What is the importance of listing score at Getlisted.org regarding higher local 7 pack rankings ?

[mnkpso]

What is the importance of listing score at Getlisted.org regarding higher local 7 pack rankings ?

My listing score is 60% and i am trying to improve it. I am on 2nd page on local map results. So maximum score will help to get place in 7 pack ?

[MiriamEllis]

Good Morning Mnkpso,

According to GetListed. org:

"Listing score is a 100 point scale that approximates how effectively you are taking advantage of free online business listings".

My understanding is that this takes into account whether you've claimed and fully filled out your listings at all of the sites in the GetListed index of important sites. So, while having a high listing score at GetListed does not actually determine your rankings (GetListed doesn't feed data to the search engines - it merely represents how you are listed), looking at the listing score is a good way to gauge whether you've made minimum, moderate or maximum effort towards getting your business listed. If you have a low score, you have many more opportunities to take advantage of for the benefit of your business.

Citations play a major role in rankings, so the more diverse and complete yours are, the better your chances of ranking well.

[mnkpso]

In order increase my score i need your little help. I will share one by one. For now can you guide me how to delete duplicate listing at hotfrog and Citysearch ? I have submitted form to delete or merge duplicate yahoo listing and same thing is in process with Google. All this will help to increase my rankings ?

Thanks for your last reply.

[mnkpso]

I have found and implemented ways to remove these. This will help to improve rankings after deletion of all duplicate listings ?

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Mnkpso,

So glad you found my answer helpful. Yes, deletion of duplicate listings is very important because the existence of them detracts from you sending a single, strong, correct signal to search engines like Google. If you have just one physical address and phone number, you want only one listing in each of the major indexes and directories. Cleaning up duplicates will definitely be an important part in your efforts to achieve high rankings. It can be hard work, but stick with it!