Google recently announced changes in how they will rank maps (basically Google Reviews will be a HUGE component while Citations wont play quite the dominate role they once did). Our own personal insight has been that citations still play a more significant role that they are perhaps letting on. This seems to be especially true for CANADIAN businesses. While we are still encouraging our clients to work on reviews we thought we would share a list of the top 58 canadian citations:
| Broad Citation Source | PR |
| bbb.org | 8 |
| canada411.ca | 8 |
| dir.yahoo.com/regional | 8 |
| yellowpages.ca | 8 |
| allpages.com | 7 |
| goldbook.ca | 7 |
| ic.gc.ca | 7 |
| manta.com | 7 |
| merchantcircle.ca | 7 |
| pagesjaunes.ca | 7 |
| worldweb.com | 7 |
| 411.ca | 6 |
| canpages.ca | 6 |
| craigslist.ca | 6 |
| ibegin.com | 6 |
| mt.list-of-companies.org | 6 |
| weblocal.ca | 6 |
| yelp.ca | 6 |
| canadaone.com | 5 |
| canlinks.net | 5 |
| connectorlocal.com | 5 |
| esourcecanada.com | 5 |
| findhere.ca | 5 |
| foundlocally.com | 5 |
| hotfrog.ca | 5 |
| kijiji.ca | 5 |
| opendi.ca | 5 |
| profilecanada.com | 5 |
| salespider.com | 5 |
| scottsinfo.com | 5 |
| ziplocal.ca | 5 |
| dakitaki.com | 4 |
| freebizads.ca | 4 |
| homestars.com | 4 |
| listingsca.com | 4 |
| n49.ca | 4 |
| reallymadeincanada.info | 4 |
| shopincanada.com | 4 |
| bccontacts.net | 3 |
| bizcaf.ca | 3 |
| canadadirect.info | 3 |
| cofars.ca | 3 |
| directorym.ca | 3 |
| inetgiant.ca | 3 |
| jobprodirectory.com | 3 |
| shirlz.com | 3 |
| azypages.com | 2 |
| boomtrek.ca | 2 |
| canadianonly.ca | 2 |
| cdnpages.ca | 2 |
| e-vancouver.ca | 2 |
| wowcity.com | 2 |
| camerchants.com | 1 |
| canada.market4free.com | 1 |
| canadianlisted.com | 1 |
| yellowcanadapages.com | 1 |
| 1classifieds.ca | 0 |
| ooberunder.com | 0 |
About the Author:
Samuel Araki is the founder of LocalTrifecta Internet Marketing. He believes SME’s need to regain control of their digital marketing - which has become a muddled landscape, filled with fast talking, budget sucking, wannabe Internet Marketing leeches. He is clear that online marketing is not an overnight process, but is a commitment to furthering an upward trending marketing channel. Follow Samuel’s musings on Twitter and Google+
