Local Business Directories

There are a lot of local business directories out there... some are free, some are paid, some are both...

Which do you use for your own business or your clients? and why?

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Moved you over to the Business Directory Forum.

So can I answer this one?

Obviously other than My Local blah blah, then based on directories that generate us traffic, would be TJ's UK Small Business Directory

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Could anyone suggest lists of directories for Telecommunication sector...

Hi,

Here are some Google search queries to help you find niche and local directories.

[keyword] * directory
[keyword] directory
[keyword] directory "add or submit or suggest or post"
directory * [keyword]
intitle:directory "[keyword]"
inurl:directory "[keyword]"

Replace [keyword] with your keyword/s or county. If you want to find UK TLD specific domains you can try adding site:.uk to the end.

I would also suggest before you go submitting your website to each and every directory check:

- how many pages are indexed
- does the homepage have any pagerank
- number of inbound links
- is the category you're submitting to indexed

Another important point to check is whether the site looks like its being maintained and new sites are being added. Don't waste your time submitting to directories that aren't active.

Our website is based in Australia, so we are focused more on getting quality backlinks from Australian business directories like True Local, Flying Solo Directory, Start Local, Hotfrog etc.

Interesting, we flirted with the idea of launching in Oz after the States, but the geography versus volume of population is staggering, so we put it on the back burner, thinking it wouldn't work for our model, your nearest local business could be 600 miles away

I know Adam from wampit launched in Oz, be interesting to hear how that's going or you have seen any local visibility?

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Hello , i also submit my site to all kinds of directories .
no matter the directories from any country .
I have no idea that is it right i do this .
Could someone share the experience .

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Find out local directories US/UK in Google and you will get a lot of directories out there.

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Here are some good free US directories:

Yelp.com
Citysearch.com
Superpages.com
Yellowpages.com
local.Yahoo.com
Localeze.com
Insiderpages.com
Judysbook.com
Kudzu.com
Acxiom.com
ExpressUpdateUSA.com
Angieslist.com
Merchantcircle.com
Manta.com
Brownbook.net
Yellowbot.com
Hotfrog.com
Thumbtack.com
ChamberofCommerce.com
BBB.org
WhitePages.com
Local.com
Bridgat.com
local.BOTW.org
DexKnows.com
YellowBook.com
CitySquares.com
MagicYellow.com
CityVoter.com
MojoPages.com
Tupalo.com
Truelocal.com
ServiceMagic.com
Yellowee.com
City.Ask.com
DiscoverOurTown.com
iBegin.com
ShopCity.com
Zidster.com
Foursquare.com
Jigsaw.com
Ziplocal.com
Matchpoint.com
YellowUSA.com
Locallife.com
Gomylocal.com
Showmelocal.com
Switchboard.com
Rateitall.com
jayde.com

And here are some good free UK directories:

City-Visitor.com
Qype.co.uk
Yell.com
Thomsonlocal.com
Cylex-UK.co.uk
LocalDataSearch.com
Hotfrog.co.uk
Smilelocal.com
UpMyStreet.com
Brownbook.net
Locallife.co.uk
Bview.co.uk
Touchlocal.com
Freeindex.co.uk
Bizwiki.co.uk
Accessplace.com
Ufindus.com
Local.TrueKnowledge.com
Yelp.co.uk
Tipped.co.uk
MisterWhat.co.uk
GoMy.co.uk
WhoseView.co.uk
Scoot.co.uk
MyLocalServices.co.uk

i only use relevant links like carpet cleaner directory or high pr directory or forums