The following directories are all high quality websites that will carry links back to your website when you create your profiles, thus giving your page authority in the eyes of Google and getting your website ranked higher than websites with the same niche who don't do any SEO.
When we have registered our website with all the search engines, the next step should then be your directory listings. Business directory's help people find what they are looking for. When people want to find a business, often their first stop will be at some of the following.
You can list your business for free on 192.com. These go instantly live. The Basic free setup allows you to input your website URL, business address, business phone number, and also allows you to add keywords and a description about your business, as well as choosing a category and adding a pic/logo.
You can list your business for free on Yahoo Local, they're submitted and managed through a website called Infoserve. This may take up to 8 weeks to get verified and indexed. The Basic free setup allows you to input your website URL, business address, business phone number, and also allows you to add keywords and a description about your business, as well as choosing a category.
A Google place listing is a very powerful tool in grabbing those local people searching on Google for businesses in the area. A free business listing at Google Places will again include your business name, business address and phone number, website URL. With Google Places though, you can also add up to ten images and up to five videos, all for free. Google Places requires that you verify your account with a PIN sent at your choice by phone or postcard (usually post card). You will need a Google email.
You can get a basic free listing with Thomson local, they don't allow you to add much information unless you pay but as said before never pay for advertising, just stick with what you can get free.
You don't get a line entry in your classification in the book anymore, but you will get a listing in the back of the book and also on Yell.com. You may occasionally get a sales call but it's up to you if you choose further advertising.
Yelp is a great place to get listed. You can include your business name, business address and phone number, website URL, business logos and as many pictures as you like. You can also get reviewed and have pictures added by other members which can be great, getting family and friends to give your business some great reviews is a must.
Now this is a relativity new business directory powered by scoot and is fast becoming huge, your business will benefit from better visibility across the Internet, targeted exposure to 3.5 million customer and a comprehensive business profile, so you can turn more browsers into customers. Your free listings on the Sun/Scoot Network can appear on Touchlocal.com, the Independent and Ask Jeeves.
A lot like Yelp, you get a fully customisable page that you can add your information and services on, as well as your URL, pictures and users can add reviews. This site is usually on page 1 of any search for your business and is trusted by Google.
This is a pretty new business directory that gains over 1.5 million unique page views p/m and has an impressive page rank currently of 6. This directory will gain a great alexa ranking as all submissions are manually approved thus keeping everything perfectly up to date.
Remember, when creating these profiles, don't be lazy, fill out all the profile fields, add plenty of pictures and get reviews as this will make your profile rank higher internally.
Free Web Index
This is a new business directory that I have noticed always gets indexed. You get a free listing that you can add your website link to, it may take up to four weeks to get listed, and appear in any search results though.
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