Build listings on key sites
Quickly submit listings to all the main sites, as well as a choice of 40+ niche industry sites, from a single dashboard.
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Quickly submit listings to all the main sites, as well as a choice of 40+ niche industry sites, from a single dashboard.
Easily find and fix errors in existing listings so there’s no misinformation to confuse search engines or customers about your business.
At the click of a button remove any harmful duplicate listings that could be holding back your local SEO performance.
Every business is different, yet most of our competitors only offer a one-size-fits-all, pre-packaged solution.
We not only give you coverage on top sites, but we also allow you to build business listings on 100s of niche sites in over 40 industries.
This gives you complete freedom to get listed on the sites that matter the most to you, as well as those sites that give the biggest SEO impact.
Short of spending countless hours submitting local directory listings yourself, BrightLocal is the most affordable way to grow your online presence, costing as little as $2 per site.
See for yourself in the full competitor price comparison table.
Not only will you enjoy savings from the outset, but many businesses end up saving $1,000s every year, just like these customers.
There are many companies that effectively charge to rent your business listings. You don’t own the listing and you’ll be stuck in the renting cycle. And if you leave, your listings could revert back or disappear completely. Who wants that?!
With BrightLocal you retain full ownership of every listing we build, with all login details passed to you.
As well as manual listings you can also submit to data aggregators to widen your reach at a minimal cost. Data aggregators push your business information to 100s of local business directories, mobile apps, and mapping services worldwide.
Just $2 per site (with bulk discount).
Only $3 per site (without bulk discount).
From just $15 per year.
All three aggregators $60 per year (8% saving).
Some services charge per site. Others bundle many sites together for a fixed fee.
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Get started building and fixing business directory listings today!
Other than data aggregator submissions, all our citations are made direct-to-site by our own in-house team of 80+ expert listing agents. Between them, they handle over 100,000 citation submissions for 1,500+ businesses every month.
Unlike traditional solutions, we don't:
To find out more about the differences between BrightLocal and other citation services read our full citation competitor comparison article.
You have complete control to pick from any of the 1,000+ sites that we submit to. That said, we highly recommend you include the following power-players as part of your selection: Google My Business, Bing, Apple Maps, Facebook, Yelp, TomTom, and YellowPages.
For the rest of your selection, our Citation Builder tool helpfully orders the list of available citations for you by Domain Authority, so you can use this to guide your selection choice. It will also highlight any existing citations that require updating.
Citation Builder works in 10 countries:
Which countries do local data aggregators work in?
Nope.
Citation Builder is a pay-as-you-go service that's available subscription-free. You only pay for the citations that you wish to build. You can go right ahead and set up a free account here.
What happens if I already have a BrightLocal subscription?
If you already have a BrightLocal subscription there is no need to set up a separate Citation Builder account. You will be able to access Citation Builder straight from your dashboard. Likewise, even if you were to end your subscription you will still be able to access Citation Builder.
That's correct. Once you've built your listings through BrightLocal they are yours to keep — forever!
The only instances you might be required to pay additional fees are:
If you need to make changes to your business information
See 'What happens if I need to change details about a location'.
To renew Data Aggregators
Whilst it's not compulsory to do so, we do advise renewing Data Aggregators each year ($60/year for all three). If you choose not to, they go into an 'unmanaged' state, which means they could be susceptible to inaccurate data about your company being distributed throughout their networks.
There is no requirement to add data aggregators when placing an order, however, we do recommend doing so as it allows you to claim multiple key citations quickly and easily. This rapidly expands the reach of your listings across the local search ecosystem, reaching 1,000s of directories, mobile apps, and maps around the world, at a very low cost. The charge for all three aggregators is just $60.
For more information see our article 'What are Data Aggregators and how do they help local SEO article.
Am I required to renew Data Aggregators each year?
Whilst it's not compulsory to do so, we do advise renewing Data Aggregators each year ($60 for all three). If you choose not to, they go into an 'unmanaged' state, which means they could be susceptible to inaccurate data about your company being distributed throughout their networks.
It's possible that over time multiple listings may have been created for your business.
Having duplicate listings can confuse search engines, hurt local rankings, and reduce the trust that consumers have in your business.
Traditional API solutions do not identify or fix these duplicate listings, and can also miss inaccuracies. For this reason, we strongly recommend when creating a citation campaign that you add duplicate removal to permanently fix any outstanding issues that may be present.
No problem.
Unlike traditional API solutions, we don't charge expensive recurring fees just to hold the door open for those rare times you might need to update a listing.
Instead, we charge a simple, one-off fee of $3 for each listing you need to update, and if the listing is managed through a current Data Aggregator subscription, there's no charge at all!
It's easiest to answer this with the following two questions:
If you happened to answer 'yes' to either of those questions then it’s possible that Yext or a similar provider could be a good choice for you.
If you're a business that is regularly moving address or making changes to core business information, then a service that can push out these changes instantaneously (but charging expensive annual fees for the privilege) could well be a good option.
We can of course facilitate any changes or updates to your business data. See 'What happens if I need to change details about a location' for full details.
Absolutely.
5,000+ digital marketing agencies and resellers already trust BrightLocal with their business listing work.
And the best bit, the service can be completely white-labeled so your agency gets to take all the credit!
Yes, we do.
If you're a multi-location brand or agency that's managing 20+ locations, we can set you up with a Campaign Manager to help your manage your business listing work.
We also offer a transition service if you're currently with an API provider, such as Yext. This popular service allows you to take back control of your business listings, and means you'll no longer have to keep paying $1,000s every year to only rent (and not own) your listings.
If you have any further questions that haven't been covered please take a look at our Help Center.
Alternatively, you can contact one of our friendly team who will be more than happy to offer any help and advice.
