What are Local Listing For Business | TechnicalDm Blog

Hello, how are you, I hope you all are well. Today, I am going to show basic information about local listing for your website.

What is local listing?

Local listing is you added your website to local directory with business information. When any prospect customer discovers your business then search engine may display your website. Local listing is playing a role in online reputation, ranking and revenue.

                                          

Local business owners can do set his website offline options such as, advertising in local newspaper, television, print market, cold calling, telemarketing etc. all of these offline activities available in many industries. Now, internet marketing is necessary for all local businesses.

Local business are create portfolio that contains all information mention about your business such as, phone number, name, address, hours and other data. Many local businesses are share their information to other business so, you added your correct information into local directory.

Every local business has main goal to make their businesses more accurate and searchable. Local listing services are another way to increase your website reach and make easily searcher and client to find you.

Having correct information in many platform and local listing website because you can increase your SEO ranking, add your authority name and show your information in search engine

Every local business service has different type of categories and you added some data in your listing :

Business name

Business phone number

Business address

Business photo

Business review and rating

In this directory, you make sure don’t having duplicate information regarding your website. Sometimes, local business owners are created profile and forget to finish it. When local business trying to clean up their listing but it makes sure profile are incomplete and either completed and deleted.

Top 10 local listing website in India

There are many local listing website are available but I show some popular website that it provide local listing service.

1. Yelp: yelp is a most popular website and over 85 million people are visit his website. Business owners can upload information about his website such as, business name, address, reviews, rating, and business photo.  In this directory, you can communicate with customer privately and publicly and also you can track people who see your business profile.

2. Google +: Google local directory services are also knows as Google places but now it part of Google +. In this directory service, business owners can field business information such as, business name, phone number, address, map navigation, photos, review and rating option. In this directory service, you can read summarize of your user reviews and rating and also see photos, and other information regarding your business.

3. Bing local: Bing local directory powered by yelp that yelp local listing is very critical. Bing local directory are release June 2012, yelp will include content regarding business review snippet, photos, business attribute and many thing.

4. Yahoo local: Yahoo is a free local listing business. You can display your website information to this local directory such as business address, phone number, and website URL and also you can included  up to five business category, list product, services, brands, and more. In yahoo directory, you can add premium features such as, business description, photos and tagline, and online coupon.

5. Foursquare: Foursquare are the location based social network directories that relies on mobile app, which allow to people check-in to your business such as, write comments, leave tips regarding business, sharing information on Facebook and twitter.

Foursquare are release on December 25, 2012 and 25 million and more people are download the mobile app and 40% people are regularly use it. Foursquare are given access to edit their information and also give access analysis about customer.

6. Facebook: Facebook is most popular and lot of people uses application. You can make a Facebook page of your business and added the information about the business such as , business page name, business address, phone number, map navigation for business address, message option. Make sure that your page info ration is up to date and complete, as well.

7. Instagram: Instagram is social network and application for mobile photo and video sharing. You can take a photo for your business and upload the app using hash tags to appear on your niche categories.  Alexa rank of instagram is 20.  

8. LinkedIn: Linkedin is social networking site and business community. It is a grow your professional network. You can link to registered members of people they find professionally. linkedIn alexa rank is 28.

9.Tripadvisor: Tripadvisor is the travel website company that user can leave their review and rating about his business. User can book rooms, find flight and book restaurant table. Tripadvisor alexa rank is 118.

10. Google my business: Google my business is a most popular in World Wide Web. Business owners can added information about the business such as, business name, business website, phone number, business address with map navigation, business house time, review and rating.

So, I hope you all are known about the local listing website.