Comments on: Future Proof Your Google Maps SEO http://www.geolocalseo.com/blog/future-proof-google-maps-seo/ In the trenches of local search Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:24:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stever http://www.geolocalseo.com/blog/future-proof-google-maps-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Stever Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:38:37 +0000 http://www.geolocalseo.com/blog/?p=9#comment-16 In Canada, yellowpages.ca is the primary data source Google uses to pre-populate Maps with business listings. These are the raw unclaimed listings. As the trusted data supplier in Canada a citation in YP may carry more weight than some others. YP data is also feed to infoCanada (owned by infoUSA) and other directories in Canada are using that data, so your one citation in YP may get you more citations from other sources. Now if any directory is trying to sell an add-on service where they create and manage an LBC listing for that business then that's where I would tell them to piss off. Business owners SHOULD have LBC listings under their own control, else they become held hostage. YP.ca does have a free option to get a bare minimum business listing. If the business is using a real landline (business phone) then they will automatically be added in YP, even if they don't pay for an ad. Just a basic listing online and in paper book. This is enough to count as a citation. On their website you can find a spot to add these basic listings for businesses that use a cell phone number, which does not automatically get them in the book or online directory. But if you submit to this then do expect to get sales calls for featured listings and/or bigger book ads. In Canada, yellowpages.ca is the primary data source Google uses to pre-populate Maps with business listings. These are the raw unclaimed listings. As the trusted data supplier in Canada a citation in YP may carry more weight than some others. YP data is also feed to infoCanada (owned by infoUSA) and other directories in Canada are using that data, so your one citation in YP may get you more citations from other sources.

Now if any directory is trying to sell an add-on service where they create and manage an LBC listing for that business then that’s where I would tell them to piss off. Business owners SHOULD have LBC listings under their own control, else they become held hostage.

YP.ca does have a free option to get a bare minimum business listing. If the business is using a real landline (business phone) then they will automatically be added in YP, even if they don’t pay for an ad. Just a basic listing online and in paper book. This is enough to count as a citation.

On their website you can find a spot to add these basic listings for businesses that use a cell phone number, which does not automatically get them in the book or online directory. But if you submit to this then do expect to get sales calls for featured listings and/or bigger book ads.

]]> By: Louis Durocher http://www.geolocalseo.com/blog/future-proof-google-maps-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Louis Durocher Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:06:34 +0000 http://www.geolocalseo.com/blog/?p=9#comment-15 Hi Steve. Excellent blogs (both of them). What's your advice on Yellow Pages listings in Canada. One of my clients was approached by a yellowpages.ca service rep who claimed that they had an agrrement with the LBC to provide the listings. Claimed the Yellow Pages listings were promoted on top of LBC listings. I adviced my client to preferably try to get some "co-citation" listings before signing in and see what happens (Praized, ourfaves.Com Findhere.Ca...). Hi Steve. Excellent blogs (both of them). What’s your advice on Yellow Pages listings in Canada. One of my clients was approached by a yellowpages.ca service rep who claimed that they had an agrrement with the LBC to provide the listings. Claimed the Yellow Pages listings were promoted on top of LBC listings. I adviced my client to preferably try to get some “co-citation” listings before signing in and see what happens (Praized, ourfaves.Com
Findhere.Ca…).

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