55 Most Important Local Directories & Citations
More Internet Phone Books
We call them Internet Phone Books, most people call them local directories. Google calls them citations, and they are local proof that you are who you say you are. They are verification that your business is located at that address, the phone number is correct and that you do the services you say you do. The more citations that agree, the more authority your Google + Local (formerly Google Maps/Places) and website are given – and therefore the higher they rank.
Reference this article for some of the direct links to add your business.
Citations are Social Proof & Business Validation
Here is a list of the most important local directories you may want to utilize for your business listings. The more relevant the better, of course, and also expect sales calls from some or most of these companies for their own marketing services.
Better Business Bureau |
ServiceMagic |
Local.com |
Bloglines |
Yell |
MerchantCircle |
Free Index |
Superpages |
Yellow Pages |
Avvo |
YellowBot |
Yelp |
Angie’s list |
Zidster |
CityVoter |
DexKnows |
Dex One |
iBegin |
Manta |
Urbanspoon |
Smile Local |
Whitepages |
Foursquare |
Kudzu |
Insider Pages |
Scoot |
Hotfrog |
SuperMedia |
InfoUSA.com |
Yahoo! Local |
Jigsaw |
Voice Places |
Best of the Web |
Hotfrog |
Ufindus |
Wcities |
Bing Business Portal |
MagicYellow |
Localeze |
AreaConnect |
Wikia |
YellowUSA |
Ziplocal |
Brownbook |
Locallife |
Judy’s Book |
Yippie |
Citysearch |
Matchpoint |
ShopCity.com |
MerchantCircle |
Yellowee |
Quickr |
Google Places |
GoMyLocal |
** While we keep an updated list as well, this particular list was pulled from SEO Moz.