Directory Listings

Making certain your directory listings are accurate and consistent

There are over seventy Internet directories that list health care professionals. Some of them are very familiar like Facebook, Yelp, Google and Yahoo while others are much less well known. Business directories include the information such as "Office Name", "Address", "Phone #", "Web Address" and "Office Hours" to name a few. Google wants all directories to have the exact same information.

Even the smallest discrepancies will cause business directory listing errors. Google is looking for consistent information about the practice/business on all areas of the Internet and will drop you in search if you have errors. The problem is that directories add listing information robotically and don’t care if the information is correct or if it matches other directories.

In order to correct business listing or directory errors and maintain them in their correct form it is incumbent upon your Internet marketing provider to:

• Place correct and matching information about you and your practice on all these directories and correct any mistakes that may be present currently
• Once the corrections are made it is imperative to lock in these changes by a system of "Duplicate Suppression" - a continuous locking system which prevents the directories from collecting and blindly auto posting incorrect information it finds about the practice on the Internet

Keeping your directory listings up-to-date

It is almost impossible for a health professional and/or their staff to make all of these corrections on their own since directories must be monitored on a continuous basis. At DoctorsInternet.com we run a scan of your current business directories, make corrections and then lock the directories to prevent wrong information from being picked up by these directories in the future. You can check for errors on your practice/business by clicking the "Do a Business Scan" button below or scheduling a free demo.