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Droves of business owners, like you, are switching to Direction Local to manage their online presence.
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Why are customers cancelling their Yext subscription?
Yext talks a big game, but customers are saying their software doesn’t deliver the solutions they need to thrive online. These major pain points are too important to ignore when it’s your business on the line.
Padded Network Listings
Yext provides less value for the money you spend. Their directory network is padded with useless websites and directories that customers aren’t (and won’t) use.
Expensive Annual Fees
Yext owns your business listings and requires you to pay hundreds of dollars every year to keep your listings live. Essentially, locking you into a never-ending renting cycle.
Poor Customer Service
Yext has been hammered over their poor customer service. With low response times and unprofessional reps, you’re stuck addressing your problems with little to no assistance.
Here's what some Yext customers have to say about their experience.
Yext, the sad decline of a once great organization.
What do you dislike?
Yext use to be a wonderful company. I’ve have suggested Yext services to hundreds of clients over the past 10 years. Last year I became a Certified Partner with Yext. I noticed a few years ago that the levels of service were declining. Look at all the bad reviews growing quickly across the internet and you can see there is a major problem with Yext.
Good product spoiled by overly aggressive sales tactics.
What do you dislike?
Make no mistake, this is “rent a listing”. Unlike other vendors like Placeable and MomentFeed, they don’t lift a finger to help you clean your local data, so that the day you drop PowerListings your data reverts to whatever state it’s always been. Their salespeople have been trained to convince you this isn’t true. It is.
Don't use them. They will leave you stranded.
What do you dislike?
The lack of communication and assistance with the company. Once you purchase it’s like they just leave you stranded and hope for the best. They don’t care about your goals or long-term strategies as an agency.
The Direction Local Advantage.
If you’re ready to put your Yext woes behind you, contact our team about cancelling your subscription and taking ownership of your online presence through Direction Local.
Every Direction Local subscription includes the following for only $60/month.
- Automated business listing submission to voice search
- Access to 75+ powerful business directories & websites
- A central dashboard to manage your customer reviews
- A publishing suite to engage your audience
- Advanced analytics with keyword tracking & competitive analysis
- API 2-way sync for real-time updates (better than data aggregators)
- Regular optimization suggestions for your local listings
- 5-star customer support run by real people in the U.S.
For Healthcare Providers, Switching From Yext is a No-Brainer.
With almost a dozen more healthcare directories than Yext and access to over 50,000,000 more people than Yext; it’s clearly time to make the right decision for your practice and switch today.
| Healthcare Directory | Monthly Visits (data from similarweb.com) |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 16,000,000 | ||
 | 3,200,000 | ||
 | 143,900,000 | ||
 | 729,500 | ||
 | 1,800,000 | ||
 | 829,700 | ||
 | 660,500 | ||
 | 437,200 | ||
 | 5,500,000 | ||
 Health | 1.3B | ||
 Health | 19,700,000 | ||
 | 1,900,000 | ||
 | 50,000 | ||
 | 5,000 | ||
 | 94,100 |
Follow these steps to get started.
1. Cancel Your Yext Subscription
First off, cancel your Yext subscription and request them to release your listings immediately.
2. Create a Direction Local account
Create your Direction Local business account.
3. Add your location data
Setup your location(s) and sync with our network. Your profile(s) will process and update in real-time.
4. Schedule a demo
Contact your customer support team to schedule a 15-min demo for a platform tutorial.
Yext Alternative FAQs
How does Direction Local differ to Yext
Unlike Yext, we don’t…
- Overlook duplicate listing and inaccuracies. Our system runs regular data cleansing reports and eliminates duplicate listings, instead of simply suppressing them. Also, with advanced 2-way API synching, your business information will automatically be submitted across the web for perfect accuracy.
- Create weak listing to bolster our network directories. Instead, we establish relationships to build our network leading to partnerships with the most powerful business directories on the web.
Which sites will you build my listings on?
We create business profiles on 78 of the most powerful business directories, including, Google, Apple, Bing, FourSquare, TripAdvisor and more. We also offer custom solutions for hospitality businesses and medical practices, so you can connect with customers wherever they’re actively on the digital hunt for your services.
As we establish new relationships with more powerful directories, we will automatically submit your information free of charge to ensure your online presence maintains a positive growth trajectory.
Why Do I Need API Syndication & Duplicate Removal
API Syndication
API syndication allows you to sync data in real-time, while rapidly expanding your digital footprint across the local search ecosystem to reach hundreds of thousands of customers navigating directories, mobile apps, maps packs, and more.
APIs are much more powerful than data aggregators and greatly reduce room for inaccuracies. APIs also allow you to instantly communicate with your audience across all of your directories from a single dashboard, so you can post immediate updates, special hours, and trending information in minutes.
Duplicate Removal
Automatic data cleansing is crucial benefit for ensuring your business information is accurate across the web. Inaccuracies send negative signals to users and search engines, which can impact how customers find your business and you show up in search results. Removing any room for confusion helps to establish the healthiest local presence and strengthens your reputation online to great effect.
Are there really no hidden fees for Direction Local?
That is correct. Our subscriptions are all-inclusive and come as a white-glove service, pairing you with a dedicated SEO expert who will monitor and improve your account free of charge.
At no point, will your monthly pricing increase, even when we acquire and submit your information to new directories.
What happens if I need to change details about a location?
All of our clients have login access to their account and locations to make changes and post updates in real-time. When you make changes, such as updating your hours or changing your address, this information will instantly be submitted for verification and updated immediately upon approval.
You can also reach out to our team and schedule a call for hands-on assistance.
How do I cancel Yext?
How do I cancel Yext?
You can cancel your Yext subscription from the Yext Account Settings page. The cancelation will prevent your subscription from renewing at the next billing period, so your listings with Yext will remain active up until that point.
How do I get Yext to release my listings?
It is best to contact Yext directly and request them to release your listings. To get the best from the Direction Local Replacement Service it is advisable to get confirmation that your listings have been fully released before you begin migrating.
When should I cancel Yext?
We advise canceling your Yext subscription, and get your listings released, 1 month prior to starting the Direction Local Replacement service. This will ensure there are no listings that are still locked/unreleased by Yext.
What will happen to my listings when I cancel?
When you have canceled your Yext Subscription some of your listings will remain, some will disappear entirely, and others will revert back to their pre-Yext state — which could contain outdated and/or incorrect information. The Direction Local Replacement Service will then ensure any inconsistencies are fully remedied, duplicate listings are removed, and you will get to build missing citations on key sites, as well as important, niche, industry ones — all of which you will now permanently own.
Yext Company FAQ
Yext is actually a highly advanced AI-driven platform that offers five key services to business clients:
- eCommerce solutions to increase discovery and conversion
- Lead-generation solutions
- Organic-search digital marketing solutions
- Streamlined self-serve customer support
- Internal workplace support software
Most of Yext’s technology gives leaders tools to readily and easily update information for anyone who needs it.
Yext keeps businesses’ digital footprint up-to-date and trustworthy by automating information updates- so you don’t have to.
Yext was first founded in 2006 by Howard Lerman.
Yext’s essential product is the Yext Knowledge Engine, an AI that empowers businesses to give internet searchers accurate information—and to update multiple repositories of business information at once.
So the saying goes, the third time’s a charm, and Yext is Howard Lerman’s third digital company. It grew from a company Lerman started in 2005: GymTicket.com.
GymTicket.com was a lead-generation service, initially solely for gyms. However, the centerpiece of the service was the website, which directed people to nearby gyms.
GymTicket.com was so successful that Lerman could sign over 3000 gyms up for the listing in a year. He quickly expanded the lead-generation service to other types of small businesses.
By 2006, Lerman envisioned the company as the next generation of Yellow Pages. From there, the name “Yext” was born.
Renaming the lead generation company wasn’t what turned Yext into a lead-generation empire. That happened in 2011.
By then, Lerman began to notice his business clients had stressful problems that sometimes hampered their online marketing efforts. The problem stemmed from keeping tabs on all of the multiple listings and profiles on different platforms.
Companies often learned that their online information was out-of-date only when customers called to complain. Lerman realized a streamlined listing-update service would be incredibly valuable.
Soon, Lerman developed a software product called Powerlistings. Powerlistings used AI technology to update several listings on different sites and platforms, all from a single control deck: the Yext Knowledge Engine. Robots are so cool.
Powerlistings and the Yext Knowledge Engine rocketed the brand to the top. Among digital marketing brands, Yext developed a reputation for being the best.
