Comments on: Gathering Powerful Business Citations http://www.visonthenet.com/gathering-powerful-business-citations-1557.html Attract Local Customers Without A Website For Free Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul Dumas http://www.visonthenet.com/gathering-powerful-business-citations-1557.html/comment-page-1#comment-272 Paul Dumas Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:08:19 +0000 http://www.visonthenet.com/?p=1557#comment-272 This is easily the best article I have found explaining how Google's citations work. I wonder how multiple citations from the same domain impact the listing? For instance, hotfrog.com will often create a unique citation for each and every category listed (often resulting in 30+ citations). Surely Google doesn't weigh each one equally. Anyone else have any experience with this? This is easily the best article I have found explaining how Google’s citations work. I wonder how multiple citations from the same domain impact the listing? For instance, hotfrog.com will often create a unique citation for each and every category listed (often resulting in 30+ citations). Surely Google doesn’t weigh each one equally. Anyone else have any experience with this?

]]> By: Tom Crandall http://www.visonthenet.com/gathering-powerful-business-citations-1557.html/comment-page-1#comment-175 Tom Crandall Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:06:40 +0000 http://www.visonthenet.com/?p=1557#comment-175 Excellent run-down of citation sources. Lately I've been seeing a bigger impact from local (city/metro) directories to improve Google rankings for local business results. Excellent run-down of citation sources. Lately I’ve been seeing a bigger impact from local (city/metro) directories to improve Google rankings for local business results.

]]> By: Mary Bowling http://www.visonthenet.com/gathering-powerful-business-citations-1557.html/comment-page-1#comment-163 Mary Bowling Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:32:34 +0000 http://www.visonthenet.com/?p=1557#comment-163 Bob, this is great advice for all small business owners! All of the citation sources you provided also have the potential to send customers to your business, too. May I add that it's critical to use the same business name, address and local phone number in all of your citations. This reinforces the trust the Search Engines have in the information you give them about your enterprise in your local business listings on Google Maps, Yahoo Local and Bing Local. Bob, this is great advice for all small business owners! All of the citation sources you provided also have the potential to send customers to your business, too.

May I add that it’s critical to use the same business name, address and local phone number in all of your citations. This reinforces the trust the Search Engines have in the information you give them about your enterprise in your local business listings on Google Maps, Yahoo Local and Bing Local.

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