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Business Listing and Directory Cleanup

Business listing cleanup corrects outdated or duplicate information across the directories customers use.

Give customers the same correct business name, address, phone number and website wherever they find you. A directory record is your business on somebody else's website, and wrong ones send your customers to an old address or a dead phone number. A record counts whether it already exists and is wrong, or does not exist yet on a directory your trade actually uses.

The records that matter get found by hand, agreed with you, then claimed or created and corrected one at a time. You see evidence of what was submitted on each one.

This is not bulk submission to hundreds of directories. Automated volume is cheap and it is what most listing products sell, but a large number of submissions is not the same thing as a correct record. No platform approval, publication date, ranking or traffic is promised.

How this gets fixed

The service is getting your details right everywhere they appear

It is manual claiming and correcting, not bulk submission. One approved set of business facts is agreed with you, then each record is claimed or created and corrected by hand.

You get evidence of what was actually submitted on each one, and a written record of every account and login, so you are never locked out of your own listings.

Is this your service?

When this is your service, and when it is a different one

This is your service when:

  • Customers reach an old phone number, an old address or a dead link
  • The business moved, changed its name, or changed its hours, and only some places know
  • Two or three records for the same business disagree with each other
  • A record exists that nobody in the business created, or that a former agency or employee created
  • Nobody knows which accounts exist, or who holds the logins
  • Trade, chamber or association profiles are missing or years out of date
  • You want the records that matter handled properly instead of a report from an automated tool

When it is a different service

What is happeningWhere it goes
The Google Business Profile itself is wrong, missing or unclaimedGoogle Business Profile
The Google profile is suspended, duplicated, or held by somebody elseRecovery and complex changes
Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Waze or another navigation systemMaps beyond Google
Too few Google reviews, or no way of askingGoogle reviews
A compliant review request and response systemCustomer reviews and reputation setup
The wrong information is on your own websiteWebsite Content Cleanup
The profile is complete and you still do not appear on the mapGoogle Maps visibility audit

If several of these overlap, say so. It can be quoted as one ordered project instead of making you buy several disconnected services.

Scope

What this service includes

Included in your service
  • A record is either corrected or CREATED.If a directory that matters to your trade does not list you at all, submitting you counts as one of your records, on the same terms
  • One business, and one location
  • Up to five priority records in the standard scope, agreed with you before work starts
  • One approved source of truth sheet, used for every record.That is one page holding your exact name, address, phone, hours and description, approved by you, so every record gets the same answer instead of five slightly different ones
  • A public search by hand for existing, duplicate and conflicting records.A duplicate is a second entry for the same business, and a conflict is two records disagreeing about your details
  • A dated before inventory of what was found.What every record said on the day work started, so the change is provable later
  • One uncomplicated claim or correction attempt on each included record.Claiming is proving to that site the business is yours so you can edit it
  • Preparation for one available verification per record, where the platform offers one.Verification is however that site checks you are real, usually a code by phone, email or post
  • Ownership or administrator access set up in your name where the platform supports it.Your account holds the record, and I am a user you can remove
  • The status of every included record, dated and classified
  • Screenshots where the change is visible
  • A list of valuable records not yet held, and what each would take
  • A written handover with links, access roles and future update instructions
  • One review call, up to 45 minutes
  • Any factual entry error I made, corrected
Related work quoted separately
  • More than five records, unless the larger size or a separate quote says so
  • More than one business, brand or location
  • Bulk submission to hundreds of directories, or any automated citation product.A citation is your name, address and phone listed on another site, and the automated products blast them out without anybody checking what landed
  • Paid directory memberships, subscriptions and listing fees, which you decide on and pay directly
  • Any platform fee required before a record can be edited at all
  • Google Business Profile setup, optimization, suspension or ownership recovery
  • Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Waze or any other navigation system
  • Review request systems, replying to reviews, or review removal
  • Duplicate merges or removals a platform has to decide, and any appeal of that decision.A merge is the platform combining two entries into one, and only the platform can do it
  • Recovering a record controlled by another person or agency
  • Legal ownership, trademark or impersonation disputes
  • Website changes, new pages or content writing
  • Data aggregator subscriptions or ongoing synchronization services.Aggregators are the companies that feed business data to many directories at once, on a paid subscription
  • Re-checking, monitoring or future corrections, unless separately arranged
  • Any promise that a platform accepts, merges, removes or publishes a record
  • Any promise of ranking, indexing, visibility, traffic, calls or leads
Your quote

What shapes your quote

Start with the standard service. Add only the work your business needs.

Standard starting point
  • One business, one location. Up to five priority recordsA record is your business on somebody else's website, corrected if it exists and wrong, created if it does not exist at all
  • One approved source of truth sheetOne page holding your exact name, address, phone, hours and description, so every record gets the same answer
  • A public search by hand for existing, duplicate and conflicting recordsA duplicate is a second entry for the same business, a conflict is two records disagreeing
  • A dated before inventoryWhat every record said on the day work started, so the change is provable later
  • A manual claim or correction attempt on each recordClaiming is proving to that site the business is yours so you can edit it
  • Preparation for one verification per record, where the platform offers oneVerification is however that site checks you are real, usually a code by phone, email or post
  • Access set up in your name where the platform supports itYour account holds the record and I am a user you can remove
  • The status of every record, dated and classified, with screenshots
  • A list of valuable records you do not hold yet, and what each would take
  • A written handover with links, access roles and update instructions
  • One review call, up to 45 minutes
Add only what you need
  • Each record beyond the size you buy, at a flat rateOne record is about an hour of work, so it is priced as one
  • More than one business, brand or location
  • A record controlled by somebody else, which has to be recovered before it can be corrected
  • Duplicate merges or removals a platform itself has to decide
  • Paid directory memberships or subscriptions, which you pay directly
  • Information that conflicts with your website or your legal documents
  • A record that has already refused a correction once
  • Re-checking or monitoring later
The process

How it runs, step by step

  • Tell me what is wrong, and where The form below. The correct facts, the old ones, and the places you already know are wrong.
  • The records get searched first A public search by hand, so the proposal names real records instead of a guess.
  • You get a written scope The records, the price, the limits, any directory fees and a delivery window. In writing, before anything starts.
  • You approve and pay Then the work is scheduled.
  • You approve one source of truth Name, address, phone, website, hours and core facts, confirmed once by one named decision maker.
  • Each record is claimed or corrected By hand, through your own access wherever the platform allows it, inside the agreed list.
  • The platforms review it Their timing and their decision, both separate from my work.
  • Handover The inventory, the evidence, the accounts, what is unresolved, and how to make future updates yourself.

More on how working together works.

What moves the price
  • More than five records, priced per record after that
  • More than one business, brand or location
  • A record somebody else controls, which has to be recovered before it can be corrected
  • Duplicate merges or removals the platform itself has to decide
  • A directory that charges a membership or a fee before anything can be edited
  • A record that has already refused a correction once
What you will have when this is done

One approved set of business facts, a record of every place that was checked, and evidence of what was actually submitted rather than what was hoped for.

  • One approved source of truth sheet holding the name, address, phone, website, hours and core facts
  • A dated inventory of the records found, including duplicates, old addresses and abandoned pages
  • Up to five priority records worked, each one claimed or corrected as far as its own process allows
  • Ownership or administrator access recorded wherever the platform supports it
  • Status evidence for every included record, with screenshots where the change is visible
  • A written list of what was found and left alone, and the reason
  • A list of valuable records you do not hold yet, so the next step is a decision and not a surprise
  • A handover naming who holds each account and how a future change is made

What you will not have is a submission to hundreds of sites, or a promise that a platform accepted a change.

How the records worth fixing get picked

A large number of submissions is not the same thing as a correct record. This service is the selection, the claim, the correction, the evidence and the handover on the records customers actually use.

How the five are chosen

The public search comes first, then the list is agreed with you before any work starts. Records are ranked by what a customer would reach, not by how many can be submitted quickly.

  • Records carrying a wrong phone number, a wrong address or a dead link
  • Duplicates and abandoned records that compete with the one you use
  • The general directories that still appear when somebody searches the business name
  • Trade, industry and association profiles that your buyers read
  • Local organizations, chambers and community sites relevant to the area

Records that belong to another business, another location or somebody else's account are documented rather than counted toward the five.

What Google says, and what it does not say

Google says local results are based mainly on relevance, distance and prominence, and that prominence is based in part on information from across the web, like links, articles and directories.

Google does not say that matching your name, address and phone number across sites raises a ranking. That is an industry belief, and it is repeated often enough to sound like a rule. What accurate records do that you can check yourself: a customer who finds a dead number does not call, and a customer who finds the wrong hours drives to a closed door. No ranking, indexing, traffic, calls or leads is promised.

What five records covers, and what ten covers

Two sizes, on the same terms. The difference is how many records are worked, not what is done to each one.

  • Listings claimed and corrected, up to five records
  • Listings claimed and corrected, up to ten records
  • Each additional record beyond the size you buy

The standard scope covers up to five priority records, and the larger option covers ten. Additional records are named separately in the quote. You approve the list before work begins.

A record can also be checked without being claimed

Where the goal is to find out what is out there before deciding anything, the search and the inventory can be bought on their own, and a later check can be arranged once the records are correct. Both are quoted after the form below.

The facts, the search and every record

One source of truth, first

  • The legal and trading name, exactly as it will be used everywhere
  • The address, or the service area, and whether the address is shown publicly
  • The primary phone number, and any tracking number already in use
  • The website address, and the page each record links to
  • Hours, including how they are stated on the days you are closed
  • A short description, categories and the core facts each platform asks for

This sheet is approved by one named decision maker before a single record is edited. Information that conflicts with your website or your legal documents is raised, not guessed at.

What the public search looks for

  • Records under the current name, former names and common misspellings
  • Records under the current address, former addresses and suite variations
  • Records under old and current phone numbers
  • Duplicates, near duplicates and abandoned pages
  • Records created by a former agency, employee or franchise
  • Which records a customer would realistically reach when searching the business

This is a reasonable public search, done by hand. It is not a claim that every record on the internet was found.

What is checked on every included record

  • Whether the record can be claimed, corrected, reported or nothing at all
  • Who currently controls it, where that is visible
  • Name, address, phone, website, hours and category, against the approved sheet
  • The link the record points at, and whether that page still works
  • Whether the platform charges for the ability to edit
  • The verification step the platform requires, and who has to complete it
  • The current status, dated, with evidence
The inventory, the evidence and the handover

Everything below is delivered for one business and one location.

  • The approved source of truth sheet
  • The before inventory, dated, showing what existed when the work started
  • Each included record classified as correct, corrected, submitted, pending, duplicate or inaccessible
  • Claim or correction evidence for every included record
  • Screenshots where the change is visible
  • Account ownership recorded where ownership exists, with the role you hold
  • A list of valuable records not yet held, and what each one would take
  • Anything unresolved, and whether it waits on the platform, on you, or on a separate service
  • A written handover with links, access roles and future update instructions
  • One review call, up to 45 minutes

No password is sent by email or text, and no account is opened in my name that belongs in yours.

What I need from you

Split in two on purpose. The first list is all I need to price this and tell you whether you even want it. The second only matters once you have said yes.

Before I can quote you

  • Business name and website
  • The correct name, address, phone and hours
  • How many locations, and whether customers visit you, you travel to them, or both
  • Former names, former addresses and former phone numbers
  • Any wrong or duplicate records you already know about
  • The trade groups, chambers and industry directories that matter to your buyers
  • Whether any listing accounts already exist, and who holds them
  • Who approves the final business information

That is the form below. A few minutes, and it saves a call.

After you approve

  • The approved source of truth sheet, confirmed by one named decision maker
  • Access to existing listing accounts, through your own account where the platform allows it
  • An email address and phone that can receive verification codes and calls
  • Owner participation for any verification a platform requires the owner to complete
  • Legitimate verification evidence the platform asks for, such as a utility bill or a business license
  • A decision on any directory that charges a fee before it can be edited

Verification usually needs somebody at the business, never me.

How long my part takes, and how long the platform takes
My work

The claims, corrections and evidence are normally completed within seven to ten business days after payment and after the approved information and access have arrived. Your proposal carries the actual window.

Their review

Each platform reviews, verifies and publishes on its own schedule, and some send a postcard or a code that only you can receive. That clock is not mine, and no publication date is promised.

Payment

The project is paid in full before it is scheduled. Membership, verification and synchronization fees charged by a directory are paid by you, directly to that directory.

If information or access arrives late, the delivery date moves and the work may return to the next available opening.

What you own afterwards, and when it is finished

The accounts, the source of truth sheet, the inventory and the evidence are yours. Ownership is set up in your name wherever the platform supports a role for it.

How you will know it is finished

  • Every agreed record has been checked, worked within the platform's own limits, and evidenced
  • The inventory, the handover and the unresolved list are delivered
  • The review call is completed, or declined

Completion means the agreed records were worked and evidenced, not that every platform approved the change.

What happens if I get it wrong, a platform refuses, or it stalls

If I got a fact wrong

Any factual entry error I made is corrected without charge when you report it within 14 days of delivery.

If a platform says no, or says nothing

A rejected, pending or ignored submission is documented with its evidence and its current status. Where a platform offers another route, that route is quoted separately.

If a record turns out to be somebody else's

It is documented, and the available recovery path is quoted separately. Ownership disputes, trademark questions and impersonation are not handled here.

If the project stalls

If approved information, verification or access does not arrive, the project can be closed with the completed work documented. Previously completed work will not be repeated. Reopening it may require a new quote.

If you cancel after work has started

Once the work has been scheduled and started, the payment is not refunded. You get the work completed to that point, with its evidence.

FAQ

Questions about this service

Why only five records?

Because each one is investigated, claimed, corrected, evidenced and handed over by hand. The standard scope covers five, the larger option covers ten, and the exact list is agreed before anything starts.

Why not submit to hundreds of directories?

Automated volume is cheap, and it is what most listing products sell. A large number of submissions is not the same thing as a correct record. You pay for the records customers actually reach.

Do accurate listings improve my ranking?

Google says prominence is based in part on information from across the web, like links, articles and directories. It does not say that matching your details across sites raises a ranking, so anyone telling you it does is repeating an industry belief rather than a Google statement. The reason to fix a wrong number is that a customer who finds it does not call you.

Are paid directory memberships included?

You decide whether the audience is worth the fee, and you pay the directory directly. Where a platform charges before a record can be edited at all, that is named in the proposal before work begins.

Is my Google Business Profile part of this?

Setup, optimization, suspension and ownership recovery are Google Business Profile and recovery and complex changes. Where the profile also holds wrong information, it can be quoted as one ordered project.

What about Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Waze?

Those are maps beyond Google. Each has its own account model and review process, so they are scoped and priced separately.

What if somebody else controls one of the records?

It is documented, with what is visible about who holds it. The available recovery path is quoted separately, because the platform decides that one and its timing is not mine.

Can you remove a duplicate?

A duplicate can be reported or submitted for a merge where the platform offers that. The decision and the timing belong to the platform, so removal is never promised.

Will you find every listing that exists?

A reasonable public search is done by hand, and everything it finds is recorded. Records behind a login, in a private database or under a name nobody supplied may not surface.

Do you need my passwords?

Access is arranged through your own accounts and platform invitations wherever that is possible, and no password is sent by email or text.

Does anything need me personally?

Sometimes. Some platforms send a code, a call or a postcard to the business, and some ask the owner to complete verification. That part stays with you, and the proposal says so before you pay.

What happens when I move or change my number again?

The handover shows how to update each record yourself. A later check of the same records can be arranged, and it is quoted separately.

Do you work outside Palm Beach County?

Yes, by video. This work needs nobody in the room except for a verification a platform sends to your address. In person covers Palm Beach County, Broward County and the Treasure Coast.

Send the correct facts, and the places you know are wrong.

You get the record list, the price, the limits and a delivery window in writing before anything begins.

Get a quote

Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.

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