Whitespark Citation Building Review – A Must For Local SEO
Whitespark Citation Building Review – A Must For Local SEO
Whitespark’s citation building helps you rank higher in local search results (especially Google Maps) by having their team create citations (online profiles) which are about 20% of local SEO.
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Citations are “mentions of your business name” commonly in the form of directories and other online profiles. They’re the #2 and #5 ranking factor in Google Maps. Building more citations will improve rankings especially when they’re 100% complete, consistent, and non-duplicates. This is exactly what Whitespark does and all their citations are built manually for -5 per citation Just fill out their intake then wait 3 weeks for them to analyze your current citations and create a report of the new ones they have built. Total time takes around 2-3 months for your citations to be approved and for Google to updates their local search results. Go here to learn more about citations: https://whitespark.ca/blog/what-is-a-local-citation-for-local-seo/
WHY WHITESPARK
-They have a 4.9 star review on Google with 200+ reviews
-All citations are manually submitted (unlike Yext)
-Quick turnaround (takes 3 weeks to build the citations)
-Follow-up report is included with URLs of your new profiles + one universal login
-If you run an SEO company you can finally outsource this with peace of mind, or start integrating it into your services
-You can get up to 20% off citations as you reach their discount tiers
-They have an affiliate program if you want to promote it and earn a commission
PROCESS
-Fill out Whitespark’s citation intake: https://cb.whitespark.ca/cbss/Citation-Building-Intake-Form-2016.xls
-Order however many citations you’d like
-Wait for the follow-up report in 3 weeks
-Wait 2-3 months total for Google to update their results with your new rankings
-You may want to use their local rank tracker to measure rankings: https://whitespark.ca/local-rank-tracker/
Comment if you have questions! I have used their citation building for multiple clients and got very good success (multiple #1 rankings in Google Maps). Just keep in mind the directory websites are free, so you will inevitably get spam. For this reason I recommend adding captcha on your contact form and NOT using a cell number when you submit your intake to Whitespark.
Cheers,
Tom