There are undoubtably thousands of different local and niche directories on the web you can submit your website to in order to gain citations. However, as a home renovation or kitchen remodeling contractor you really want to focus on the the top citation sources that are relevant to the services you provide.
There are a few things that make a citation source valuable to home contactors, such as the ability for customers to leave a review, the ability to show off your projects with photos and video and most importantly for search engine rankings, the directory must be relevant to residential renovation work. Below is a list of directories that are must have links back to your site. The first group is an absolute must, and your rankings and referral traffic will be harmed if you don’t have these links. While the second group will help but is not critical.
TOP CITATION SOURCES MUST HAVE CITATIONS
- Google My Business Page
- Yelp
- Bing Places
- Home Advisor
- Foursquare
- Angie’s List
- Yahoo Local Listings
- Better Business Bureau
- Thumbtack
- Houzz
- Porch
- MerchantCircle
- MapQuest
HELPFUL CITATIONS FOR LOCAL SEO
- SuperPages
- YellowPages
- Manta
- City-data
- Yalwa
- Local
- Hotfrog
- EZlocal
- Citysearch
- Chamber of Commerce
- DexKnows
- ShowMeLocal
- GoLocal247
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