Yelp...sucks balls, but you still need to claim and fully populate this very important citation for your local business.

Bing actually uses Yelp's information on local businesses, including the business' reviews left on Yelp, to determine what they will show in the search results!

Yes, many more people search using Google than Bing.

Bing is still the 2nd largest search engine for local businesses.

Bing also has worked out deals with McAfee and Apple so many people search on Bing by default without even knowing it!

Yelp is a perfect major citation for a local business.

Make sure you claim and fully populate your Yelp listing as shown in the video.

Often I see the directory, or citation, listings partially completed or even worse, with inaccurate data!!!

To get the most out of citations, make sure you supply that platform, Yelp in this scenario, with all of the data they request/allow.

VERY IMPORTANT - Make 100% sure everything you enter about your business on Yelp matching your businesses actual info, most importantly what is on your website and inside your Google My Business.

NAP - Name, Address, & Phone are the major 3 things to keep exactly the same! But, these extends to include hours, business email, etc. stuff that generally does not change for a business.

If your business' info does change, you need to make sure it is updated everywhere online.

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👇 Other free tools you should be using:

👉 Google Analytics

👉 Google My Business

👉 Google Search Console

👉 Bing Places

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Most small businesses never seem to get over the hump and start actually making money.

A lot of people I talk to have been burned by a web/SEO service in the past and now think it doesn't work or that every web/SEO company will rip them off too.

The other side of that coin is the small business owner who 'saves money' and handles their online presence themselves, and they also don't think it works. Well, since they don't know what they are doing...of course it doesn't work!

The real sad part is most websites I see SUCK! They may look good on face value, but Google has no idea what the sites are about and when they should rank them.

The people happy with the good looking, but crappy website are the ones who never get over the hump.

Anyway - enough with my rant!

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