Local Business Directories – Who Supplies Who?

The world of local search can be really confusing. There are a lot of local business directories that small businesses can submit their information too so that they have a better chance of showing up on the major search engines local results. Some local business directories ask you to pay them to be listed while there are also a large number of free business listings sites as well. And some allow free listings but solicit you too pay them for an enhanced listing.

In all of the confusion small business owners trying to start a local search campaign on their own are left wondering where to start? Well besides Google, Yahoo, and Bing there are a few really good places to go that supply other business directories with information. So one submission to the right directory will help out much more than just going around to different directories and making submissions at random.

Here are some of the best places local business directories for you to start with. And these ones are free.

1. InfoUSA - This one is definitely at the top of the list. This one supplies information to a number of different Internet Yellow Page sites, the Yahoo Yellow Pages, and MapQuest just to name a few.

2. localeze - This site supplies a large number of local business directories such as YellowBot, hotfrog, Openlist, and YellowPages.com. The list is really extensive so getting you free business listing here will help a lot.

3. iBegin - This one is good for both U.S. listings and Canadian listing as well. It’s popular for local search engines and Internet Yellow Page websites and can help you out.

4. SuperMedia.com - Of all the local business directories available this one can help a lot. They supply information to a number of their own affiliates such as SuperPages.com and LocalSearch.com. In fact to submit to SuperPages.com you have to go through the SuperMedia.com website.

The most important point about these local business directories is of course that they are free to submit to. But they also supply other sites with information as well and that is also important. Now just because you’ve submitted a listing to these sites don’t think that you’re suddenly done. An effective local search campaign means getting your business listed with as many sites as possible. Search engines such as Google use a lot of sources to verify information. And each site that they find your listing on is like scoring a point in your favor. So keep going. Rack up the points that you can. It’s the only way you’ll come out on top with your local search campaign.

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