{"id":393,"date":"2011-03-13T10:42:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T18:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2011-03-13T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T18:22:27","slug":"google-places-citations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/13\/google-places-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Places Citations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylife.com\/image\/0ekr15q6gE4sG?utm_source=zemanta&amp;utm_medium=p&amp;utm_content=0ekr15q6gE4sG&amp;utm_campaign=z1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 14:   Director of ...\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/0ekr15q6gE4sG\/150x100.jpg\" alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 14:   Director of ...\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Google Places Citations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An important piece to getting your local site ranked on Google is the citations for your site in your Google places listing (and some that may not show up in Google Places)<\/p>\n<p>Here are some surprising citations we have seen in Google Places listings, and some that are not surprising but worth the trouble of obtaining.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linked in Company profile<\/li>\n<li>BBB membership<\/li>\n<li>Craig&#8217;s list (classified advertising)<\/li>\n<li>Allbusines.com<\/li>\n<li>Yelp.com (business listing<\/li>\n<li>Servicemagic.com (Customer)<\/li>\n<li>Angie&#8217;s list ( Business Listing<\/li>\n<li>Yellowbot.com<\/li>\n<li>Local.yahoo.com<\/li>\n<li>www.denverpreferred.us<\/li>\n<li>www.hotfrog.com<\/li>\n<li>www.123people.com<\/li>\n<li>www.usaexplorer.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, from our work it does appear you will get more citations from your own site if your pages are well indexed in Google. Use Google web master tools (free)\u00a0 and submit your site map. This of course is good for normal SEO, but appears to help in your Google places ranking as well.<\/p>\n<p>There is some reason to assume that Google has diminished the value of your citations, and Google places optimization in General as it relates to your sites ranking.\u00a0 My feeling is Google has lost some faith in its Google places ranking system due to the MANY programs it has encountered, and may be taking a bit of a breather, or a step back and figure it it period.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this assumption is based on watching new listings over the last 6 months, and how they do not reflect the same information as listings from 12 or 18 months ago, even though they should.<\/p>\n<p>But the one thing we know is your rankings are impacted by both the Citations your site has and it&#8217;s links, and that Google does take your Google places listing into account for your over all rankings for local intent keywords.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t make the mistake of only focusing on Link&#8217;s.\u00a0 A well balanced portfolio of Links, Content, citations, and more content will go a long way.\u00a0 Do remember,\u00a0 Getting your site visible is about promoting your site as if Google didn&#8217;t exist.\u00a0 If you are doing anything just because you think Google likes it, it probably will not be a very good long term tactic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/google-places-system-errors-13088.html\">Major System Errors On Google Places On Business Updates<\/a> (seroundtable.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.147\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; 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