Title: Local SEO and Business Listings Author: gelthemes Published: July 31, 2015 Last modified: April 1, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/local-seo-and-business-listings_1f349d. svg) # local-seo-and-business-listings By [gelthemes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gelthemes/) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-seo-and-business-listings/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-seo-and-business-listings/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-seo-and-business-listings/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-seo-and-business-listings/) ## Description This plugin has been closed as of March 1, 2022 and is not available for download. Reason: Guideline Violation. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e1f2fdf6e8c00b1890c6e76a9a7f1db75830fb1b09b284a0f14d1aecc32cd69? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Unless your wanting to Pay don’t waste time](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unless-your-wanting-to-pay-dont-waste-time/)󠁿 [dirtytacos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dirtytacos/) October 23, 2017 The write up on this product seemed like I was going to get at least something good for the free part but it doesn’t give you anything for free. This is one of the most expensive monthly local SEO plugins I have seen. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2d571e91d4498c8231ec39586613aff4f4af3393657e6490efb291e2e6b71ab2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Completely useless PLugin, doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completely-useless-plugin-doesnt-work/)󠁿 [webtexweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webtexweb/) February 2, 2017 1 reply Isn’t even useable, wants to charge you for anything. Waste of time. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ab032a599df0a6119d37ecfe5fbeff630a5e00f8c85468e9198a4e02c372da1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Beware Listing Scan Results Seen by Third Party!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beware-listing-scan-results-seen-by-third-party/)󠁿 [mrbpjr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrbpjr/) September 3, 2016 1 reply So this person created this plugin and says you can scan you business with a listing scan for all your local listings. The problem is they are simply using the “Yext” software platform under their own account. What does this mean? This means every business you enter into the scan, the results will be sent to the developer of this plugin or whoever is the partner on that Yext account. Go to www.yext.com and you will see for yourself that it’s the same exact scan. I know because I am already a Yext partner and I know that if you fill out a scan on the Yext homepage that gets sent direcrtly to the sales team at yext and is their own lead generation tool. Using this tool if you are a web developer or seo person will seriously hurt your business by sending the scan results directly to a competitor who will then solicit your lead, prospect, or client. You tell me if this is a good idea…and no matter what the response is, the fact is your scan results are not owned nor seen by only you…why even take a chance at losing business? This might be a great plugin however, until the listing scan is fixed and/or you can attach your own Yext account to this plugin, then it’s not worth even a look. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/268b40e17688869c8776c3af63a98f4c6f04058db12ab4ad7f9c7bf2ee7e5682? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Need more straight talk.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-more-straight-talk/)󠁿 [OpensimDev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maconbot/) September 3, 2016 For one…the website linking to the paid service and plans needs to be in the description or installation text at a minimum. Anything else seems like a scam. We also need each pricing tier listed plainly. Why are you hiding this? At any rate, I can’t get anywhere…I click on the local seo tab, and no option to sign in and create an account appears. I click on the upgrade tab, again nothing. Scratch that…I as everyone should, run my site using https/ssl apparently those tabs are unsafe and not secure. Why would I sign in and register to a insecure site? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85c3f0c122f1ad933fca7673c38ba435067db4ae2eedcff4b6239000d28c6597? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I don't want to pay 599.00 a month](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-dont-want-to-pay-59900-a-month/)󠁿 [juedm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/juedm/) September 3, 2016 1 reply End of review, plugin deactivated and removed. Good luck with your future get-rick- quick ideas. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/80df9c8320d9192417a3faa6c74e4eff6b966b8ff99e452d884993bae54e74fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useless Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useless-plugin-18/)󠁿 [sapphirescales](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sapphirescales/) September 3, 2016 2 replies This plugin is absolutely useless. All it does is demand money for it to do anything. It uses an iFrame to plug your business information into YEXT.com’s FREE local SEO analysis tool, then demands money (every month – they even have a $599/month package!) if you want the plugin to actually DO anything! They also require that you sign up for an account with them. I’m convinced the good reviews of this plugin are FAKE because it does absolutely NOTHING without having to shell out a bunch of money every month! Horrible. [ Read all 28 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/local-seo-and-business-listings/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Local SEO and Business Listings” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jamie Sarre ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gelthemes/) [Translate “Local SEO and Business Listings” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/local-seo-and-business-listings) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/local-seo-and-business-listings/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/local-seo-and-business-listings/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/local-seo-and-business-listings/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/local-seo-and-business-listings/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **5.9** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **N/A** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-seo-and-business-listings/advanced/)