Does capitalization consistency matter in Local Citations?
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In my research I have found multiple citations that were both lowercase and uppercase. Does this inconsistency effect ranking?
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Hi Jonathan,
Can you please give an example of the discrepancy to ensure that you receive a good answer? -
Sure but do you really think that Google can't make out that moz, Moz, SEOMoz are the same company?
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Well if half my citations aren't recognized then there's a good chance that is hurting the ranking correct?
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I wouldn't say it has any effects on ranking although it could make it sometimes harder to make sure that the citation is related to your company. But besides that they have multiple other elements of data like addresses to make sure the data is related in the right way.
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