Catalogue of Rowan

The Local Citations Review

Ground rules · Reading NAP records · What to drop

Local Citations in Practice

76% Checking the opening hours 9% Still open 34% What listing networks read 96% On the record

Getting this right buys more direction requests without touching the website at all. Verify by phone or postcode lookup, not by memory.

How Business Data Providers Read a Listing

Fixing silent listing decay
In the simplest terms, brand mentions tell discovery apps that a business is real and reachable.
Reading business directories
A citation is any place on the web where the opening hours shows up for {entity_s}.
In the file
Nine times out of ten, company profiles are the online records that carry the primary category for {entity_s}.

Related references

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Refreshing the Long Tail

Comparison sites weigh source quality as well as source count, therefore where a citation sits matters. Give one person the logins and one document the truth; ambiguity is what causes drift. Crucially, authoritative records are one of the few local levers that still work without a budget.

Remove What You Cannot Verify

Key points

  • Handled steadily, structured listings stop being a project and become a habit.
  • The finish line is not perfection; it is a profile that no one has to argue with.
  • Get the facts to agree, and local directories will do the rest without being asked.
  • Keep the record unambiguous, revisit it after any move or rebrand, and most local problems solve themselves.