5/6 Citations / Citation Building for Local Rankings / Local SEO for Beginners / Search Friendly

Learn about business citations and why they're essential for local search visibility. Then, get an approach to managing your business citations.
Navigate the video:
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0:34 What are online business citations?
0:44 Examples of websites with local citations
1:00 What is NAP and why it's important?
1:35 Common issues with citations
2:09 Citation count benchmarks
2:39 Where to check your citations for free?
2:49 How to manage business citations?
4:37 Outsourcing citation building
4:52 Citations is only one of the signals
Links from the video:
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Check your or your competitor's business citations:
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The Citation Builder Template spreadsheet:
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Article with more details about citation building:
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Questions I answer in this video:
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What are business citations and why they're important?
How do you manage citation building?
Will citations alone help my local rankings?
What are examples of citation sources?
How many citations do I need to rank?
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[@jay-sig2058]

Thank you, may I ask you a question? We have 4 different locations A, B, C, D, all listed on Google Maps. When doing citations on various citation websites, do I need to list each location with its specific name, such as A (Address 1), B (Address 2), etc.? Or should I add all locations in one listing?

[@searchfriendly4912]

Thanks, Jay! A citation is a mention of your business Name, Address and Phone # (NAP) on external sites (citation sources). A NAP is specific to a single location. So, each of your locations needs to have its own citations. LMK if there's anything else.