Ghigg

If you are a local business, it is a must that you have targeted citations in relevant local business sources to rank well in google local (also referred to as google places or google maps), bing local or yahoo local. What you get with this Ghigg is a targeted list of citations source URLs for your local business in your specific country for your specific niche based on the keyword and the country (geo) you specify.

Citations are "mentions" of your business details (name, address, phone) on other sites. It is not necessary that there is an actual URL link to your website, it is the mention by your business name, phone and address which is what is relevant to local business optimization.

Examples of citations are mentions of your business in online local directories such as yelp, citysearch, yellow pages etc. However, depending on your specific niche and specific country, these citations sources vary. As an example, a dentist in Australia would want to target a citation in local dental directory in Australia much more than a generalized directory such as Yelp.

Search Engines value citations significantly for local business optimization, much like backlinks for regular websites.

If you are a local business or are helping a local business achieve high ranking in google, bing or yahoo, provide us the target country and the target keyword. What you will get back with this Ghigg is a target list of citation sources for that specific country and keyword.

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