{"id":21153,"date":"2019-01-22T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=21153"},"modified":"2019-07-30T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T22:19:39","slug":"referencing-business-location-online-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advertising your business online can get confusing. With so many available options to promote your business online like Google My Business, social media and your own website, it can be difficult to know where to start. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you have a local business, there is another layer that you have to consider when promoting your business online: <strong>your address<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you go along building your online presence for your brick and mortar business, you need to take that extra step to ensure that your business location is listed in every possible place. After all, the more people that know your address, the more people that can come visit it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you should list your business\u2019 information online in as many places you can, the list below contains websites that your contact information and location should be listed on at the very least. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/website-builder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/create-your-website.png\" alt=\"build your website\" width=\"470\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/create-your-website.png 470w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/create-your-website-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Google My Business<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google My Business is an essential place to reference your business online. Basically, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google My Business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows you to manage how your business looks in Google search results. With Google My Business you can manage your business\u2019 maps, knowledge graphs, online reviews and even your organic search results &#8211; which will all lead to more traffic (online and foot) to your business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The added bonus of setting up and continuing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/optimize-google-my-business-listing\/\">update a Google My Business listing<\/a> is searchers will start seeing your business information appearing in a knowledge panel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A knowledge panel allows a potential visitor to quickly see your business information like your address or phone number. This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/6331288?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">easy-to-use knowledge panel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will greatly increase the accessibility of your business to customers by providing a way for customers to quickly contact you and visit your business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/google-my-business.png\" alt=\"google my business knowledge panel\" width=\"491\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/google-my-business.png 491w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/google-my-business-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While not the most obvious, social media is one of the easiest places to reference your local business online. After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/social-media-sites-for-small-business\/\">platforms<\/a> are readily available (and you\u2019re hopefully already using them), you just need to input your business\u2019 contact information into them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start, you will want to ensure that you\u2019re choosing the business versions of your favorite social media platforms, like Facebook Business Pages and Instagram for Business. This is important because these business versions will have 'About'\u009d pages. Your contact information will live on your 'About'\u009d page. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/about-section-of-facebook-business-page-1024x689.png\" alt=\"about section of facebook business page\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/about-section-of-facebook-business-page-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/about-section-of-facebook-business-page-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/about-section-of-facebook-business-page-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/about-section-of-facebook-business-page.png 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On your 'About'\u009d page you have the opportunity to list not only your address and phone number, but also your additional social media channels and hours of business. This information will be vital in gaining and retaining customers that you connect with via social media. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Online Directories<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online directories might be one of the most underutilized places to reference your business online. Often sorted by industry, online directories offer a place for your business to be listed among your business peers. For example, someone searching for a plumber might come across a online directory for plumbers where they would then find your business, listed by city. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many online directories are free to submit your business to, so there is no additional cost, it will just take time submitting your business to these sites. An additional bonus of listing your business in these online directories is it gives you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/beginners-guide-to-building-website-backlinks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quick backlinks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Review Sites<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before people give you their business, they are most likely going to search for your business online to see what other people have said about you. They will look to review sites to give them the information they\u2019re looking for, so you will want to ensure your business is listed there. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure that you\u2019re listed on places like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yelp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and other review sites for physical businesses. Like online directories, review sites give potential customers another chance to find your business, as well as giving you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/backlink-local-business\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">additional backlinks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing to note about listing your business on review sites is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/small-business-online-reviews\/\">monitor your reviews<\/a>. It won\u2019t matter if your business is listed on these review sites if you only have poor reviews. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Business Website<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although listed last in this article, having a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/web-hosting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business website <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the most important online place that your contact information and business location can live. Why? Because you own it. As you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/web-design-best-practices-guide\/\">design your website<\/a>, include your location and contact information in an easy-to-find place, ideally on its own contact page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/business-website-contact-page-1024x539.png\" alt=\"business website contact page\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/business-website-contact-page-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/business-website-contact-page-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/business-website-contact-page-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/business-website-contact-page.png 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your contact page should include your phone number, email address, physical address and an interactive map of your location. You will also want to ensure that all of this information is linkable for your mobile visitors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your contact information is linkable, it becomes more accessible to mobile users. For example, think about someone someone who is on their way to your business. With linkable and clickable contact information, a customer can visit your website, click your address and be prompted to open your address in the map so they can easily visit you. Or they can click on your phone number and they\u2019re immediately prompted to give your business a call. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides your contact page, an additional place to list your contact information address would be the footer of your website. This provides a quick and easy way for customers to find your location without them having to go through your menu of pages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Help Customers Find Your Business Online<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility is key when it comes to local businesses. With the rise of online retailers offering goods quickly online, the last thing you want to do is provide another barrier for potential customers to visit you in person. You want to make sure that customers can quickly find your address so your business can be easily visited. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can quickly and easily get your business set up online with our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/web-hosting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business plan hosting.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Get your local business online today! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advertising your business online can get confusing. With so many available options to promote your business online like Google My&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":21156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-21153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-hostgator-web-pros"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online - HostGator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"629\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexis Krasinski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexis Krasinski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alexis Krasinski\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebbd7a95cc9f8ebb024ecdeac8d1a5f9\"},\"headline\":\"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\"},\"wordCount\":958,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png\",\"keywords\":[\"HostGator Web Pros\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Marketing Tips and Tricks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\",\"name\":\"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online - HostGator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":629,\"caption\":\"Adding your business to online directories\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"HostGtaor\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting and Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HostGtaor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png\",\"width\":1092,\"height\":215,\"caption\":\"HostGtaor\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/HostGator\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hostgator\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hostgator-com\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hostgator\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/hostgator\"],\"email\":\"support@gator.com\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebbd7a95cc9f8ebb024ecdeac8d1a5f9\",\"name\":\"Alexis Krasinski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afecd201d02c4cd04c5035dd53d814c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afecd201d02c4cd04c5035dd53d814c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alexis Krasinski\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/author\/alexis\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online - HostGator","description":"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online","og_description":"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/","og_site_name":"HostGator","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator","article_published_time":"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":629,"url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Alexis Krasinski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HostGator","twitter_site":"@HostGator","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alexis Krasinski","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/"},"author":{"name":"Alexis Krasinski","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebbd7a95cc9f8ebb024ecdeac8d1a5f9"},"headline":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online","datePublished":"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/"},"wordCount":958,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png","keywords":["HostGator Web Pros"],"articleSection":["Marketing Tips and Tricks"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/","name":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online - HostGator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png","datePublished":"2019-01-22T13:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-30T22:19:39+00:00","description":"Sharing your physical location is an important part of promoting your local business online. Here are the key websites to add your business contact info to.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adding-your-business-to-online-directories.png","width":1200,"height":629,"caption":"Adding your business to online directories"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/referencing-business-location-online-best-practices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Best Practices for Referencing Your Business Location Online"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/","name":"HostGtaor","description":"Web Hosting and Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"HostGtaor","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png","width":1092,"height":215,"caption":"HostGtaor"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator","https:\/\/x.com\/HostGator","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hostgator","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hostgator-com","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hostgator\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/hostgator"],"email":"support@gator.com"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ebbd7a95cc9f8ebb024ecdeac8d1a5f9","name":"Alexis Krasinski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afecd201d02c4cd04c5035dd53d814c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afecd201d02c4cd04c5035dd53d814c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alexis Krasinski"},"url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/author\/alexis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21153"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23340,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21153\/revisions\/23340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}