Google Citations: Boost SEO For New Local Websites

Name: Google Citations: Boost SEO For New Local Websites
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Have a new website or a local business? This course will help boost your search engine marketing, traffic and clients

Created byAlex Genadinik

Last updated 6/2026

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What you'll learn

Use Google Citations to rank your website in Google faster
Shorten the time it takes new websites to rank in Google
Do a part of your own SEO instead of hiring freelancers or an agency
Get quick and valuable links and mentions that will give your new website a boost in authority
Get more SEO traffic faster
Build Google SEO authority for a new site faster

Course content

8 sections • 27 lectures • 2h 2m total length

Instructor introduction and course welcome1:54
Options to have a better course-taking experience3:11
Enhance your Udemy course experience with marketing Q&A help, monthly office hours, flexible video speed, captions and transcripts, and a certificate after full completion.
How to get citations for SEO6:01
Identifying a local component of your business to use local citations3:30
Identify the local component of your business and leverage local listings to build citations, including options such as a friend's office, a p.o. box, or your own address.
Industry websites3:35
Using a LinkedIn page to get a citations1:28

Backlink introduction4:14
Backlinks are the number one Google ranking factor when they come from authoritative, relevant sites; start with brand mentions and citations, then build linkable content through outreach for SEO gains.
What are follow vs. no-follow links5:14
Discover the difference between follow and nofollow links, how they pass or block seo strength or link juice, and how to verify and pursue only follow links for your site.
How long will it take to rank?3:27
Discover how long it takes to rank on Google for new sites and how execution, citations, brand mentions, social media, and backlinks accelerate SEO growth.

Introduction to keywords3:06
Identify the keywords your potential customers search for when they are ready to buy, and map them to local needs like a moving company in New York.
Yoast WordPress plugin for SEO9:38
Discover how the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin simplifies on-page optimization by managing meta titles, descriptions, and focus keywords, and using SEO analysis to improve page ranking.
Title and description for your posts2:57
Identify and optimize the title and meta description tags to influence Google search results, ensuring unique per-page keywords, proper length, and no keyword stuffing.
Shopify title and description for Ecommerce7:45
Write seo-friendly Shopify titles and meta descriptions by blending abundant keywords with human-focused copy, using long-tail terms like cat moms and novelty t shirts to outperform generic marketplace listings.

Setting up your Google Search Console, formerly known as Webmaster Tools6:08
Creating your sitemap.xml4:22
Learn how sitemap.xml guides the Google bot to crawl and index pages, submit via Google Search Console, and diagnose crawlability with Yoast or XML sitemaps.
Troubleshooting crawling errors1:19
Use the free broken link check dot com tool to crawl your site, identify broken links and changed addresses, and fix them to improve interlinking and SEO.
Submitting new URLs and checking for page status and indexing4:00
Use the Google search console url inspection tool to request indexing, diagnose crawl issues, and ensure new pages are linked, included in your sitemap, and accessible unless blocked by robots.txt.
Where your pages are ranking and page/query performance3:31

Introduction to Google Analytics 43:34
Explore how GA4, the evolution of Google Analytics after Urchin, monitors user behavior across devices and web properties amid privacy laws.
Diving a little deeper into Google Analytics 42:44
Setting up Google Analytics 44:45
Set up Google Analytics 4 from scratch by creating an account, configuring a web property and stream, and installing the tracking tag to capture basic site activity.
How To Connect GA4 To Your Website Data Stream9:28
Set up a GA4 data stream for your website by creating a property, configuring data streams, and applying the measurement ID via manual HTML integration or a WordPress plugin.
Demo of Google Analytics 4 for a Google website and custom reports9:53
Explore Google Analytics 4 demo accounts to review real-time data from the Google Merchandise Store, compare shopping cart activity to sales conversions, and learn to build custom reports.
How to use the Google Search Console and Google Analytics together4:11
Learn how to use Google Search Console and Google Analytics together to monitor SEO health, track ranking and traffic, and optimize pages for conversions.

Requirements

This is ideal if you have a new website or thinking of creating a website
Please be willing to try the strategies in the course

Description

You will learn how to use Google Citations to boost the SEO of your local business websites. Even if your business is not a local business, Google Citations can help you begin showing up in Google search faster, and get your website to rank better.

Most people who launch their website wonder when that website will begin to show up in Google search. It can take a considerable amount of time to have your website show up in Google search, but if you use Google Citations, you can expedite the process.

The reason Google introduced Google citations was because there was not much information it had about new sites, and mere mentions of your website and business helped its search engine understand what your website is all about.

In this course I also explain what to do if your business isn't necessarily a local business.

RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR: WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT

If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don't respond. Well, I do because

1) I care about my students.

2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money's worth from the course.

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This course comes with an unconditional, Udemy backed, 30 day money-back guarantee. It is also my personal promise to you that you will get great value from the course and succeed.

Join me and my community of successful students, right now. See you in class.

Who this course is for:

Small business owners
New website owners
People who are new to SEO
Local business owners

Google Citations: Boost SEO For New Local Websites

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Course content

Course introduction and warm welcome6 lectures • 20min

After citations3 lectures • 13min

Initial things to do on your website4 lectures • 23min

Tools to check search performance and crawling & indexing status5 lectures • 19min

Google Analytics6 lectures • 35min

Miscellaneous1 lecture • 5min

Different way of looking at things for a moment1 lecture • 4min

Conclusion - thank you for being an amazing student1 lecture • 3min

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