Next Steps

The next step is to get your business listed and claimed. After checking your business using the Search Nearby by Search Nearby software you will know what you need to do to take the first steps to getting better rankings.

The Search Nearby by Search Nearby tool will grade your business based on many criteria:

#1 How many citations you have
#2 How well your Google Places listing is optimized
#3 How well you Bing Local Listing is

The first thing you should do is try and get your Google Places score to 80% or better. To get to 100% you will need at least 5 reviews which is typically the part most business are lacking in. Next go to Bing and Yahoo and make sure your listing is completed properly.

Citations

The Search Nearby by Search Nearby will give you a list of 40+ Local directories. You can manually go to each one and add your business. Just make sure your entries are consistent and that each listing has as much data as you can provide including photos and video.
If you wish to have someone else do this for you can check out Search Nearby. The benefit of using a service is that for a one time low fee they will submit to many sources getting you hundreds of citations.
Search Nearby will:

  • Claim and Optimize your Google Places listing (if needed);
  • Optimize your Yahoo and Bing profiles;
  • Add your business to over 80+ Local Directories with photos and the video (if allowed);
  • Add your business to Mobile and GPS Map Services ;
  • Create a video and upload it to YouTube and 10+ Video Sites with citation;
  • Submit Photos of your business to 10+ Photo Sites with citation;
  • Add your Business to the Top Social Networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Linkedin & MySpace etc.);
  • Add Reviews to some of your Local Directory Profiles ;
  • Add your Business to Major Data Aggregators (getting even more citations);
  • Bonus - They will submit your Business to their Network of Blogs and Social Media Sites (40+ more citations);
  • Get a Full Report with Usernames and Passwords sent to you;
  • Follow up report showing live citation acquisitions and updated Google Places score.