by Garrett Kite
Local listing sites like Google+ Local, Yelp, MerchantCircle and many others play a key role in improving a businesses’ local search visibility. Not only does a listing on one of these sites act as a point of contact for your business with potential customers, but it is also a means of gaining citations from the top search engines. A citation in this case is actually a good thing – the more, the better. A citation results when Google (or any other search engine) finds your core business information (name, address, phone number – NAP) listed online, and can then match that specific listing with another that has the same exact core, or NAP, information. For example, Google finds your business listed on CitySearch.com with Business Name 1, Address 1 & Phone Number 1; it then finds your business listed on Angie’s List with the exact same information, and the result is a citation. These citations play a vital role in determining a businesses’ local search rankings.
With that in mind, I have listed Kite Media‘s favorite online local listing sites & directories below. Feel free to use this as a point of reference when building your business’ local search presence. If you know of other sites that we can add to the list, please feel free to send a message and let us know!
Local Listing Sites
4-Local.com (phone verification required)
6QubeDirectory.com
ABLocal.com
AGreaterTown.com
Akama.com
AllPages.com
AlltheLocal.com
American-Yellowpages.com
AngiesList.com
Answerwix.com
AnyWho.com
AreaConnect.com
B2BYellowPages.com
BBYP.com
BBB.org
Bing.com/businessportal (phone verification required)
Birectory.com
BizHwy.com
BizUSAOnline.com
BizVotes.com
BizWiki.com
Blueboomerang.com
Bridgat.com
BrightKite.com
BrownBook.net
BusinessDirectory.BizJournals.com
Business.Intuit.com
BusinessPatrol.com
ChamberofCommerce.com
Cherrp.com
CliqSearch.com
CommunityWalk.com
Company.com
CornerstonesWorld.com
ConnectorLocal.com
City.Ask.com
City-Data.com
CitySearch.com (phone verification required)
CitySlick.net
CitySquares.com
CityVoter.com
Craigslist.org (classified listings)
DexKnows.com
DigaBusiness.com
Directory-Net.com
DirectoryCentral.com
DiscoverOurTown.com
DMOZ.org
DreamLocal.com
eBusinessPages.com
ExportFocus.com
ExpressBusinessDirectory.com
ExpressUpdateUSA.com (InfoUSA.com)
EZLocal.com
FindItNow.com
FindTheBest.com
FourSquare.com (business page)
Fyple.com
GenieKnows.com
Geodelic.com
GetFave.com
GetFreeListing.com
GigPark.com
Go2.com
Goby.com
GoMyLocal.com
HelloMetro.com
HotFrog.com
HWhere.com
IBegin.com
ImmersiFind.com
InfoSpace.com
InsiderPages.com
Inter800.com
Jayde.com
JudysBook.com
JustClickLocal.com
JustDial.com
Kudzu.com
LikeList.com
LinkedIn.com (business page)
Local.BOTW.org
Local.com
Local.Yahoo.com
Local.Yodle.com
LocalCensus.com
LocalDatabase.com
LocalEze.com (phone verification required)
LocalGuides.com
LocalizedBiz.com
Localndex.com
LocalPages.com
LocalRollCall.com
LocalSearch.com
LocalSearch.AOL.com
LocalYP.com
Loqal.com
MakeitLocal.com
Manta.com (manta.com/verify for online verification)
MapQuest.com
MasterMoz.com
MatchPoint.com
MeetLocalBiz.com
MerchantCircle.com
MetroBot.com
MetroMix.com
MojoPages.com
MyCityBusiness.net
MyGreenPages.com
MyHuckleberry.com
MyLocalServices.us
MyServiceConnection.com
MyTownLive.com
MyWebYellow.com
Nexport.com
OpenList.com
PageLink.com
Patch.com
PetesDirectory.com
PowerProfiles.com (verification required)
PremiumPages.net
Primeplace.Nokia.com (verification required)
RadarFrog.GateHouseMedia.com
RadiateLocal.com
RateItAll.com
Revark.com
SalesSpider.com
SeekItLocal.com
ShowMeLocal.com
ShowSmart.com
SmartGuy.com
SnapLocalBiz.com
SnoopItNow.com
SocialStreets.com
SpotaBusiness.com
SuperPages.com / SuperMedia.com
Switchboard.com
SysBeat.com
TenList.com
TheUltimateOnlineDirectory.com
TheUSAExplorer.com
ThinkLocal.com
Thumbtack.com
Topix.com
TripAdvisor.com
TrueLocal.com
TrueYellow.com
Tupalo.com
Tyloon.com
UrbanSpoon.com
USBDN.com
USCity.net
UserInstinct.com
USYellowpages.com
ViewPoints.com
Viselka.com
Wand.com
Where.com
WherezIt.com
WhitePages.com
WhoFish.org
Wimgo.com
Yalwa.com
YellowBot.com (phone verification required)
YellowBook.com
Yellowee.com
Yellowise.com
YellowOne.com
YellowPages.AOL.com
YellowUSA.com
Yelp.com (phone verification required)
Yippie.biz
YP.com (phone verification required)
Zidster.com
ZipCodez.com
ZipLocal.com
ZipperPages.com
ZoomInfo.com
Kite Media is not affiliated with or connected to any of the above-listed sites, aside from the fact that we have business listings with many of them. This post is for information only and Kite Media will not be held accountable for content posted on any of the mentioned local listing sites.