Good service that helps optimize and create citations to google map listing?

[Tariq_Jameel]

Hi guys,

Anyone know good service that helps optimize and create citations to google map listing?

Also is there recommended WP theme that helps the ranking on google map?

Thanks in advance!

[AtlasGlobal]

In my experience, the best resources for that type of citation building are MozLocal and/or Whitespark.

In the case of a theme. It's more of how you structure your site than a theme it self. For example, is it mobile responsive? Are you using embedded Google Maps on site? etc. I'd also highly recommend getting additional reviews for the listing as these play a role in semantic search and vis a vis ranking.

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Tariq!

You'll typically be best off building your Google My Business listings manually, which you can then import to Moz Local for the purposes of building out the rest of your most important citations. You can learn more about syncing Moz Local and Google My Business here: https://moz.com/blog/my-business-console-free-tool

A WP theme isn't really going to ensure higher maps rankings. Yoast's Local SEO plugin for WP (https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/local-seo/) is popular, but I think it oversimplifies the idea that any plugin or theme is going to = high local rankings. There are several hundred factors that contribute to ranking well locally on Google, and your website factors into that in terms of its basic SEO, content and links. Check out this year's Local Search Ranking Factors survey for further details: https://moz.com/local-search-ranking-factors

Hope this helps!