Very interesting… recently I posted about the need for Google to focus on relevancy in search results to maintain their market share that led me to look at tying a geographic location to improve relevancy and my belief that it will be the next step to reinforce universal search results. As a professional SEO consultant, I know how difficult it can be to manage the efforts to get traditional store locations in the results of the major engines. Of course, as if I had some kind of inside information, here comes a consolidated answer: getlisted.org.
GetListed.org, the latest offspring from the creative minds of Pat Sexton and David Mihm. The concept behind this project is to empower businesses with the ability to monitor their exposure in local search results by giving them the ability and ease to verify their listings in the major local search products from Best of the Web, Google, MSN and Yahoo! by simply putting in their business name and zip code and the ability to monitor multiple locations. The first step to local search, just like regular search, is getting listed, getlisted.org is helping to do just that!
Here is a quick screen shot for Google:
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As you can see, after searching for a location (based upon the name and zip code of the location), you can quickly see the visual cues of what should be done to improve your local listings. It also adds the searched location to your dashboard (after logging in). Moving on to the Overview in the dashboard:
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This gives a good overview of listings, citations, reviews and photos. In this case, the listing:
Google Inc
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy
Mountain View, CA 94043
is not listed in anything… which I thought was odd, until I searched Google Maps for the Googleplex at the given address and low and behold:
Neither of the two listings were verified and both were without reviews. Wow, these two listings are on Google Maps, but have not been verified.
So, if a business like Google could forget something as trivial as managing their own listings, it makes sense to check up on your locations as well, doesn’t it?
Find out more about GetListed.org:
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Even if you have all of your local ducks in a row, the blog and the resource center devoted to local search marketing should become very valuable resources for staying on top of the ever changing local search scene.
What others are saying:
GetListed.org is an incredibly useful and easy to use tool to quickly see how your local search listings play in the local search space.
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Any business with a local focus will benefit for the rapidity with which this tool will show them how they are currently listed and what to do to claim or improve their data.
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Local SEO is really hard for us, because the link building is much more difficult.Anyway your post helped a lot.
Thanks for the comment. Local SEO is hard, so is plain old SEO but at least there are more or better defined lines of engagement. I hope that getlisted.org will help vault this to the forefront. I am glad my post helped.
We’ve been ranking on page one for our primary keywords on google.com but when it came to the local google we were on page 5. We changed our geographic location on google webmaster tools and this pumped us up a bit. I would definitely give getlisted a try.
I just again ensured that local seo is really difficult thing. We’re going to try getlisted and see what will happen to sites.
getlisted.org is simply amazing. Local seo is difficult thing and I say getlisted.org is a real big help.
the local SEO is really hard, just i heard about Getlisted.org, I think this is very useful information to all.
I can’t say that I got accurate results with getlisted.org. I’m still doing some working on it but it says I’m not listed though I’m clearly at the top. Interesting.
Getlisted.org sounds like a great tool especially with the changing algorithms of search engines. It is great to know exactly what steps you can take to improve your search rankings.
Thanks for this – getlisted sounds great. At least now we have a better idea of what’s going on
cool. Now we know about getlisted and how to get our rankings up! Thanks
Thanks for this post, it sounds like getlisted.org is a great tool to use, which will be of great benifit to many.
Well I just listed my company in all of them. I have been doing my own SEO and research and never heard of GetListed. Thanks for the advise. Hope it works. Can’t hurt!
Great post all the tools you can get to help you rank with the search engines. I find myself spending way to much time checking for my stats with the search engines…so you are definitely right. It is definitely an ongoing job.
Thank for the update. Its great to know about the ever changing algorithm and how one can assure to stay on top with the promising search engine. I haven’t yet been completely successful but I am most certainly working on it.
Well Personally I do not Like the Local Search BTW really a cool post, thanks for sharing
getlisted.org only target USA. I am from UAE. what can be choices for me?
@Wisdom
Thanks for the comment, I have forwarded the idea over to the creators of GetListed.org and they are/have been looking into solutions for more than just the US. Keep your eyes peeled… but be sure that I will keep you updated as new additions come to this new service.
Cheers!
This helps much
Wanna try getlisted.org
Thanks pittfall. Its wonderful to hear from you. I will wait for updates.
This could be a great help for businesses to track back or monitor where they are. I somehow believe that staying on top could possibly help your business a lot.
I saw this post after I commented on another one. This one caught my eye because this is how we get a lot of our business. We do a lot of business around a major metropolitan area and a lot of people search for things and include atlanta or ga in their search. So, we devise our content to target those searches and don’t even worry about our local listings. It’s got to be hard for a local retail shop with a very local customer base though. That’s funny, Google doesn’t even monitor their listings.
This is very good for business. Getting listed on the internet is sometimes quite difficult because we don’t know what to do and where we should go. With your information on this article, I know now where to go. thanks!
I checked out getlisted.org when it was launched recently and I think it’s a good starting point to see where a business currently stands in the local realm of things. The interface is very intuitive and everything loads very fast, so I would definitely recommend it when beginning your local search efforts. For more information on local search, I suggest How to Get Your Business Listed in Local Search Engines
Local listing makes sense. Consumers tend to locate business and deal with such with proximity as consideration. Hope search engines will focus more on this area of concern.
Great post! Getlisted.org is a great tool for any business out there. They will surely get benefit from this one. Moreover, business owners don’t need to invest too much time checking their stats with the use of search engines.
Interesting article but unfortunately getlisted.org requires a 5 digit US zip code which means that it does not work for companies outside the US.
When will getlisted.org accommodate non-us website?
Although this tool looks useful, my it wasn’t accurate for my business. Perhaps I just have to wait longer for its cache to update?
Thanks for the info on getlisted.org – I thought I was doing well until I ran their scan and only got 65%. Thanks again!