Google Maps leads for home service contractors. We build your website and run your Google Business Profile.
Google Maps leads for home service contractors. We build your website and run your Google Business Profile.
Your name, address and phone number, correct everywhere customers look
A business listing is any place online that shows your business name, address and phone number: Yelp, Apple Maps, Bing, Nextdoor and many more. In marketing they are called local citations. We build yours, fix the wrong ones and keep watch on them.
A well-known local search firm built 50 new listings each for a dentist and a handyman.
Less than most companies selling them will tell you. Listings used to be one of the main ways to climb the map. The evidence today says they are a foundation, not a lever.
In a 2024 test, a well-known local search firm built 50 new listings each for a dentist and a handyman. Neither moved up in the map results, and six months later Google still had only 2 of the 50 in its index. Google's own guide to local ranking talks about reviews, links and complete, accurate information. It does not mention how many listings you have.
So we will not sell you listings as a way to rank. We do them because wrong details cost you real customers, and because a complete, consistent presence is the base that the things that do move rankings are built on.
Source: Sterling Sky, "How Many Citations Does a Small Business Need?" (2024)
A handful matter far more than the rest. We start with these.
| Listing | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Google Business Profile | The listing behind your place on Google Maps. This is the one that matters most. |
| Apple Maps | What iPhone users see in Maps and hear from Siri. |
| Bing Places | Bing search and maps, including many work computers. |
| Yelp | Customers check it, and other map apps draw on it. |
| Nextdoor | Where neighbours ask each other for a contractor. |
| Better Business Bureau | A free listing that many customers check before they hire. |
| Your trade directories | The directories customers in your trade actually use. |
| The data providers | A few companies supply business details to navigation systems and other directories. |
We fix the ones on the right.
Some services keep your listings in sync for a yearly fee. That works while you pay. When you stop, the directories are free to go back to whatever older information they had.
The listings we build belong to you. Each one is created in your business's name, and you hold the login and password. Nothing is held in our account or kept in place by a subscription, so nothing switches off if you stop working with us.
If your business has moved, changed its phone number or changed its name, the old details are still out there on dozens of sites. Fixing that is a bigger job than monthly upkeep, so we offer it as a one-time project.
Citation cleanup is $997, paid once, and runs for six weeks. We find the duplicates and the outdated listings, correct them, and make your name, address and phone number consistent.
Straight answers before you send anything.
Listings are the foundation. Your free ranking report shows where you stand today, from 25 spots around your business.
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