ALL ABOUT OUR CITATIONS LOCAL DIRECTORY LISTING SERVICES

Frequently Asked Questions

How to place an order:

Ordering is easy. Follow the following simple steps to place your order.

  • We do this like we do citations, manually
  • Send us an email at citationslocalusa@gmail.com
  • Include the package number you want to order
  • Provide your business information
  • Provide your Citations Local Directory Listing Service “DETAILS” (see below)
  • Specify your form of Payment (Major Credit Card or PayPal)
  • We send a confirmation email to you, at the email that you sent your request
  • We will send payment link with your invoice which is payable upon receipt
  • Once Payment is confirmed, we begin our Citations Local Directory Listing Service
  • Your final report will be emailed to the same email that received our invoice

How much do local directory submissions cost?

  • Whitespark pricing per local directory submission – $5
  • Bright Local pricing per local directory submission – $2-$3
  • Citations Local Directory Submissions – as low as $0.56 each

What payment methods can be used?

At the moment, you can pay via Major Credit Card, or you may pay through PayPal. All orders to be paid in full PRIOR to work being started. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Do I get discounts on bulk orders?

Unfortunately, we do not offer discounts on bulk orders as we already charge as low as $0.56 per directory submission. This is already substantially lower than what our competition charges.

Are your local directory submissions new submissions?

Yes, when you order any of our Citations Local Directory Listing Service packages, we only submit new submissions to local directories.

What happens when my business is already listed on a local directory?

We perform a citation audit to determine which sites you are on, and which sites to add your business onto. If your business is already listed on a local directory we have selected, we will check it for accuracy. If the citation is accurate, we will find a new high PR directory to list your business. This way we will always give you new submissions as promised in our packages, by finding you replacement directories for your business listing.

What kind of business information is submitted to these local directories?

These are the “DETAILS” we need and submit about your business. Please note that you will have to provide us with ALL THE “DETAILS” at the time of your order.

  • URL
  • Keywords or tags
  • Description
  • Business Name
  • Owner Name
  • Full Address
  • Phone & Fax
  • Business Email
  • Year Found
  • Number of Employee
  • Operating Hours
  • Link To Video
  • Social Media Links (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc..)
  • Logo
  • Photos (maximum 5 images)
  • List of directories (If you want to provide your own list)

Will you guarantee that your submissions will result in live listings?

The majority of our listings will be on auto-approve directories. However, when directories only accept approved listings, we cannot fully guarantee that your submission will result in a listing. While our live listing rates are very, very impressive (80%), we cannot provide a 100% guarantee about submissions becoming listings, especially on manually approved local directory listings.

What % of submissions can I expect to become real listings?

About 80% of our submissions will become live listings. In many cases, it will be much higher. It always depends upon the directories.

How do I verify my listings?

You will be provided with a full report once your order is complete. If a directory is an auto-approve directory, your profile URL will be provided in the report. If a directory manually approves listings, you will be provided login information with which you can manually check your listing, a few days after submission.

What sort of directories will require telephone verification?

A few high quality local directories like Yelp, Citysearch.com, Yellowbook.com, Yellowbot.com, Citysquares.com and Superpages.com will require telephone verification. Please note that Yelp can sometimes approve a listing without requiring to verify a telephone number.

How do you choose local directories to submit to?

There are many factors that go into how we choose our directory database. First, we check to see if the directory is a High PR directory as that is one of our basic requirements in choosing a local directory.

Aside from having a High PR, we also ensure that the directory site we choose also has a good amount of traffic so your website can in turn get traffic, when your listing becomes live. We also consider domain authority and length of approval process to give you directories that will give your site the best chance of an approval and also at the same time give you link juice, PR juice, ranking boosts and traffic.

How do you shortlist the final directories from a list of many that you find?

Our directory posters are experienced enough to shortlist the choicest directories that your business should be listed in, even if hundreds or even thousands of results are found. In cases where ambiguity exists, our posters will actually research your competitor sites to see where they have posted, to do the same, so your business is always only listed in the most relevant, popular directory sites available.

Our posters will also specifically search for directories that have a dominance in a certain locality, to give you a listing on a directory that is often visited by the local community that your business operates in.

How does your service optimize the directory listings?

When you order directory listings from us, we create your listings in such a way that they rank in search engines and in such a way that they actually provide you with a lot of value, giving information about your business in such a way that you get leads and sales.

Below, you will find a fill list of how we optimize our local directory listings when you decide to use us for your business’s directory listing services.

  • Optimizing of a listing’s titles and page URLs
  • Inclusion of several photos of your business, properly tagged with relevant keywords
  • Content is created with links to other pages and properties, to make the listing look very natural and legitimate
  • A complete fill up or form completion of a listing, with all fields having a relevant entry
  • Listing is tagged with a range of keywords that can bring targeted traffic to your business
  • Double verification to check accuracy of phone number, address, business hours and other details
  • Addition of your address into the maps features, so your listings provide direction and location support
  • Include a Google Places listing, to strengthen local visibility on Google and also to give the SEO boost that a maps listing provides
  • Inclusion of images/video to make your listing unique and distinctive
  • Include extra snippets of information like business hours and accepted payment methods
  • Selection of highly relevant categories, to allow users to quickly find your business, for appropriate searches
  • Ensuring that your listing gives you a strong online brand/presence

What makes your directory listing service different from others?

As mentioned several times before, our Citations Local Directory Listing Service is a completely manual process. We don’t create listings just for the sake of giving you a report but to actually provide you with link juice, PR juice and traffic and SEO juice as well.

Furthermore, we distinguish ourselves from the competition by doing the following

  • No duplicate listings – We will never create duplicate listings and will always find fresh directories to post on, even if your business is already listed on some local directories
  • High PR, quality directories – We will always choose directories that have high PR and always choose directories that are popular and experiencing a lot of traffic
  • Ripple effect directory listings – Since we only choose high quality directories to list your business in, you can expect future organic listings as there are plenty of new/small directory sites that re-publish the listings of directories that we submit to, to give you an ever growing number of listings.
  • Manual work – We NEVER use bots or software programs to submit your listing. We always create your listings manually and all our work is double checked by experienced posters

 

How does your service optimize the directory listings?

When you order directory listings from us, we create your listings in such a way that they rank in search engines and in such a way that they actually provide you with a lot of value, giving information about your business in such a way that you get leads and sales.

Below, you will find a fill list of how we optimize our local directory listings when you decide to use us for your business’s directory listing services.

  • Optimizing of a listing’s titles and page URLs
  • Inclusion of several photos of your business, properly tagged with relevant keywords
  • Content is created with links to other pages and properties, to make the listing look very natural and legitimate
  • A complete fill up or form completion of a listing, with all fields having a relevant entry
  • Listing is tagged with a range of keywords that can bring targeted traffic to your business
  • Double verification to check accuracy of phone number, address, business hours and other details
  • Addition of your address into the maps features, so your listings provide direction and location support
  • Include a Google Places listing, to strengthen local visibility on Google and also to give the SEO boost that a maps listing provides
  • Inclusion of images/video to make your listing unique and distinctive
  • Include extra snippets of information like business hours and accepted payment methods
  • Selection of highly relevant categories, to allow users to quickly find your business, for appropriate searches
  • Ensuring that your listing gives you a strong online brand/presence

How do you submit to these local directories?

All of our directory submissions are 100% manually done. We have a team of highly experienced citations members who know precisely what is needed to successfully list your business on high PR local directories. Here’s a breakdown of our process:

  • Our experts choose the local directories that are appropriate for your business
  • A unique email account is created to facilitate the submissions
  • The selected local directories are checked to see if your business is already listed
  • If business is already listed, our experts will find new directories that haven’t listed your business
  • Your business details are carefully and manually submitted
  • Verification emails are verified and followed up on
  • If a listing is an auto-approve, the profile URL is grabbed and compiled in a report
  • If a listing is not an auto-approve, the login information for that directory is provided in a report, allowing you to check the listing at a later date
  • Report is sent out to the same email that received our invoice

Will you share the full list of directories so I can choose on my own?

Unfortunately, this cannot be done. We cannot share our full lists as a lot of work goes into compiling these lists on a continual basis.

How can I track my order?

Once you choose a package, pay and provide us with the “DETAILS”, we will contact you to confirm your order. Then, when the order is finished, we will send you a detailed report of all work done, so you can check the links or login and check the listings yourself.

Will you let me know when the order is complete?

Yes, you will receive an email with a report that will allow you to fully verify the work.

How long will it take to complete the average order?

We do our best to turn around an order in just 5 business days. However, if you have ordered one of the larger packages or if our order queues are really long, it may take up to a maximum of 21 days to deliver our order.

Since all work is done manually, in a high quality fashion, we suggest that you give us the full 21 days to deliver your work, even though we will most probably deliver well ahead of schedule on most occasions.

Which countries does your Citations Local Directory Listing Service cover?

At the moment, we focus on the United States of America. We can also provide similar services for Canada, UK and Australia. If you would listings in a country that is not listed here, please contact us as we may be able to do a custom job for you. We are also expanding our services to cover the whole world