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Google Citations - Shoot Me Now!!

by FalkonatorsWife
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I guess every newbie has to go through their first time trying to save a few bucks by adding in citations for Google Places on a customer.

Someone shoot me, please! This is absolute insanity!!!

Every site is different and I'm worried about making sure they are all the same in order to satisfy Google.

Oh dearest ODesk and fiverr, how I miss you! I'll never try to cut corners again!
#citations #google #shoot
  • Profile picture of the author FalkonatorsWife
    we would normally outsource, but we got a little too cheap this time.

    "what's a few citations" we thought!

    never again!
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Richards
    Please let me know if I can ever be of service. I might be able to save you from pulling out your hair =)

    Rob
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  • Profile picture of the author JScoppa
    With the citations no longer on the places page.....are they still as important?
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    • Profile picture of the author Catalyst eMarketing
      Originally Posted by JScoppa View Post

      With the citations no longer on the places page.....are they still as important?

      Yes citations still count just the same in the algo.       They just stopped showing them on the Place page. But really they have not been showing most citations for a long time anyway.

      I have a big blog post about the all the changes in this update.

      The more details section is gone too, but Google says they still read it and it still impacts the listings, just does not show. Same with 3rd party reviews.
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  • Profile picture of the author keyuria
    Citations are really important. It acts like a link to your google places page. I normally put the citations in the articles and press releases that I submit to several directories.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThelemaqueTip
    When do you know you receive a citation from Google,
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  • Profile picture of the author DH5
    Thanks for the tip
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  • Profile picture of the author ADukes81
    I made that mistake.

    Once.
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  • Profile picture of the author byte
    @Catalyst eMarketing so are the only citations good to use are from only Google Accounts? Or are you saying its still best to get citations from everywhere you can still?
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    • Profile picture of the author Catalyst eMarketing
      Originally Posted by byte View Post

      @Catalyst eMarketing so are the only citations good to use are from only Google Accounts? Or are you saying its still best to get citations from everywhere you can still?
      There is no such things as a citation from a Google account???

      Do you mean reviews? No don't only get G reviews.

      Reviews, I just blogged 2 days ago about the best review strategy and explained it all in detail. So please check that post. It's important.
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  • Profile picture of the author danieldot
    Could anyone help me out on how to work on citations and some interesting points of citations.
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    • Profile picture of the author Anthony seoserviceagents
      start with filling out the listings 100% make sure all information matches with all citations add videos,pictures,once they live post some reviews on it sites to start off with is yelp, hotfrog,citysearch,yellowpages,merchantcircle,insi derpages,manta,ect
      good luck

      Originally Posted by danieldot View Post

      Could anyone help me out on how to work on citations and some interesting points of citations.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    You are at the next level now, learning the value of establishing your network. At this very moment Im chatting with a warrior I hired for a job... Man it saves BIGTIME to get it done right by a pro., but most of us learn that the hard way... lol - Stepping over dollars to pick up dimes - It happens- then you wise up!

    Good for you learning this.

    Techs allow you to focus on what brings home the bacon!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kyrool
    I definitely got this real bad. By the time I got an outsourcer, he told me it was in a mess and would take longer just to rank it!!

    Thanks for sharing your experience!!

    Cheers,
    Ky
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  • Profile picture of the author DH5
    Amazing what five bucks can do, eh? lol
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  • Profile picture of the author blillard
    I have seen some fiverr gigs offering to do like 5 citations for your google place.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Lenney
    When you guys do citations, do you copy the title tag EXACTLY, or just include the business name? I've had luck with both

    IE: Google Local Listing says: Widgets For Sale, ABCWidgets

    Do you do your citations with the full tiltle
    Widgets for sale, ABC Widgets

    or JUST the Business name
    ABCWidgets
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  • Profile picture of the author sodesigns
    yea, would love to find a trusted way to outsource these. I'm thinking of just using a form filler for now.
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