Our first step is to make sure your business listing is consistent throughout the major business listing directories (aggregators) including: InfoUSA, Acxiom, and D&B. If your business information is not correct, your listing in Google Places will be devalued because your business information is not consistent in other directories.

Claiming of your listing on sites such as Google is considered one of the main actions that helps visibility of listings. Once the listing is claimed, you need to optimize the listing by adding photos, descriptions, business hours and coupons. Adding keywords for your business in the listing (like “dentist in chicago”) is also a key part of the optimization.

A citation is a review from someone about your business. There are 15 major local directories that allow people to post reviews about your business. The more reviews are done on these other web sites, the higher your listing will be placed in Google Places. Our process includes making sure your web site is listed in these directories.