Why Service Magic KILLS your clients SEO
I used to be a contractor myself so I know many are interested and have tried getting leads online.
The most popular service for contractors to achieve this is via Service Magic.
Service Magic has two levels of leads.
The first type is the general we want an estimate lead in which Service Magic matches the request with up to 4 contractors to bid for the project.
The second is the Exact Match program. This is the one to watch out for.
What happens here is Service Magic goes out and submits your business information to the major business directories like superpages, kudzu, etc.
Here's where the problem lies, Service Magic uses an 800 phone number that they own and control and puts it on your profiles.
That is exactly where the problem lies!
We all know how important it is to have all our information the same when it comes to citations/directory listings and having different phone numbers in your directory listing then on your site or your Google Places listing is counter productive and damaging to your clients SEO.
If your going to work for a contractor make SURE to ask them if they've ever used Service Magic and if so did they use the EXACT MATCH program.
On the other side of the coin Google picks up reviews done by those who have hired contractors through Service Magic so it is can very powerful for your client. Just keep them away from the exact match program and you can use Service Magic to build trust, authority, and reviews.
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