Citation building services for local listings and AI answers

Citation building services get your business named consistently across the web. Local citations list your business name, address and phone number on directories and data aggregators, so search engines trust your location. Brand citations get your company mentioned on the third-party pages that AI assistants and Google AI Overviews draw their answers from.

LOCAL CITATIONS AND BRAND CITATIONS IN ONE SERVICE

Citation building covers two kinds of mention. Local citations keep your business name, address and phone number accurate on directories and data aggregators, so search engines can confirm where you are. Brand citations get your company named on the industry lists, reviews and comparison articles that AI assistants and Google AI Overviews draw on.

Local citations

NAP

Directories and aggregators

Brand citations

AI answers

Pages AI tools cite

Tracked in

Ranklogs

Share of AI voice

WHAT'S INCLUDED

In our citation building services

Citation
audit

We audit your existing listings and record which are accurate, which are outdated or duplicated, and where your business is missing.

Business directory
submissions

We submit your business name, address and phone number to the business directories that matter for your location and industry.

Data aggregator
distribution

We distribute your business details through data aggregators, which pass them on to the many sites that read from them.

NAP consistency
clean-up

We correct outdated listings and remove duplicates, so your name, address and phone number match on every site.

AI citation
research

Using Ranklogs, SeoEaze's own platform, we find which third-party pages AI answers cite for the topics your customers ask about.

Brand mention
outreach

We contact the publishers of those pages to get your brand named on them, and log every outreach and result. Our generative engine optimization services build on this to get you named in AI answers.

How citation building works, step by step

01. Audit

We review your current local listings and check where your brand is, and is not, mentioned on the pages AI answers cite.

02. Plan

We agree the directories, data aggregators and publishers to target, based on your locations and the scope of brand outreach.

03. Submit and clean up

We submit new listings, distribute your details through data aggregators and correct outdated or duplicate listings.

04. Outreach

We reach out to the publishers of the pages AI answers cite, so your brand is named where people and AI tools look for recommendations.

05. Report

Each month we report the listings created and corrected, the brand mentions earned and how your results have moved.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Deliverables and how results are measured

Deliverables

  • A citation audit spreadsheet of your existing listings.

  • A list of new and corrected listings.

  • A brand-mention outreach log.

  • A monthly report.

How results are measured

For local citations we track the number of accurate listings and your position in local and map results. For brand citations we use Ranklogs, SeoEaze's own platform for rank tracking, audits and AI visibility, which tracks how often your brand is cited and your share of AI voice across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity.

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Pricing
Built Around Your Scope

Citation building is priced by the number of locations and the scope of brand outreach. Tell us how many locations you have and which topics matter to you, and ask for a quote.

Frequently
Asked Questions

A local citation is any listing of your business name, address and phone number, often called NAP, on another website, such as a business directory, a review site or a map service. Search engines compare these listings to confirm where your business is, so accurate citations support your position in local and map results.

If your business name, address or phone number differs between listings, search engines are less sure which details are correct, and customers may call an old number or visit an old address. A citation clean-up finds outdated or duplicate listings and corrects them, so every listing matches your current details.

AI assistants and Google AI Overviews often build their answers from third-party pages, such as industry lists, reviews and comparison articles. A brand citation is a mention of your company on those pages. Being named there makes it more likely that AI answers mention your brand when people ask about your type of business.

Link building aims for links that pass ranking value to your website. Citation building aims for accurate mentions of your business, with or without a link. Local citations confirm your name, address and phone number, and brand citations make sure your company is named where people and AI tools look for recommendations.

For local citations we track the number of accurate listings and your position in local and map results. For brand citations we use Ranklogs, SeoEaze's own platform, which tracks how often your brand is cited and your share of AI voice across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity.

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