Google’s Senior Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller, responded to a tweet that asked about the boost in ranking based on citations and nofollow links from listings in the Yellow Pages.
The user on twitter asked:
Hi @JohnMu, can I boost my rankings based on “citations” and nofollow links from entries in 50 different yellow page services for a small local business?
John Muller responded with:
“I can’t imagine that would do anything for a site (and if the problem is that a site has too much money, there are lots of good organizations they could donate to instead :-))”
Here is the tweet:
I can’t imagine that would do anything for a site (and if the problem is that a site has too much money, there are lots of good organizations they could donate to instead :-))
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) June 4, 2020
Key Takeaway:
Multiple business listings on yellow page services to boost rankings might not be that effective. It will help to increase brand recognition and website visits.
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