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Claim Your Space on the Web!

Sundog Media September 21, 2016

cell phone with map on map with locatorThe most basic and possibly the most important step you can take to boost your site’s search engine optimization (SEO) is to list your business with the major search engines and aggregators; make sure the information is correct and up-to-date; and become the verified representative for your business. While finding the time to perform these functions can be a challenge, the payoff is well worth the time spent.

Sundog would love to be able to do this for you, but the engines that power the internet require phone or email verification that only you can provide as direct verification with a listed business is the most reliable.

If your business is new and there are no listings on any search engines or aggregators, you should create and verify a business entry on all the major sites. If you have been in business for more than five minutes, you quite likely have a listing even if you have not created one. Verification to make updates requires your authorization via email or a phone call so you’ll need to be near your computer or business phone depending on how they verify.

It is important that your business’ entries ARE CONSISTENT. Write out the following vital information and use it for each of your listings.

  • Business Name
  • Address (City, State, Zip)
  • Main Phone Number
  • Website
  • Business Hours
  • A description of your business, minimum 250 characters.
  • Category (-ies) of your Business
  • Logo and images

Unfortunately, there is no single place to add your business. Your time is valuable so we recommend you update your Google listing first. You will also want to have your site listed on the most influential business listing sites: Google Maps, Bing, Facebook, Yahoo and the Yellow Pages. For each of these, you will need to sign in. We highly recommend that you keep close track of the logins you use for your business and that you use a Business (not personal) Email for your listing verifications.

  • Google: a Gmail login
  • Yahoo: a Yahoo login
  • Bing: a Microsoft login
  • Facebook: a Facebook account
  • Yellow Pages: a Google+ account

Google

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https://www.google.com/maps – if your business is not there, click “Add a missing place to Google Maps” – you will be prompted to login and can then claim the business and fill in any missing or incorrect information. You will also be required to verify.

https://business.google.com/create – Create a Google My Business account. Select the business type that best fits your category and then enter business name. If you are not there, follow the directions. This process also adds a Google+ Page.


Bing

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Go to https://www.bingplaces.com, sign in using your google, facebook or microsoft log in and scroll down to the business type that best suits your business (store front, chain or at customer location) and follow the instructions.


Yahoo

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Go to http://www.yext.com/pl/yahoo-claims/index.html, enter your business information, select your business type and click “Scan My Listings”. A Yext page comes up with a busy, intimidating page – just SCROLL to the bottom and Click “Fix My Listings Now”. Update the information about your listing and click “Continue”. Yext then offers paid plans, but immediately below these plans click the THIN BLUE LETTERING link that says, “Claim your Basic Listing only on Yahoo.” Fill in your business and contact information, toggle the 2 agreement sections, certify you are not a robot, then Complete the checkout and click “Place Order” (it is free). From there, just follow the instructions they send to your email.


Yellow Pages

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Go to http://m1.adsolutions.yp.com, enter your business name and phone number then click “Get Your Free Listing”. Enter your name and email, then click “Claim Now.”


The time between completing the verification process and seeing your correct listing appear online varies widely. Just be patient and check in every so often to see whether your business has been updated. We recommend that you not make changes a second time because it could make the process take even longer.

Your website’s SEO is within your grasp, so do not hesitate. Put your digital stake in the ground and claim your space on the web!

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Thank you so much for all the creative energy and hard work that you put into designing our beautiful new website! Praise from staff and our customers for our new design has been unanimous. . . .

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I am really excited about my new website from Sundog Media! From the very beginning Joe and the Sundog team were great to work with. They got to know me and my goals for my site, and created a design and layout that really captured my personality. . . .

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I was most impressed with how responsive the Sundog team was to our suggestions and how quickly changes were made.  When something wasn’t right, they worked diligently and very patiently to create the website we desired.  They have also continued to be responsive after the launch, providing information to help us help ourselves with regard to internet marketing.

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Stone Soup Group could not be more pleased with our end product! We had a lot of ideas, and a few different populations to reach with just one site. Sundog helped us figure out what was possible, and built tools to best meet our audience’s needs (all while making it look pretty)!   . . .

Tory Shanklin - Communications & Outreach Manager - Stone Soup Group

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Starting a small business for the first time is very intimidating. Especially, if you recently retired and wanted to do something totally different. A big part of any business is getting your message out in a clear concise manner. Having the expertise of Sundog Media was the best decision I’ve made. . . .

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Sundog has been an absolute pleasure to work with. The Sundog Team was so patient yet prompt with all of the design changes. They were professional and went above and beyond to make sure we got the website we wanted. The finished product is much better than we could’ve imagined. . .

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We wanted a website that distinguished ourselves from other law firms, a website that was more than a mere online brochure, and one that was built on a new platform called Jekyll. Joe Law and his team at Sundog Media delivered exactly what we wanted within our budget. You can’t get any better than that. Thanks Sundog for your great work.

Andrew C. Mitton - Vellum, LLC

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We are so happy that we chose Sundog as our partner for our new website.
From start to finish the team was extremely responsive, they had great customer service, and really worked with us when we had questions about the process. Jeni, in particular, did a fantastic job keeping everything in line and wrangled. I really enjoyed working with her. We are really proud of the end product and can’t wait to utilize it as a more effective tool for our business. I would recommend them to anyone looking for website design in the future. Thanks to Joe and the team for a great experience!

Whitney Robins, NSTI - North Slope Telecom, Inc.

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Working with Sundog was a wonderful experience. After years of wanting to update our companies website but never having the time Sundog Media took the weight off our shoulders and created a website that is better than we imagined. . . .

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When I decided that my practice needed a web site, I felt overwhelmed by the process. After contacting several web design companies, I chose Joe Law at Sundog Media because they were willing to guide me on every step of the process. . . .

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