Local Citation Finder
Finding the best citation opportunities for your business doesn’t have to be time consuming or hard. The Local Citation Finder makes citation discovery easy. Uncover new opportunities based on the citations your top ranked competitors have, track all your existing listings, and save time.
Increase Your Local Search Rankings
Discover Citation Opportunities
The Local Citation Finder identifies all the citations for your top ranked competition and compares them against the citations you already have to reveal the exact citation opportunities you’re missing out on. A single search uncovers hundreds of opportunities that you can get to improve your local search rankings.
Find ALL Your Citations
Unlike other tools that only scan for listings on specific sites, the Local Citation Finder scours the entire internet to find all the places that your business is mentioned: directories, blogs, newspaper sites, government sites, etc. You’ll finally get a comprehensive list of all your citations.
Make Citation Building Easy
Your results are automatically sorted by “submittability”, so you can go straight to the sites that will let you quickly and easily submit your business to get a new citation and link for your business. Nice!
Analyze Your Competitors Citations
Quickly see at a glance how your citations stack up against the competition, and see the specific citations of each competitor. Download the chart in PDF or CSV formats.
What Others Are Saying
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Local citations are a fundamental part of building a local SEO strategy, and this is something we do a lot for our clients. Whitespark's collection of local products is an invaluable asset for us as an agency. On my part, the Local Citation Finder requires minimal effort. For years, Whitespark has been our 'go-to' for the monitoring/building of citations. This tool is affordable, and works exceptionally well. -
Local businesses on the web are constantly challenged to separate good advice and good listing sources from bad ones. The Whitespark citation tool executes brilliantly on this problem, identifying sources that search engines actually use. The listings it returns are, thus, worth a businesses time and energy to acquire and will help improve visibility to highly qualified customers. TL;DR – It’s a godsend. Use it.Rand Fishkin
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If you’re brand new to Local Search, the Citation Finder is one of the easiest To Do lists you can come up with for something that will actually improve your rankings. I’ve been recommending it in all of my SEO industry presentations pretty much since the day it came out. -
Whitespark’s Local Citation Finder is a valuable resource that should be in the toolkit of every local SEO. It is one of the best ways to understand how many citations a business has and whether your efforts to make the business more prominent are working. -
In the growing realm of citation discovery tools, nobody comes close to beating Whitespark’s ability to identify existing citations or create as comprehensive of a list of places that a business can get listed. The user interface is extremely easy and the ability to search by keyphrase, as well as phone number, for citations makes this a deadly weapon for winning against the ever growing competition in the local space.
Easily Manage Your Local Citations
Monitor your citations, find the best opportunities, and outpace your competitors.
Create Campaigns
Set up a campaign for each of your business locations to track your citations across the web, see which competitors rank for your target keywords, and discover new citation opportunities.
Competitive Analysis
Identify who your top competitors are for your target keywords, compare your citation profile to theirs, and find the best citation opportunities for your business.
Verified Submittable
Our system automatically identifies which sites you can easily submit your business to. Filter your opportunities by submitability and quickly start building new listings.
To-do List
Add your listing opportunities to your to-do list for future submission with one click. Optimize your workflow by marking the most important citations with a star, adding notes, and marking a site complete once you’ve created a listing.
Weekly Tracking
Campaigns rerun every week* to find new citations for your business and to find new opportunities from your competitors’ citations. Track your citation growth over time, and get a regular stream of new citation opportunities delivered to your inbox each week.
*Free campaigns run monthly
Starter
FREE
3 Searches/Day
1 Campaign
Limited
Search Results
Compare ToolCompetitive AnalysisCitation MonitoringTrack your progressExport to CSV
SMALL BUSINESS
$39
20 Searches/Day
5 Campaigns
Unlimited
Search Results
- Compare Tool
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV
SPECIALIST
$49
30 Searches/Day
10 Campaigns
Unlimited
Search Results
- Compare Tool
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV
AGENCY
$59
40 Searches/Day
20 Campaigns
Unlimited
Search Results
- Compare Tool
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV
ENTERPRISE
$149
100 Searches/Day
100 Campaigns
Unlimited
Search Results
- Compare Tool
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV
Starter
FREE
1 Campaign
3 Searches/Day
Limited
Search Results
Competitive AnalysisCitation MonitoringTrack your progressExport to CSV & PDFWhite-label exports
SMALL BUSINESS
$33
5 Campaigns
20 Searches/Day
Unlimited
Search Results
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV & PDF
White-label exports
SPECIALIST
$41
10 Campaigns
30 Searches/Day
Unlimited
Search Results
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV & PDF
- White-label exports
AGENCY
$49
20 Campaigns
40 Searches/Day
Unlimited
Search Results
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV & PDF
- White-label exports
ENTERPRISE
$124
100 Campaigns
100 Searches/Day
Unlimited
Search Results
- Competitive Analysis
- Citation Monitoring
- Track your progress
- Export to CSV & PDF
- White-label exports
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*Excluding Free plan
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Citation for Local SEO?
A Citation is any mention of your business on the web, with or without a link. It is any combination of your company name, phone number, address, zip or postal code. Citations can also be structured or unstructured.
- Structured Citations are the most common form and can be found on business listing sites.
- Unstructured Citation sources are mentions of your business on blogs, newspaper websites, event listings, job databases, government websites and so on.
Learn more about What is a Citation For Local SEO on our blog where we go into greater details on the importance of citations and their function in local search marketing campaigns.
What is the Local Citation Finder?
Whitespark’s Local Citation Finder is a tool that helps you discover where to list your business online based on your competitors citations, track all your listings across the internet, and monitor your citation growth over time.
Why are Citations important?
Citations are important for local search rankings as they verify that a business exists, establish trust, and create prominence. Business listing directories, blogs, magazine/newspaper sites, wikis, and more are all considered citation sources.