## **🔍 Overview**

When you update business information — such as a phone number — across your citation network, you may notice that the **Last Submitted On** date inside Local Citations does not immediately reflect the new submission date. This article explains why that happens and what you can expect.

## **📋 How Citation Submission Tracking Works**

Search Atlas submits your business data to citation sources and aggregator networks on your behalf. After a submission is sent, the platform records a **Last Submitted On** date to indicate when that data was last pushed.

However, the platform currently has a known limitation: completing an aggregator-network submission does not automatically trigger a re-scan of your live citations. This means:

- The **Last Submitted On** date shown in Local Citations may reflect an older submission, not your most recent update.
- The citation data displayed in your dashboard — including live status — may be based on a previous scan rather than the latest submission.
- Changes you submitted (such as a new phone number) may already be live or in progress on citation sources even if the date has not updated in the platform.

## **⚙️ Why This Happens**

When a submission is sent to aggregator networks, the platform does not always re-scan active citations afterward to confirm the update has gone live. As a result, the **Last Submitted On** timestamp and the citation status shown in the dashboard can fall out of sync with the actual submission activity.

This is a known limitation that has been reported to our team.

## **🗺️ How to Check Your Citation Status**

While the date display limitation exists, you can still review your citation information inside the Local Citations section of the platform:

1. Navigate to Local → Local Citations in your dashboard.
2. Review the list of citation sources and their current recorded status.
3. Note the **Last Submitted On** date — keep in mind this may not reflect your most recent submission if updates were made after the last scan.

If you recently submitted a change and the date has not updated, your submission may still be processing or confirmed live on the citation source even though the dashboard has not yet reflected it.

## **✅ What You Should Know Right Now**

- **Your data was submitted.** A date not updating does not mean your submission failed. The update has been sent to the citation network.
- **Live data may lag.** Citation sources and aggregators can take days or weeks to reflect submitted changes, which is separate from the platform display limitation.
- **This is a known limitation.** Our team is aware that the Last Submitted On date does not always update after a new submission, and improvements to this behavior are being tracked.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type **human teammate** to be connected with a member of our team.