Is Moz Local any good? Any better Alternatives?
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Hi.
Exactly as the title says. Is Moz Local any good? Any better Alternatives?
Thanks
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I'm with you Jim!
The power of Yext (IMO) is that they are actually publish the data right away throughout their partner network. Yext also aggregates to a few directories but that is kinda just icing on the cake.
I still haven't tried Moz Local yet. I might give it a shot someday here in the near future. Cheers!
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Ah I'd just keep in mind that YEXT's software has backend access with their partnerships with directories whereas Moz Local just submits to a handful of data aggregating directories, so it takes much longer. I've had issues with Moz Local taking a long time to aggregate data to the directories they submit to. And then clients ask why something isn't updated and we have to go in and update it manually.
Also important to consider duplicate listing issues. Yext can directly suppress duplicates with their partners in 24 to 48 hours. I don't think Moz does that yet.
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Right now it's only US. We know there's quite a bit of demand in international markets, including the UK, and are currently evaluating our prospects of expanding to some of those markets.
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Thanks. Is it only U.S supported?
Anything for the UK?
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Hey all,
Thanks for all the positive responses.
We designed Moz Local to be the best option out there to get your data consistent and present at the sites that have the biggest impact on your local search presence. And to do so at a price point that would be affordable to everyone.
As Bryan noted, there are other products (including Yext) that have more features than ours does, and we'll certainly be expanding our feature set over time. But if you are looking for an efficient, reliable, affordable location management product, I'm hoping that's us
Best,
David -
Just keepin' it real.
Best. Really.
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That's really heartwarming to hear Robert. Also - note to self - keep TAGFEE strong!
p.s. I'll ping David Mihm and see if he can jump in here and offer some feedback on the original question.
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If I had a choice between the two, Yext and MOZ, I would choose MOZ based on TAGFEE reputation alone. You have to understand with any of these services, they are a paid service and you get what you pay for. If you are not an SEO professional doing Local as a big part of your practice, these services help a lot with basic local citation placement. With Yext, there has been a lot written about them removing citations if you cancel which, IMO, is a very low rent tactic if true.
We are an integrated marketing firm heavily invested in SEO and Local. We cannot provide low cost options because our clients demand a lot more. I get that there are companies that don't need our level of service and for them, I would recommend MOZ Local because I cannot see a time when MOZ ceases to be TAGFEE. TAGFEE is more of their brand than MOZ.Best
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Hey YNWA! I can't imagine it is bad by any means but we haven't used it. I mean, its MOZ, how can it be bad
We got set up as a Yext Certified Partner about a month before Moz local rolled out. So far we're having a great experience with Yext but we plan to experiment with Moz local sometime very soon. The pricing is quite a bit different between the two but it wouldn't be comparing apples to apples. Yext has quite a bit more to offer at this time.
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