Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Popular Categories for Local Citation or Business Listings

I have been  making a research on various local business directories category which are popular for local citations and listings. Local citation is quite importance for ranking in search engine particularity local business listing with Google and Bing. Here is the list of business listing categories

Accounting
Advertising
Agricultural Services
Apartments
Architects
Assisted Living
Attorneys
Auto Repair Shops
BailBonds
Bakeries
Banks
Bars
Beauty Salons
Car Dealers
Car Insurance
Car Rental
Carpet Cleaners
Catering Services
Chiropractors
Churches
Clothing
Coffee Shops
Communications
Computer Services
Construction
Contractors
DaySpas
Dentists
Doctors
Education
Electricians
Electronics
Employment Agencies
Engineering
Event Planning
Financial Services
Flooring Companies
Florists
Furniture
Golf Courses
Grocery Stores
Hardware
Home Services
Hotels
Industrial Equipment
Insurance Agencies
Internet Services
Jewelers
Lawn Services
Locksmiths
Medical Services
Movie Theaters
Moving Companies
Nightclubs
Opticians
Pest Control
Pet Stores
Photographers
Plumbers
Psychologists
Real Estate Agencies
Restaurants
Roofing Contractors
Security
Shopping
Sporting Goods Stores
Storage
Travel Agencies
Veterinarians
YogaStudios

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Is Local Citations or Business Listing Improves Search Engine Ranking?

Once upon a time general directory submission was one of the best and low cost methods to get links and improve your ranking in search engine results but with the time It is gone out of scene and now considered as one of the spam method of getting links. 

Now the days SEO agencies are giving more importance to local listing  for local SEO. How fat it is correct. It is correct as UK local citation agency do local submission

First of all we should know about local citations.  Local citations can be defined as getting your NAP Name, Address and Phone number published on local web pages with or without linking to your website or webpages.  This include listing on local business directory, yellow pages and white pages. You may also be referred on any of blog, new sites or in article with your NAP. So all such kind of mentions are know as citations. If you name is published in your commerce association or trade club it is also know as local citations

Local citation building and submission service include creation of above kind of mentioned with our without links with solely purpose of publishing your local contact or business information. 

Local citations builders believes that it has 25% contribution in local seo and is main fact of local search engine optimization. One thing is sure that your mentions must be from a trusted source. 

Please refer to Local Glossary for more learning