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Whitespark Local Citation Finder

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What is Whitespark Local Citation Finder?

The Local Citation Finder is a local SEO tools for tracking the performance of a business’s online citations. It reveals what listings competitors have that the business is missing, uncovers new opportunities, and helps users take control of citations. The Local Citation Finder aims tomake it easy to manage and grow citations, which the vendor states builds authority, establishes trust, and improves an online presence.
  • Find and track all citations.
  • Identify the top ranking competitors in a market and discover new opportunities.
  • Identify new online directories where users can submit business.
Whitespark offers a free trial.

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Screenshot of Campaign Overview - Set up a campaign for each of your business locations to track your citations across the web, see which competitors rank for your target keywords, and discover new citation opportunities.
Screenshot of Campaign Setup - Quickly set your business up, add your top 5 most important keywords, and unleash the power of the Local Citation Finder.
Screenshot of Opportunities - The Local Citation Finder identifies all the citations for your top ranked competition and compares them against the citations you already have to reveal the exact citation opportunities you’re missing out on. A single search uncovers hundreds of opportunities that you can get to improve your local search rankings.
Screenshot of Filters (Verified Listing Submission) - Results are automatically sorted by “submittability”, so you can go straight to the sites that will let you quickly and easily submit your business to get a new citation and link for your business.
Screenshot of Competitor Comparison - See  who are your top competitors, and uncover new listing opportunities. Add more competitors, filter results by a specific keyword, or export your data to CSV or PDF.

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Screenshot of Campaign Overview - Set up a campaign for each of your business locations to track your citations across the web, see which competitors rank for your target keywords, and discover new citation opportunities.

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Whitespark Local Citation Finder allows our organization to monitor our client's information on 3rd party listing sites to ensure consumers are finding accurate information when looking for a service that one of our clients provides. It is important for online marketing to continuously monitor citations because there are so many out there and a lot of the time information that you may think is accurate will revert. The Whitespark Local Citation Finder gives you the opportunity to quickly access important listing sites for all of our clients.

Pros

  • The information within the finder is very accurate, which eliminates us having to dig through the internet for citations.
  • The reports are automated for you, so there's no extra work on the user's end.

Cons

  • One small improvement I'd recommend is creating the ability to connect to 3rd party platforms, such as Google Data Studio

Return on Investment

  • The positive ROI has been seen through our client's renewal %. Since we are able to provide accurate reporting, they trust the work that is presented to them more than not.

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