local business directory for example, you can go back and edit the information that you\u2019ve provided there whenever needed.<\/p><p>But, some citations like local media coverage will not be in your control.<\/p><p>Some <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are free and some ask you to pay. There are also some who will ask you to place a reciprocal link on your website in order to verify your information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59628c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59628c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-398ef55\" data-id=\"398ef55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8ed23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b8ed23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Types of Local citations<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d7a00f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d7a00f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a706962\" data-id=\"a706962\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4498a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe4498a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>There are two different types of <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>, <em>structured<\/em> and <em>unstructured<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfc0b7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfc0b7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cd3c21\" data-id=\"1cd3c21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca6349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eca6349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Structured local citations<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68e27e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68e27e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e45e41\" data-id=\"1e45e41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817505e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"817505e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Name, address and phone number, this is the common sequence in which you\u2019ll see information related to a business on websites and business directories. When you see citations in this order and format, we call it structured local citations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04442e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04442e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4e896b\" data-id=\"c4e896b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02020c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a02020c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Structured local citations\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-04-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a659a5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a659a5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee06823\" data-id=\"ee06823\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f0aae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f0aae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can find structured <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> on business directories like Yelp, Bing, MapQuest, Apple Maps, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d7e4fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d7e4fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a7076\" data-id=\"65a7076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf8dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bf8dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unstructured local citations<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6b7b27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6b7b27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3040344\" data-id=\"3040344\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4155358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4155358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Unstructured <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are not as common as structured <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>, but they\u2019re equally valuable.<\/p><p>As the term gives out, unstructured <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> don\u2019t follow a structured format in terms of information submitted on a website or any other platform. They can be laid out in any piece of information on the web such as a local newspaper article.<\/p><p>This even includes blog posts, press mentions and forum threads, where your business may be mentioned in a conversational manner. For example, the mention might say something like \u201c<em>Senor iPhone is located at 4180 S Rainbow Blvd Ste 803, Las Vegas<\/em>\u201d and after that \u201c<em>Call +1 702-330-0725 to know more about the services.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><p>What matters is that all the necessary information can be found on the same page, even though it\u2019s not together or in order. It\u2019s a little more exercise for search engines to scrape it. But still, that doesn\u2019t make it any less valuable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba45d7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba45d7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a93bb2d\" data-id=\"a93bb2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d4dbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3d4dbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Citations vs Listings vs Directories<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce8c40d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce8c40d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abe9426\" data-id=\"abe9426\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c55d554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c55d554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You may often hear these terms along with one another, but it\u2019s important to know the difference between citations, listings and directories.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be using these terms in this article a lot, so it\u2019s important for you to understand the difference.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8416ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8416ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6580f78\" data-id=\"6580f78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29531b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29531b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Citations vs Listings vs Directories\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-05-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c237ab1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c237ab1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28417b4\" data-id=\"28417b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e9d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86e9d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Citation<\/strong>: business information (Senor iPhone, 4180 S Rainbow Blvd Ste 803, Las Vegas, NV 89103, United States, +1 702-330-0725, etc.)<\/p><p><strong>Listing<\/strong>: the page that contains citations for a business on a business directory.<\/p><p><strong>Directory<\/strong>: the business directory or website that contains searchable listings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c635064 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c635064\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58a86b9\" data-id=\"58a86b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1614914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1614914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do local citations need links?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-019a824 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"019a824\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-875f0d6\" data-id=\"875f0d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c6a24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c6a24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Local citations<\/strong><\/em> don\u2019t necessarily need to have links. Even just the mention of your business\u2019s name has its own significance.<\/p><p>What Google picks up on is that the information related to your business-like name, address, phone number, etc., is mentioned on a website that it trusts. It helps Google to verify and trust your business. So, the more credible mentions of your business will mean a healthier chance for your local rank to improve.<\/p><p>So, links don\u2019t matter in <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>? They do, a lot. Only because <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> have value even without links doesn\u2019t mean that links aren\u2019t valuable. <em><strong>Local citations<\/strong><\/em> that have links are even more valuable than citations that don\u2019t.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d160ca6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d160ca6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc620c5\" data-id=\"bc620c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76bec23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76bec23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 2: The Importance of Local citations in Local SEO<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1113177 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1113177\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba545ee\" data-id=\"ba545ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49397dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49397dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The first and most important step was to understand what <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are. Now that you know what <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> exactly mean, we can talk further on how they can benefit with your <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>In this next section, we\u2019ll talk about how <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> help improve local search rankings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0250a50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0250a50\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-634ef95\" data-id=\"634ef95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a35e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a35e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Improving local search and organic rankings<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e601aea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e601aea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-173a3c7\" data-id=\"173a3c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a976d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a976d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The most influential ranking factors are:<\/p><ul><li>The number of <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> a business accumulates.<\/li><li>The accuracy of the information.<\/li><li>The quality of directories.<\/li><\/ul><p>So, how do <strong>local citations<\/strong> help rankings? Google and other search engines gather the data of businesses from all around the web. If what they amass about your business is accurate and consistent, it develops trust with the search engine about the validation of your business&#8217;s data, which ultimately increases the ranking chances.<\/p><p>On the other hand, if the data they accumulate about your business is inconsistent, it will leave a negative impact on your business&#8217;s online reputation and <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>Even though they&#8217;re not as impactful as they were a couple of years ago, <strong>local citations<\/strong> still have their significance in local pack and organic rankings.<\/p><p>In a <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/research\/expert-local-citation-survey\/\"><b>study<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> conducted by BrightLocal, 90% of <strong>local SEO<\/strong> experts consider accurate and consistent <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> to be critically important.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5a485d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5a485d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3973975\" data-id=\"3973975\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a6837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52a6837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Being present where customers are looking<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e3f400 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e3f400\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-289cd2f\" data-id=\"289cd2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b20fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97b20fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s general knowledge now that customers do their research before buying any products or services. In this research period, they often go through <strong><em>local citations<\/em><\/strong> and directories looking for more information on products and services.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s not necessary that consumers will stick to Google only. They&#8217;ll be going to different directories for different needs. For example, if you&#8217;re looking for a good place to have dinner, going to <em>TripAdvisor<\/em> sounds like a better option than Google.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8502ba0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8502ba0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9823721\" data-id=\"9823721\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0405f63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0405f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Being present where customers are looking\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-06-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7111418 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7111418\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9975af0\" data-id=\"9975af0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f963de2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f963de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The point is that consumers may not even ask Google for certain specific queries. So, doesn&#8217;t being present in places where customers are searching for you make so much sense?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8de5e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8de5e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0c4048\" data-id=\"b0c4048\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a848f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72a848f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rank on first page of organic SERPs<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ef4480 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ef4480\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c503e16\" data-id=\"c503e16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43a4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43a4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When you search for a local provider, more often than not will you find directories such as Yelp and Groupon to appear as some of the top organic results.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc08765 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc08765\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa8a3a6\" data-id=\"fa8a3a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115da0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"115da0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Rank on first page of organic SERPs\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-07-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2d41aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2d41aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05d8d9e\" data-id=\"05d8d9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7611d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b7611d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>These mammoths are too tough to beat. So, instead of fighting them for ranks, why not join them? Meaning that you add your business listing in these directories and rank with them.<\/p><p>Search engines like Google and Bing have great faith in popular citation sites like these, as you&#8217;d notice that the most of the top results for local searches are dominated by local directories.<\/p><p>For example, if you&#8217;ve ever performed a search for a <em>coaching class<\/em> or a <em>plumber<\/em>, you would&#8217;ve found that most of the first page is covered with directories like Yelp and not the websites owned by coaching classes or plumbers.<\/p><p>Even though Google is the most popular choice to search for anything, some people might directly go to local directories like Yelp in search of something they&#8217;re looking for.<\/p><p>These findings are backed by BrightLocal&#8217;s <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/research\/local-services-ads-click-study\/\"><b>study<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> that showed that directories get the majority of clicks where an area is specified in a search.<\/p><p>This should give you an idea how important it is for your business to be present in local directories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-243cca3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"243cca3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-961ea1a\" data-id=\"961ea1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bec2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0bec2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More links to your website<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b02a24d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b02a24d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6092d9b\" data-id=\"6092d9b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4bc6c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4bc6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s common sense now that you need links from authoritative and trusted websites linking back to your site, in order to have strong SEO. This is where citations can do wonders to your organic SEO.<\/p><p>Spending a few minutes on business listing directories will tell you that almost all of them have a dedicated field for &#8216;Website URL.&#8217;<\/p><p>The best news is that some of these directories show these links as &#8216;dofollow,&#8217; which means that search engines can vouch on them to pass on link equity (link juice) to your site.<\/p><p><strong><em>What does a dofollow link mean?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>In a nutshell, dofollow links help your website rank better in search engine result pages.<\/p><p>They are HTML tags that signal search bots to follow the respective links. When a webmaster provides a link to your website with a dofollow tag, the crawlers and search bots will know to follow those links, which will help search engines with evaluating your website&#8217;s online authority.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f76b00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f76b00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-276d95e\" data-id=\"276d95e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9516af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9516af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Possibility of more third-party reviews<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a9f167 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a9f167\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-343f2d3\" data-id=\"343f2d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af408b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af408b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Prominence, relevance and proximity are the top three factors for ranking in Google&#8217;s local pack.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Prominence means to have a positive online reputation. The more positive mentions your business has around the web the better. Good reviews mean positive mentions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2553e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2553e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26b0214\" data-id=\"26b0214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bde6fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bde6fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Possibility of more third-party reviews\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-08-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f7129c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f7129c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8240f1f\" data-id=\"8240f1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb9d4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb9d4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Local citation<\/strong><\/em> sites can also be seen as review sites, since they allow the consumers to review businesses and describe their experience with businesses.<\/p><p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\">In addition to you delivering outstanding services to your customers, these business listings on citation sites will be a tremendous benefit for your business and chances to rank in the local pack. Your customers will be able to let other consumers know about their outstanding experience with your business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa9ebff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa9ebff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7425bce\" data-id=\"7425bce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c7d79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17c7d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why it's important to manage local citations<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b483633 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b483633\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff5634e\" data-id=\"ff5634e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36b477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f36b477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Simply put, unmanaged <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> will confuse consumers as well as search engines.<\/p><p>BrightLocal\u2019s <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/research\/local-citations-trust-report\/\"><b>citations trust report<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> reveals very surprising results. A whopping 93% of consumers find imprecise information to be frustrating.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s why it is extremely important to keep the information on <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> to be up-to-date and accurate. Otherwise, you may push away potential customers.<\/p><p>We\u2019ll dive more into the importance of data accuracy in this next chapter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ce689e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ce689e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b1db0b\" data-id=\"5b1db0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710e424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"710e424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 3: Importance of Data Accuracy in Local citations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-129f490 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"129f490\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bfa457\" data-id=\"4bfa457\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b609ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b609ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve already walked over NAP earlier in this article. In this chapter, we&#8217;ll go further down the path and explore the importance of NAP in <em><strong>local citations<\/strong> <\/em>and how inconsistent and inaccurate data can hurt your rank very badly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51f50c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51f50c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25da5da\" data-id=\"25da5da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7026b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7026b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is NAP?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1034b14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1034b14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3649d4\" data-id=\"c3649d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5eaf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f5eaf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You may have heard tons of acronyms in the digital marketing world. Some of the most popular would be SEO, PPC, CPC, CTA, SERP, NAP, and so on.<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll hear a lot about NAP in the<em> <strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> department. That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s one of the fundamentals in the overall <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> picture. Generally speaking, NAP is not that difficult to understand, but it does need observation and moderation, especially consistency.<\/p><p>The mention of NAP consistency may give you a funny feeling in your stomach. If we&#8217;re being honest, it does sound a bit concerning, taking in the fact that getting it wrong can ruin your online reputation.<\/p><p>Luckily, it&#8217;s not as complicated as one may think. Nevertheless, it&#8217;s extremely important to get it right and keep it that way, because ultimately, NAP consistency will play a great role in your local rankings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a892c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a892c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a34b4f5\" data-id=\"a34b4f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f935580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f935580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does NAP stand for?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aea3350 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aea3350\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7743d21\" data-id=\"7743d21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b9ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9b9ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The acronym NAP means:<\/p><ul><li>Name<\/li><li>Address<\/li><li>Phone Number<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56b0571 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56b0571\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8047378\" data-id=\"8047378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d930b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d930b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"What does NAP stand for?\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-09-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a94ca17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a94ca17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2557340\" data-id=\"2557340\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273b9b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"273b9b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>These three pieces of information are extremely important on their own, but in unity and accuracy (or inaccuracy), they can prove to be the reason a customer comes to your store or gets lost and frustrated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2dc6e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2dc6e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dc1e68\" data-id=\"7dc1e68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a603de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a603de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>So, where does the website fit into the NAP?<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ced17f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ced17f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6448000\" data-id=\"6448000\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b724d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b724d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In your <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> journey, you&#8217;ll hear terms like NAPW or UNAP citations. The &#8216;W&#8217; in NAPW stands for &#8216;website&#8217; and &#8216;U&#8217; in UNAP refers to &#8216;URL.&#8217; Adding your website URL in the NAP adds more to its value. It provides extra data for search engines to connect your <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> to your business.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be36e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6be36e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a681957\" data-id=\"a681957\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-269537d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"269537d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"So, where does the website fit into the NAP\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-10-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c9427a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c9427a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd3c369\" data-id=\"bd3c369\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac47c11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac47c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The citations that don&#8217;t have all three segments of NAP are referred to as &#8216;partial citation.&#8217;<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll also find some <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> and listings of your business that you never set up. That is merely a result of you going about your routine marketing activities on the internet that some NAP listings emerge naturally.<\/p><p>For instance, you create a Facebook page for your business. By simply filling your business details in the profile, you&#8217;ve created a NAP citation right there.<\/p><p>Another example is when you post details of a business event online to promote it. That is another NAP citation that you&#8217;ve created.<\/p><p>Similarly, when you enroll as an exhibitor for an exhibition and the organizers publish your information online or mention you in a blog, local newspaper, etc., that will add to your NAP mentions without you even trying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffea812 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffea812\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-592a12c\" data-id=\"592a12c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a655ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a655ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What about NAP mentions on your own website?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fbef34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fbef34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ace778\" data-id=\"3ace778\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549a8fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"549a8fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>By now, we stand clear that NAP mentions can come in many different forms through different channels, from business directories to social media platforms, customer reviews to blogs and articles, and NAP accuracy and consistency on your own website matters as much as these <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> if not more.<\/p><p>Your website is the place where you will talk about your business and naturally mention details about your business such as name, address and phone number. Whether you mention all three together or in different parts of a page, they will count as NAP citations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51e853a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51e853a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b49c21\" data-id=\"8b49c21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be578a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8be578a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"What about NAP mentions on your own website\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-11-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8944a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8944a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90474ed\" data-id=\"90474ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1abb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a1abb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Hence, it&#8217;s important that you&#8217;re equally careful of the accuracy and consistency of the information that you put on your website as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-491a485 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491a485\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77f4b5a\" data-id=\"77f4b5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52eff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b52eff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does inaccuracy in NAP occur?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edc686a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edc686a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0acb7bd\" data-id=\"0acb7bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-173437e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"173437e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>People generally fall prey to the idea of NAP being a purposeful thing when seeking to build<em> <strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s more than possible that you get caught up in creating first-hand-citations and start neglecting NAP consistency for the NAPs that you&#8217;ve created as byproducts of your activities. If you think about it, it&#8217;s a natural thing that will occur in the course of your marketing activities like writing a blog or creating web pages.<\/p><p>Another reason for NAP inconsistency can be that not all NAP occurrences follow the same format. Consistency can be a little difficult to maintain when you are submitting the information of your business in different ways, different locations and for different purposes.<\/p><p>For example, you&#8217;re filling out a social media profile at one moment and buying a local directory listing the next.<\/p><p>Additionally, you won&#8217;t be able to control all the NAP mentions about your business around the web. Say a local newspaper or magazine publishes a tabloid about your business and doesn&#8217;t add the zip-code in the address, or forgets to add LLC in your business name. They still count as inaccurate NAP citations.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re getting assistance from someone, a<em><strong> local SEO<\/strong><\/em> agency for example, to help you with your <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>, it&#8217;s also possible that they may be submitting inconsistent and inaccurate NAP. So, you might want to re-check that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e861e1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e861e1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-240b2db\" data-id=\"240b2db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c45bca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c45bca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are duplicate listings?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e58216 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e58216\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12224a7\" data-id=\"12224a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2bdae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2bdae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Duplicate listings can leave a giant negative impact on your <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building efforts and the overall <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>A duplicate business listing is when a business has more than one listing in the same directory for the same location. Google My Business for example, when two listings are considered duplicates when they have the same business names, even if the details entered are different.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1da6349 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1da6349\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c22544d\" data-id=\"c22544d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c2fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96c2fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"What are duplicate listings\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-12-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbe6410 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbe6410\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2361cde\" data-id=\"2361cde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e9b2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98e9b2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>To give you an example, let&#8217;s say you run a restaurant that has both dine-in and takeout options. You create two different listings for your restaurant on Yelp, one for the dine-in menu and the other for the takeout menu. It will be called a duplicate listing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96db97e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96db97e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0785fb\" data-id=\"b0785fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3b719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef3b719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do duplicate listings occur?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae95479 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae95479\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5203c8e\" data-id=\"5203c8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801018f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"801018f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You may find several duplicate listings that you&#8217;re not aware of or some that you haven&#8217;t created intentionally. It can happen for a number of reasons, here are some of them:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cdee26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cdee26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01ad036\" data-id=\"01ad036\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2768b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2768b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accidental duplicate listings<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1454df3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1454df3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72599b9\" data-id=\"72599b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-423ede4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"423ede4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s possible that your co-worker or your <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> agency may have created a <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> on a site where you already have a business listing. If you&#8217;ve been building <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> for a long period, that would be natural to happen.<\/p><p>That is why it is best to keep a record of all the <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> that you create, which will make it easier for you to avoid accidental duplication.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0000d36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0000d36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d117444\" data-id=\"d117444\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c3ca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4c3ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aggregation<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71c7941 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71c7941\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8e77a0\" data-id=\"f8e77a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf02da8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf02da8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Some listing sites accumulate their data from different sources. Having inconsistent NAP on the web can lead these sites to create duplicate listings for your business with slightly different data, and ultimately piling up on your duplicate listing problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e180586 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e180586\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0aa255e\" data-id=\"0aa255e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b9ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9b9ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loss of credentials<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c5576f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c5576f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ffeacb\" data-id=\"8ffeacb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e99327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e99327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Changes in business information is natural to occur over time.<\/p><p>For example, you may be relocating your business to a new location or you change your business\u2019s phone number.<\/p><p>Additionally, there could be cases where you don&#8217;t have access to your listing anymore, for example a former employee or old agency used to manage your listings, you\u2019d probably lose the access to those listings. In such cases, you might just go ahead and create a new listing. That\u2019s another way you could\u2019ve created a duplicate listing.<\/p><p>Again, keeping track of all the information including credentials of your listings will help you avoid the loss of your listings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9c74d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9c74d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c6cecd\" data-id=\"8c6cecd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdfcdfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdfcdfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In attempt of organic SEO growth<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fabe4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fabe4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6537cb6\" data-id=\"6537cb6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b001179 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b001179\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>SEO algorithms and practices are in a permanent state of evolution. So, it is more than possible that your former digital marketing agency or SEO executive created multiple listings on the same directories in hope of organic SEO growth.<\/p><p>This is definitely not a good SEO practice anymore, even if your SEO executive believed it to be a few years ago. So, double-check whether your SEO executive(s) created duplicate listings in the past or not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d11f4ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d11f4ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6224e4\" data-id=\"e6224e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8956b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8956b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NAP citations accuracy<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf999a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf999a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ca0fb2\" data-id=\"0ca0fb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2daf893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2daf893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>One of the questions that businesses ask most often is about the format in which you submit business details online. For example, if <em>Avenue<\/em> vs <em>Ave<\/em>, <em>Street<\/em> vs <em>St<\/em> or <em>No.<\/em> vs <em>#<\/em> matter that much.<\/p><p>Fortunately, things have evolved a lot in the past few years. Google and other search engines are now smart enough to pick up on slight variations and abbreviations to relate them with their full forms. Otherwise, there would&#8217;ve been piles of duplicate business listings for each and every business.<\/p><p>Dissimilarities like &#8216;SOC&#8217; vs &#8216;S.O.C&#8217; don&#8217;t really come in the way of Google&#8217;s attempt to recognize these as the same business information.<\/p><p>So, better focus on bigger details and not worry about these minor differences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d11b296 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d11b296\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af79426\" data-id=\"af79426\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b834ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b834ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The importance of accurate and consistent NAP citations<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e2be8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e2be8c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e8eb0a\" data-id=\"1e8eb0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06fe652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06fe652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>As we\u2019ve already discussed earlier in this article, NAP consistency and accuracy is critically important. Now we&#8217;ll go deeper into why it&#8217;s so important.<\/p><p>According to BrightLocal\u2019s <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/learn\/key-ranking-factors-for-local-seo\/\"><b>local ranking factors survey<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em>, NAP citation consistency is one of the top 7 ranking factors to rank in the local pack.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a2c061 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a2c061\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d00e40\" data-id=\"0d00e40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e70daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e70daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"The importance of accurate and consistent NAP citations\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-13-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5156078 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5156078\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a39c75\" data-id=\"2a39c75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d70d68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d70d68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to having an impact on your ranking in local search, NAP can have a direct impact on your image as a business. It could lead to negative online reviews if the customers get disappointed with the inaccurate information.<\/p><p>So, even though NAP is quite simple on its own, there&#8217;s a lot going on under the hood, which needs to be taken care of.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9932dac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9932dac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b5616c\" data-id=\"3b5616c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5464e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5464e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inaccurate information can affect SEO<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7406031 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7406031\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3687b1d\" data-id=\"3687b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02b454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e02b454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Again, NAP is an extremely important ranking factor because it adds to the on-page and citation signals that contribute to your business&#8217;s presence in the local pack.<\/p><p>A study report shows that the businesses that rank in the top 10 of local pack have an average of around 80 citations, the ones ranking in the top spot have an average of 85 citations and those ranking in 10th position have an average of 75 citations. As the report clearly suggests, the more <strong>local citations<\/strong> you build the better.<\/p><p>It is also common sense that search engines like Google and Bing rely on <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> to accumulate your business details from around the web.<\/p><p>Factors like the number of <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> Google finds from around the web, how accurate they are and how reliable the data sources are, all come together to help Google form a picture of your business.<\/p><p>So, when Google finds <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> containing accurate and consistent NAP, Google can confidently present those businesses to the searchers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c360cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c360cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81a0937\" data-id=\"81a0937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f506ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f506ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inaccurate citations lead to consumer distrust<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59ebe4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59ebe4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ea008e\" data-id=\"5ea008e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5139b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5139b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>As I mentioned earlier, about 90% of customers find it really annoying when they find inaccurate business details online.<\/p><p>Imagine you dial a number from a listing online and the number is not active. You&#8217;re bound to get frustrated.<\/p><p>Local searches are very high on intent; hence it shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise that customers get frustrated because of inaccurate information.<\/p><p>According to <span style=\"color: #881769;\"><em><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/consumer-insights\/consumer-trends\/local-search-to-store-visit-statistics\/\"><b>Think With Google<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/span>, 88% of people who conduct a local search visit a local store within a week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9622001 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9622001\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84c106d\" data-id=\"84c106d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c918b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c918b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Inaccurate information can affect SEO\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-14-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571055 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571055\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8a3e3e\" data-id=\"a8a3e3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cde0844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cde0844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Nine out of ten customers admit to looking up the address of a business online before visiting the location. So, it is your responsibility to make sure the NAP is consistent and customers find the correct information about your business.<\/p><p>If the consumers find different addresses for your location or if the zip code is inconsistent, that would add to their confusion and eventually lead them to abandon their plans of visiting you.<\/p><p>Similarly, when consumers visit the location mentioned online and don&#8217;t find it at the given address, one out of three people admit that they stop trying and go to a competitor instead. Here, inconsistency in NAP can lead to revenue loss and prove to be costly.<\/p><p>So, the more consistent your NAP citations are the more confident consumers will be about your listing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29d8468 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29d8468\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6001a86\" data-id=\"6001a86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c708f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c708f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NAP consistency drives conversion<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9e5fd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9e5fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba19f64\" data-id=\"ba19f64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478cee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"478cee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Google&#8217;s own <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/marketing-strategies\/app-and-mobile\/mobile-search-consumer-behavior-data\/\"><b>research<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> data shows that 96% users pick up their smartphones when looking to get something done. 87% of those users go to a search engine &#8211; the first thing, which makes the search results their first step towards what you would hope to be their road to purchase.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b824ff2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b824ff2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faeeeb4\" data-id=\"faeeeb4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-269bf0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"269bf0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"NAP consistency drives conversion\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-15-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-602b991 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"602b991\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ef706a\" data-id=\"6ef706a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bd373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91bd373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When a consumer finds your business\u2019s directory listing, GMB profile, a social media link or an article about you, it&#8217;s as good as them finding your website. These are all portals where customers will potentially find you, hence it makes keeping the NAP up-to-date extremely important.<\/p><p>Just as accurate and consistent NAP citations can encourage consumers to make a purchase, inaccurate and inconsistent NAP citations can push them away. According to a <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/research\/local-citations-trust-report\/\"><b>study<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em>, customers feel that it is the business&#8217; responsibility to correct the incorrect information and not the directories that are hosting their listings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7efbbc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7efbbc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79fb9aa\" data-id=\"79fb9aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70235a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a70235a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You might lose referral traffic because of NAP inconsistency<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-234c88d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"234c88d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56d98a6\" data-id=\"56d98a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c36e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c36e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>So far, we&#8217;ve understood that NAP consistency is an important factor in someone&#8217;s journey to becoming a consumer from a searcher.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ve also established that NAP citations are one of the <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> necessities, as it gives Google the confidence that the data they are showing for a particular query is indeed accurate and will serve its purpose, but only if the data is accurate and consistent.<\/p><p>The consumers would not only be disappointed if the information they find is inaccurate, they&#8217;ll also be pissed as they expect local businesses to fix the errors present in inaccurate NAP.<\/p><p>That will hurt your reputation as a business and might lead to a downfall in website traffic and in-store traffic.<\/p><p>Also, whether your NAP appears in a webpage, a business profile or social media, it will only be visible to search engines and searchers if the data there is accurate and consistent.<\/p><p>All in all, you&#8217;ll lose the referral traffic that you might get from sources like directories, reviews or even word-of-mouth if your NAP is inconsistent or inaccurate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-946799e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"946799e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ee2b5\" data-id=\"e0ee2b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-869eafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"869eafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consistent NAP can improve voice search appearance<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf162c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf162c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db7e8ea\" data-id=\"db7e8ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4547364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4547364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest digital marketing trends. According to <span style=\"color: #881769;\"><em><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/marketing-strategies\/app-and-mobile\/voice-technology-strategy\/\"><b>Google<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/span>, voice search is the second most quickly adopted type of technology after the smartphone itself.<\/p><p>Technology is making it easier to do stuff by the day. Searchers are pivoting towards conducting a voice search from their smartphones rather than having to type and search.<\/p><p>Voice search makes it even more convenient when you&#8217;re driving and want to search the internet for a business&#8217;s exact location.<\/p><p>SEMrush&#8217;s 2019 study had shown that 80% of the results returned in a voice search were picked up from the top three organic search results. This goes without saying but NAP being a known ranking factor in <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>, it definitely makes the cut for being on the most important factors checklist to rank in voice search results.<\/p><p>Google&#8217;s Jared Belsky in a piece said that &#8220;<em>Smart speakers give one answer at a time, so if you&#8217;re not the first, you&#8217;re as good as last<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8b1b48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8b1b48\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8dbb03\" data-id=\"c8dbb03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eaaf47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3eaaf47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other important information in local citations apart from NAP<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ffd457 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ffd457\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db9be6b\" data-id=\"db9be6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5438ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5438ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>There are a few more items in your business information that you need to keep consistent along with the NAP in <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>Your website URL and email address has to be accurate and consistent across the web. As both of them bring potential customers a step closer to your business, this should be an obvious measure.<\/p><p>Talking about products and services, you don&#8217;t want to mislead your customers with false or old information about your products and services online. Customers should get exactly what they saw on your listing and decide to do business with you.<\/p><p>Similarly, you want to make sure that all the products and\/or services that you provide have been listed in your business profile. You don&#8217;t want to miss out on potential leads because they didn&#8217;t find what they were looking for on your listing, even though you provide it.<\/p><p>Keep your social media profiles and links consistent. Consumers often turn to social media to explore more about products and businesses before they take a call on them. So, you want to make sure that your social media profiles have all the updated information and the links to those handles are accurate and consistent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebf9f6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebf9f6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa5ea00\" data-id=\"fa5ea00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa3155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baa3155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 4: Local citations Building for Local SEO<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c025843 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c025843\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8754e3\" data-id=\"b8754e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6d5793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6d5793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>So far, we covered what <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are, why they&#8217;re important for your business&#8217;s online presence and important pieces in <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> like NAP and more. In this chapter, we&#8217;ll learn how to build citations around the web for <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> purposes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e1fad5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e1fad5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a226c1d\" data-id=\"a226c1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d47416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d47416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a local citation building?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6dca28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6dca28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37b90ff\" data-id=\"37b90ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34392de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34392de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Local citation<\/strong><\/em> building is a term used for the process of building business listings on the web for SEO and <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> purposes. Look at it this way, <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are the mention of your business on the web and citation building is the process of increasing the mentions of your business online.<\/p><p>In this example below, everything you see from Google My Business profile to social media links to local directories, are all results of <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2b556b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2b556b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-315d32b\" data-id=\"315d32b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1310c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1310c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"What is a local citation building\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-16-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-747e6f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"747e6f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0568d3\" data-id=\"f0568d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f56938e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f56938e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How many local citations do we need?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ba94ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ba94ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3595395\" data-id=\"3595395\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5915e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd5915e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>What are high-quality local citations?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Google and other search engines look for trustworthy sources. High-quality <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> means that the website you&#8217;re building the citation on is of your specific niche and most importantly, of high domain authority.<\/p><p>Having said that, you shouldn&#8217;t completely disregard building lower-quality citations, as they add to your business&#8217;s overall authority. So, even though they might not drive you any direct leads, keep building lower-quality citations too if you have the time and resources.<\/p><p>A lot of businesses wonder how many <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> do they need to build for them to be effective in <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> terms. The answer to that is pretty straightforward, as many as possible. The more high-quality <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> you build, the better it will work for <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p>Building accurate and consistent <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> on local business directories improves your <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> and helps you increase your rank in local searches, ultimately increasing your sales and revenue.<\/p><p>But it won&#8217;t be an easy task to achieve. You&#8217;ll need to build quality citations on dozens of high-quality websites, and keep on doing so. It should always be an ongoing task; you can&#8217;t just be done with it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bebced9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bebced9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-474ac4a\" data-id=\"474ac4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daf61a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"daf61a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to build local citations?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f1d60d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f1d60d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e41185f\" data-id=\"e41185f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6eeae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de6eeae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>So, we&#8217;ve gone through what <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building is and how many we need for best results. It&#8217;s now time to learn how to build citations.<\/p><p>There are three approaches with which<em> <strong>local citations<\/strong> <\/em>are built, each having their strengths and flaws.<\/p><p>One of these (or more) approaches will be used whether you choose to build citations yourself, get help from automated tools or hire a <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> agency to do it for you.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Direct local citations submissions<\/strong>: In this approach, a person fills out details of the business that they want to create a listing for, all by hand. With this approach, you will have better resources to reach the most specific directories about your niche. Another benefit of this approach is that everything happens in vision of a human eye, hence the chances of submission errors would be minimal. The drawback of this approach would be that you have to do it all by yourself and it&#8217;s time consuming.<\/li><li><strong>Automated local citation submissions<\/strong>: As the name gives out, automated <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> submission means when a citation building system or an API is used to fill details in your business profile on citation sites. Even though it&#8217;s time-efficient, this approach produces higher chances of errors in submission, and as you don&#8217;t have the benefit of a human eye, your reach for quality sites would be limited.<\/li><li><strong>Data aggregator submissions<\/strong>: This approach, like automated submission, also builds citations automatically, but in a more accurate manner. To name three big data aggregators in the USA, they are Neustar Localeze, Foursquare and Data Axle.<\/li><\/ul><p>We&#8217;ll go through all these processes one by one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00fa77e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00fa77e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f78e122\" data-id=\"f78e122\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb97eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fb97eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Direct local citations submissions<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6390686 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6390686\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58f834a\" data-id=\"58f834a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abfe452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abfe452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step for submitting <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manually is to make sure that there isn&#8217;t any pre-existing listing for your business on the directory that you&#8217;re making the submission on.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this section, you&#8217;ll learn how to submit <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manually without the risk of duplicates or inconsistent NAP.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b254814 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b254814\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78325db\" data-id=\"78325db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f282a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98f282a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Checking for existing local citations\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-106648e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"106648e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-282b2e6\" data-id=\"282b2e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2c847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac2c847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you can start to build new <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you&#8217;ll have to identify the ones that you already have. This can be an extremely difficult task as you&#8217;d have to go through each directory and look for listings under your name. Fortunately, there&#8217;s a tool for that. BrightLocal\u2019s<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/local-seo-tools\/citation-tracker\/\"> Citation Tracker<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can not only help you find all your existing citations but can also help you find inconsistencies in NAP.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use BrightLocal\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/free-local-seo-tools\/local-listings-health-scanner\/\"> Local Listings Health Scanner<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you&#8217;re tight on budget and need to check the top citation sites. It allows you to look up your business listing in 15 local directories for free.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7397e7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7397e7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16029db\" data-id=\"16029db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f63ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37f63ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Finding high-quality local citation sources\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac013a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac013a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdb9856\" data-id=\"bdb9856\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7a117a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7a117a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve already been through what high-quality <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means. Now, we&#8217;ll go further on the path for how a good <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> building should look.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it is with links, the quality control factor needs to be kept in mind at all times. The first thing you should do is go for popular and widely known sites (Yelp, Yellow Pages, etc.) and\/or directories that are specific to your industry or location.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, quality has way higher value than quantity, so try and keep hunting for only the good quality sites. Another thing to keep in mind is that <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> benefits a lot from niche and industry-specific directories as they offer a good measure of authority for structured <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With effort, you can find plenty of good quality <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sites to list your business, but there are also some very poor directories. Building citations on such directories can actually hurt your <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since they have no credibility with the search engines whatsoever.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some ways that will help you filter your options and pick out the best quality options:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1735c8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1735c8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b41bb82\" data-id=\"b41bb82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f1649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8f1649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conduct competitor research\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8866a3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8866a3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ea7830\" data-id=\"9ea7830\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782f414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782f414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be familiar with the term competitive analysis if you&#8217;ve ever carried out any form of SEO before. You may have conducted competitor link research in order to figure out what sites they&#8217;re building links on to rank higher on search engines. This same procedure can also help you with <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> building.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, finding new <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be as simple as finding out what sites your competitors are and you&#8217;re not. Here too,\u00a0 BrightLocal\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/local-seo-tools\/citation-tracker\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Citation Tracker<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be invaluable, as it can automate the whole process for you and give you the citation report for your competitors to build on.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec4804b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec4804b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35a842a\" data-id=\"35a842a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6afa07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6afa07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Integrate Moz's toolbar into Chrome\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c09c00e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c09c00e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-155c3ae\" data-id=\"155c3ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d29e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d29e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moz&#8217;s toolbar can help you identify high-quality sites. Whatever site you visit, the toolbar will show you the Domain Authority, Page Authority and Spam score for that site. Look for high authority sites that have low spam scores.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b53c21c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b53c21c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9023b6e\" data-id=\"9023b6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304a78a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"304a78a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conduct a Google search\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7c620f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7c620f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0066870\" data-id=\"0066870\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca5aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ca5aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A simple Google search can provide you with a number of high-quality citation sites. What you need to do is perform a search for relevant business types. As a result, Google will show you a number of citation sites on the first page itself. All these sites are generally good quality directories that you should list your business on.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with listing your business on platforms like Yelp, try and find industry-specific platforms. Also, look for location-specific directories that are relevant to your business&#8217;s location.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you&#8217;ve covered these two avenues, focus on the web in general. You can build <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the websites including blogs, apps, maps, social media, local media, etc.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e178666 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e178666\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-583715c\" data-id=\"583715c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5770c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff5770c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Utilize resources<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f46ee0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f46ee0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4734f90\" data-id=\"4734f90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a726b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86a726b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The internet is a whole other universe. You&#8217;ll find one resource or another who have dug roots deep into their respective field. <\/span><em><b>Local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are no different. BrightLocal is one of the top experts worldwide when it comes to <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can be immensely valuable to your <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> building procedure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/insights\/resources\/\"> explore their resources<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and find some of the best quality citation sites to list your business on. They are one of the most trusted sites in the field of <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you won&#8217;t have to worry about the quality with them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get you started, explore the<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/resources\/top-50-local-citation-sites\/\"> top 50 online directories<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to list your business in, in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. The sites listed here have the highest domain authority in their respective countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving on to industry-specific citation sites,<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/resources\/top-business-listings-for-every-industry\/\"> here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can explore a list of hundreds of industry-specific citation sites for a bunch of different industries. Again, rest assured, because all of these are checked for quality and they are some of the best that you can get out there.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d6ba31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d6ba31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd6eab1\" data-id=\"dd6eab1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a0472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29a0472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Local citations submission\n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3cd61f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3cd61f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfbac6a\" data-id=\"cfbac6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8638e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8638e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve got time on your hands, you can go on and submit your business listing to directories one by one. It is admittedly a dull job to keep on going with, but it&#8217;s not that hard.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve already walked over how to find quality websites to submit your business listing on. After you&#8217;ve found the relevant sites, the first thing you need to do is search your business name in those directories.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you find your business there, make sure that all the information showing there is accurate, if it&#8217;s not accurate, look for &#8216;claim this business&#8217; option or something similar and correct the errors. If you can&#8217;t find your business, go ahead and create a new listing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c14ec45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c14ec45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-713d034\" data-id=\"713d034\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9aac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b9aac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Local citations submission\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-17-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b76537 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b76537\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f56c128\" data-id=\"f56c128\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd10fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd10fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Even in case you find the listing for your business and all the information is accurate, go ahead and claim the listing. It&#8217;s good to have complete control of your listing, for occasions where you want to update or add new information to the listing.<\/p><p>Claiming your listings on these directories verifies you as the business owner and legitimizes the credibility of the business in the eye of search engines.<\/p><p>Different directories and sites have different processes of claiming and verifying a listing. Here, we&#8217;ll go through a general approach to give you an idea of what you can expect when claiming your listings.<\/p><p><strong>Where do the pre-existing listings come from?<\/strong><\/p><p>This is usually a result of data aggregation and user-generated mentions of your business on the web. It&#8217;s also possible that an agency that you worked with in the past may have created them for you.<\/p><p>Many directories will ask you to check if your business already exists in their index. It is nothing to be surprised or worried about, even if you didn&#8217;t create these listings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baed1f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"baed1f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05c766c\" data-id=\"05c766c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df94fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df94fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Claiming and verifying listing<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51bd71c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51bd71c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c9672c\" data-id=\"4c9672c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96990cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96990cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, you&#8217;ll be asked to enter your business&#8217;s name or phone number to check for pre-existing listings in the directory. Once you enter the details, you&#8217;ll be shown a listing for your business if one exists in the directory&#8217;s index.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next step is to review the listing and correct the incorrect details. You can also add some missing information if you want to. Also, like we&#8217;ve been discussing very often throughout this article, keep the NAP as accurate and as consistent as possible on all the listings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After filling the details of your business for the listing, the verification process will begin. There are generally three ways in which you can verify and claim your listing.<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit a verification pin on the portal received immediately on your mobile number via SMS or call.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receive a postcard containing a verification pin on your business&#8217;s address.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving an email with verification link (this might require an email of the same domain as your business&#8217;s)<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you choose to verify via a postcard, make sure that you inform whoever is in-charge of receiving the mail to expect a postcard of some sort. They&#8217;re basically very minimal, plain and small, and arrive in about a couple of weeks or so.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b081d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b081d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa29876\" data-id=\"aa29876\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68683b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68683b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How long it takes\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e380c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e380c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c95fb19\" data-id=\"c95fb19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f7885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50f7885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, you&#8217;ll be asked to enter your business&#8217;s name or phone number to check for pre-existing listings in the directory. Once you enter the details, you&#8217;ll be shown a listing for your business if one exists in the directory&#8217;s index.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next step is to review the listing and correct the incorrect details. You can also add some missing information if you want to. Also, like we&#8217;ve been discussing very often throughout this article, keep the NAP as accurate and as consistent as possible on all the listings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After filling the details of your business for the listing, the verification process will begin. There are generally three ways in which you can verify and claim your listing.<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit a verification pin on the portal received immediately on your mobile number via SMS or call.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receive a postcard containing a verification pin on your business&#8217;s address.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving an email with verification link (this might require an email of the same domain as your business&#8217;s)<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you choose to verify via a postcard, make sure that you inform whoever is in-charge of receiving the mail to expect a postcard of some sort. They&#8217;re basically very minimal, plain and small, and arrive in about a couple of weeks or so.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-713ced2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"713ced2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f93d7e\" data-id=\"8f93d7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c015c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23c015c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do\u2019s & Don\u2019ts\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb805b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb805b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b042ced\" data-id=\"b042ced\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b39353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b39353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><b>Do<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keep a record of all the listings that you submit on the web, the data that you enter\/edit in them along with a date of submission. This will keep you informed and help you organize your <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> building strategy.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><b>Don&#8217;t<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> let any entity claim your business under their account. No matter if they&#8217;re the legal advisor of the company or a <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> agency that you&#8217;ve hired, the Google My Business listing should always be under the account of that organization. You can provide its access to whomever you may need to, <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> agency for example, but never let them claim it.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><b>Don&#8217;t<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mix-up claiming with owning. Claiming business listings on directories definitely validates your ownership of the business, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that you&#8217;ll own that listing. The listing&#8217;s owner will always be the directory itself. It&#8217;s up to the platform you&#8217;re on to decide what should happen to it. They have the complete right to take your listing down should they feel that your listing violates their guidelines.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7661478 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7661478\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b789ac3\" data-id=\"b789ac3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ddcbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21ddcbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Optimizing local citations<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adbe095 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adbe095\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22fb235\" data-id=\"22fb235\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826c54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"826c54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Building<em> <strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> can be as simple as spreading consistent and accurate NAP for your business around the web, but that doesn&#8217;t have to be it. Optimizing <strong><em>local citations<\/em><\/strong> with elaborate details can help with better conversion and lead generation.<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s talk about some of the things that you can take care of to optimize <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e24e811 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e24e811\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb48dd2\" data-id=\"cb48dd2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28c3bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d28c3bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Business descriptions<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce4e261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce4e261\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce20c33\" data-id=\"ce20c33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b6135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31b6135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might already be aware of what business descriptions are about. Nevertheless, business descriptions tell search engines and searchers what your business is about.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a40df1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a40df1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8d1876\" data-id=\"b8d1876\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d322b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8d322b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Business descriptions\u200b\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-18-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75a61f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75a61f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef9afea\" data-id=\"ef9afea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a0535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33a0535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In a sense, they&#8217;re responsible for your business&#8217;s first-impression online. You want to make sure that you bring your A-game when a potential consumer finds your listing. So, use this section to describe your business as best as you can without overselling it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ae7a59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ae7a59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddefa83\" data-id=\"ddefa83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b293f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b293f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Website URL\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc79881 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc79881\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bb173e\" data-id=\"2bb173e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e41664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e41664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Including your website&#8217;s URL not only helps users to know more about you, it also brings them one step closer to becoming a customer. Suppose a user finds your listing and wants to book an appointment with you. Providing a link to book an appointment on your website would make it convenient for them and ultimately give you a new customer.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94e9a04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94e9a04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef839d\" data-id=\"fef839d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888f79c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"888f79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Website URL\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-19-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05b9c54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05b9c54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3885b6\" data-id=\"e3885b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a730c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a730c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Business category\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14c42f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14c42f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86aa717\" data-id=\"86aa717\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6e303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d6e303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Business categories are a measure to help search engines let you know what your business provides and associate relevant search queries with your business.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27ff7e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27ff7e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8ed513\" data-id=\"f8ed513\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67dc257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67dc257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Business category\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-20-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ff19a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ff19a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fefbe40\" data-id=\"fefbe40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0dfd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df0dfd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Local citation<\/strong> sites like Google My Business let you add primary and secondary categories. Looking up what your competitors have put up in these categories will help you choose the right categories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e001916 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e001916\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1faf238\" data-id=\"1faf238\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf1c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bf1c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photos<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26566bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26566bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2169db5\" data-id=\"2169db5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c143624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c143624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add photos of your business. Giving a visual of your business helps the consumers build trust for your business. In a way, it gives them confidence by having a visual idea of what they&#8217;re getting themselves into. Upload photos of your business&#8217;s exterior, interior, an event, etc.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b7dd8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b7dd8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1088ede\" data-id=\"1088ede\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289bb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"289bb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1544\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Photos\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-21-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd4216f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd4216f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f8cbb7\" data-id=\"0f8cbb7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b5b3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3b5b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reviews<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63952c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63952c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a24548\" data-id=\"0a24548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cfbc04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cfbc04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Encourage your customers\/clients to drop their review on<em> <strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em>. It is a known fact that online reviews are one of the ranking factors that Google takes very seriously.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a280c43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a280c43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1c0f7e\" data-id=\"a1c0f7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5376f8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5376f8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1545\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Reviews\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22.jpg 1545w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-36x18.jpg 36w, https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/acg-22-48x24.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffe6a1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffe6a1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c362230\" data-id=\"c362230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e014f43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e014f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Measure how local citations are performing\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f78b16d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f78b16d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c12f2fb\" data-id=\"c12f2fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33dd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f33dd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of time and resources go into building and managing <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Keep in mind that it&#8217;s a long-term practice. But still, you can&#8217;t help but wonder whether you&#8217;re making any good progress with it or not. You want to make sure that your investment is paying off and your <\/span><em><b>local SEO<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is getting the benefits it should.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are different methods to measure how your <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are performing. The best method would be to get an automated tool to help you do that. BrightLocal\u2019s <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/citation-builder\/\">Citation Builder<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the best tools out there for that. So, do check that out if you\u2019re looking for a tool to track <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> performances.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b4a29d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b4a29d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b59708\" data-id=\"5b59708\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c5518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6c5518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Automated local citation submissions<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e91912 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e91912\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4797666\" data-id=\"4797666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-095088c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"095088c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also submit <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through automated APIs. API means application program interfaces that automates the whole process for you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automated <\/span><em><b>local citation<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> submissions have no humans involved in the process. When it comes to APIs, each of them offers a set of networks in which they will create <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the API solutions, there are two different versions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><em><b>first version<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the APIs provide your business&#8217;s information to directories as a type of \u2018data layer.\u2019<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your business&#8217;s information will be displayed or we can say &#8216;layered&#8217; over the existing data on the website.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing to keep in mind is that these websites won&#8217;t do it for free, you&#8217;ll have to pay.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, this one can be regarded as just a temporary solution. Your information will be displayed as long as you keep paying.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><em><b>second version<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, APIs submit information directly into the database of the directories. You&#8217;d expect that this method produces permanent listings, but that&#8217;s not the case most often.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slight problem with these types of APIs is that they rely on continuous data pushes, more like an RSS feed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That means that when you cancel, your listing will likely come back because there&#8217;s not much evidence to confirm the inaccuracy of the information.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can say that API solutions aren&#8217;t for all, but there are some occasions where APIs are not only useful but preferable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, someone like Reliance Digital, who have hundreds of locations, they&#8217;re constantly updating their products and services.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, businesses that want to focus more on keeping the business information up-to-date than sending trust signals to Google, APIs work wonders for them.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-798dbab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"798dbab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-747c3e4\" data-id=\"747c3e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b19b7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b19b7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data aggregator submissions<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95fee23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95fee23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b412a03\" data-id=\"b412a03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e523bf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e523bf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What does data aggregators mean?<\/strong><\/p><p>Local data aggregators are companies that collect the data of business and pass it on to other sources. They aggregate businesses&#8217; information and distribute them to the business directories and websites. You&#8217;ll get a lot of <strong><em>local citation<\/em>s<\/strong> for your business if you use a local data aggregator.<\/p><p>There must be thousands of online business directories that need to be up-to-date. Data aggregators help these directories keep the information up-to-date.<\/p><p>Do you remember the old-school Yellow Pages? They would gather information about various businesses such as name, address, phone number, etc.<\/p><p>We can think of these aggregators as something similar, but on a larger scale. These aggregators funnel the data it gathers for various uses, to populate business directories, appear on maps or mobile apps, for example.<\/p><p>You can sign up for a data aggregator and use it irrespective of your business industry or type. For that, you have to choose a platform and create an account there. The platform will ask for your business&#8217;s information and proceed to verify it.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s quite similar to adding a business listing in a directory. Once your information is verified, your business will be listed and fed to all the websites based on the aggregator\u2019s capacity.<\/p><p>Aggregators leverage systems like RSS technology to spread the information of thousands of listings to thousands of sources. This is what makes the data aggregators a great tool to utilize for <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building. Create an LDA account, submit your business details and that&#8217;s it.<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll save a bunch of hours it would&#8217;ve taken you to submit these listings manually. So, let&#8217;s take a second and appreciate the data aggregators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd971db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd971db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-826c797\" data-id=\"826c797\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7056da7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7056da7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What local data aggregators to choose?<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69b462f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69b462f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8054cd1\" data-id=\"8054cd1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635f151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"635f151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>We went over how data aggregators are super-useful in the <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building process and how simple and easy it is to use them. So, the question now arises what are these local data aggregators.<\/p><p>Fortunately, there are only a tiny lot of data aggregators in the USA. So, it won&#8217;t be that tough of a task to execute.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbd516e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbd516e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29796a3\" data-id=\"29796a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8661405 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8661405\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Foursquare\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddb0306 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddb0306\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83f457b\" data-id=\"83f457b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd5dc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fd5dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/\">Foursquare<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a major player in mapping solutions. You may have come across it if you&#8217;re not new to <\/span><em><b>local citations<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quite recently, Foursquare made some enhancements with its data offerings, which makes it one of the big-bulls in local data aggregators.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-393e5e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"393e5e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a7cb5a\" data-id=\"4a7cb5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9873f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a9873f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data Axle\n<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f39e708 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f39e708\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d17a7a\" data-id=\"1d17a7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c627833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c627833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.data-axle.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #881769;\">Data Axle<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as quoted by themselves, is &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the leading provider of business data to the top search engines, navigation systems, mobile apps, marketing information programs, and location-based apps. Our data powers the top search engines, because we provide the most accurate, continually-verified collection of real-time business data available, delivered through powerful technology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can submit your data into Data Axle via local listing submission as well as BulkUpdate engines.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process is similar to submitting your business listing in a local directory. Simply search for your business on Data Axle and verify that the listing is yours. You can correct the incorrect information or add missing information after verifying the listing. Data Axle verifies your listing via phone verification.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b1d3a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b1d3a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38cb9bf\" data-id=\"38cb9bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e7985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5e7985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Neustar Localeze<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8da6b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8da6b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-142262d\" data-id=\"142262d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2df3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c2df3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a subscription based local data aggregator. Neustar Localeze and its solutions are built around True Identity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True Identity is a listing management platform that allows you to manage your listing data over 100 search platforms, directories, navigation systems and mobile applications.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But as said before, it requires a subscription. You&#8217;ll have to pay an annual fee of $79 to use True Identity for up to 24 locations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-934f57d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"934f57d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ee86d6\" data-id=\"3ee86d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e34b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e34b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fix duplicate listings<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca0b750 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca0b750\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31d33a7\" data-id=\"31d33a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ced21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6ced21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>A while back, we talked about duplicate listings and their disadvantages. So, by now we understand that clearing off the duplicate listings is a crucial step in <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building strategy.<\/p><p>First of all, you&#8217;ll need to identify the duplicates. Once you have the information on duplicates, the next step will be to remove them.<\/p><p>The process of removing a listing varies based on the hosting platform. For example, Google My Business has different processes and requirements compared to what Yelp would ask you to do. Some of the platforms allow you to merge or remove the listing while some will let you suppress the listing.<\/p><p>So, when you come across a duplicate, what you&#8217;ll do is log in, claim the listing and edit or delete it. It will be a tedious task for you to find and fix the duplicates if you find a lot of them since you&#8217;ll have to execute the whole process manually.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-414c28e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"414c28e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57de11a\" data-id=\"57de11a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f31fafc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f31fafc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting local citation building services<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4ea0c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4ea0c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-275405c\" data-id=\"275405c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf1b969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf1b969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You must have realized by now that <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building is not at all an easy task to take care of. It requires constant monitoring and continuous effort in order to work properly.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ve also talked about how important <em><strong>local citation<\/strong><\/em> building is for <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em>, a few times.<\/p><p>If you have the time and resources to keep everything in check and carry forward the strategy, it&#8217;s wonderful. If not, it&#8217;s the best choice to get <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/wearedaisy.com\/citation-building\/\"><b>citation building services<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/p><p>A <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em> agency who knows what to do would be the ideal option to go ahead with.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e974e9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e974e9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb0fe5f\" data-id=\"bb0fe5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89f873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c89f873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQs<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b07969 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b07969\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab2a513\" data-id=\"ab2a513\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89c5270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89c5270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is a physical location necessary to build local citations?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38578ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38578ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf8b363\" data-id=\"bf8b363\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26eedf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26eedf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Short answer, no it&#8217;s not. Many service-area businesses use their home address as their business address. In cases like that, businesses try to hide the address in the <strong>local citations<\/strong>. Yes, some sites allow you to hide your address.<\/p><p>Note that Google strictly prohibits USPC Stores and PO Boxes. Service-area businesses can use a virtual office but, as quoted by Google, the office should be staffed during the business hours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-675d1e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"675d1e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac60c08\" data-id=\"ac60c08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f643a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f643a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can a toll-free number be set as the primary number on GMB and citations?\n<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abc461e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abc461e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8379f2\" data-id=\"c8379f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeaf569 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeaf569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Google allows it, it is recommended that you use a local phone number with the local area code.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And many citation sites accept a toll-free number as the primary number for the listing, but there are some that don&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aff316d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aff316d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e61968\" data-id=\"0e61968\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57bcc9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57bcc9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter 5: Final thoughts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72acd75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72acd75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b16ea49\" data-id=\"b16ea49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714f796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"714f796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You&#8217;re all set. Now you know all you need to know to execute a <strong>local citation<\/strong> strategy that will <span style=\"color: #881769;\"><em><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/google-my-business-local-seo-services-india\"><b>improve your local SEO rankings<\/b><\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p>We covered in this article:<\/p><ul><li>What <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em> are and their types<\/li><li>Why they matter so much in <em><strong>local SEO<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>How to build <em><strong>local citations<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>And how to keep track of your progress<\/li><\/ul><p>With the help of this guide, you should be able to confidently proceed with your <strong>local citation<\/strong> building strategy.<\/p><p>If you still find <strong>local citations<\/strong> to be complicated or understand them but seems too much work for yourself, that&#8217;s what a <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/\"><b>digital marketing agency<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> is for.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/\"><b><em><span style=\"color: #881769;\">Digital Daisy<\/span><\/em><\/b><\/a> is one of the best <em><span style=\"color: #881769;\"><a style=\"color: #881769;\" href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/google-my-business-local-seo-services-india\"><b>local SEO agencies in Delhi India<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/em> that serves clients from all over the world.<\/p><h4><b><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldaisy.net\/contact-us\"><em><span style=\"color: #881769;\">Contact us<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local SEO is the best practice that businesses can adopt to drive more in-store traffic. 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