Business Directories, who do you use and why?

Hi Guys

Thought I would try something. I typed in "video inventory london" into Google and my franchisee webpage was the 2nd listing!! (without doing anything) Though this might be skewed by the fact that my location is set to London. PLEASE can you guys google the above and let me know the result (incl what your location setting was)

I am trying to get my head around all this SEO and Google ranking business and was in a seminar the other day being presented by Warren Cass and he mentioned that Google searching is now being defined/narrowed to your business location. This does make sense for most businesses unless you are a multi-corporation and are targeting the world.

I think I will go back to all my networking and free listing websites to make sure that either London or West London is in my title and profile. I think this will create more useful hits through Google. What do you guys think? Am I oversimplifying the whole SEO thing?

I see videoinventoryagency at number three for Google UK on that search term.

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Unless I know the listing will benefit my business, I dont see the point in paying a rip off price for a listing. Id rather invest the same amount in a advertisement in a local magazine or news paper which I know will get me some visits on my page and also a few conversions

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Jitendra Shah - Web design, SEO and New Media Solutions based in London