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What is listings management?

Locus Intelligence team
Updated 2 min readReach · Attract

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Listings management is keeping every directory and map where a business appears complete, consistent and current: Google, Apple Maps, Bing and review sites. For a business with locations it is done per location, because each one has its own address, hours and phone.

The fuller answer

Customers and AI assistants read those listings before they ever reach your website. A wrong hour or phone number on one of them is a missed customer. 62% of consumers avoid a business with incorrect information online (BrightLocal, 2023).

The work is audit, fix, then keep checking: hours, offers and staff change all year. See the listings management guide and Reach.

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  1. Run the free audit on one location.

This week

  1. Fix the mismatches.

This month

  1. Set a weekly check.
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