A special sign Information verified by owner may appear in the organization's card on Yandex.Maps or in Yandex search. Organizations that have:
- The representative has confirmed their rights to the company.
- All mandatory blocks are filled out in the Yandex Business profile.
- The representative updates the company's information in the Yandex Business personal account every three months or more frequently.
Companies with a checkmark inspire more trust, and therefore users are more likely to choose them for purchasing goods and services.
The Information verified by owner sign is displayed differently in Yandex search services:
The sign is placed next to the organization's name in search results and in the organization's card.
An Information verified by owner is also added to the organization's card.
To get such a mark, you need to:
Here is the translation of the text into English:
- To provide the following information about the company (to do this, create a company in the personal account. More details on how to do this can be found here):
- Operating hours.
- Website link. If there is no website, it is sufficient to provide a link to a social network.
- Phone number. The company profile must include at least one phone number that is available for viewing by all other users.
- Photos, videos.
- Price list. Price list is not mandatory for all types of activities. The price list should include at least 3 items.
Attention! Add prices to the price list. If there are no prices in the price list, it will not appear on Maps and will not be considered for obtaining a checkmark.
- Confirm your rights to the organization. More information about confirming rights can be found here.
- Check the information about it in Yandex.Business. You can check the completeness of the card in the top left corner of the Yandex Business account, where a completion indicator block will be displayed.
The sign will be published in the organization's card and on maps within three days after updating the data.
To keep the Information verified by owner sign active, you need to:
- Check and update the organization's data every 3 months or more.
- If there were no changes in the organization, the sign can be saved using the Data is up-to-date button. It appears automatically in the About the organization" section after three months.
- It appears automatically in the About the company → Data section after three months.
Owners of organizations marked with a sign can manage changes in the card that users of Yandex.Maps want to make. On the Requests page, you can check the information, accept or reject changes. If the organization's owner does not make a decision on the edits within three days, they will be transferred to the call center for standard verification.
Yandex may remove the sign from the organization's card if:
- The organization's owner violates the user agreement or service rules.
- The organization is closed.