You should note that our good friend Traffic Travis also plays a role in all this. By running through the SEO snapshots it creates you can quickly pinpoint specific business directory listings that show up in the top 20 search listings for any specific keyword you’re seeking to rank for. This not only hands you the best directories on a silver platter but it also tells you what keyword(s) to focus on when writing your listing!

Most of these listed below are free or inexpensive to list with depending on whether or not you’re willing to place a reverse link back to the directory site or not. 

Generally I recommend paying the small fee for listing in lieu of placing a reciprocal link on your site for any directories with page rank (PR) of a “4″ or higher. Page rank (PR) rates the overall popularity according to Google’s traffic and SEO algorithm.

A small handful of these you will simply register for and leave a comment about your business which is still of value to you. Either way, I know first hand that achieving success with small business SEO and small business internet marketing involves submitting your business information to multiple online business directories.

Each of the links below open up in a new page so you are not redirected away from this site.

You can always search for more by searching for “free online business directories” on Google or perhaps directories specific to your niche.

http://google.com/local/add/businessCenter PR10

listings.local.yahoo.com PR10

https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx PR10

http://www.ubl.org/ PR7

www.merchantcircle.com PR8

www.hotfrog.com PR6

www.yelp.com PR8

www.cityslick.net PR4

Free Pegasus web directory PR3

www.insiderpages.com PR7

http://www.getfreelisting.com/Registration.aspx PR1

www.localpages.com PR4

www.somuch.com PR5

www.urbanspoon.com PR7

www.tripadvisor.com PR8

free.kudzu.com PR6

http://g.live.com/0HEWL_LOCALENUS9/118037 PR5

http://register.local.com/free/update.aspx PR7

http://www.askalix.com/uk/index.php PR N/A

http://www.tyloon.com/index.php?app=apply&step=1&grade_id=14 PR N/A

http://webapp.localeze.com/extranet/add-modify-close-business-listing.aspx PR 5

http://www.locald.com/ PR 4

http://www.bizhwy.com/ PR 3

http://www.bizfive.com/submit-site/ PR 5

http://www.vavou.com/?_kk=free%20business%20directory&_kt=f1d8bbf9-2553-4b51-8428-40b63c4bd3f6 PR 0

http://www.dazzleyellowpages.com/listing-packages.asp PR 3

http://www.sbdpro.com/admin_dir/add_url.php PR 0

http://www.businesslinedirectory.com/ PR 4

http://www.nsphereinc.com/Local_Business.html PR 3

http://www.brightpages.com/sign-up.gwt?gclid=CIGup6bT96UCFcFk7AodXhJBqA PR N/A

https://secure.ezlocal.com/newbusiness/find.aspx?RefererID=adwords&gclid=CIOv37TT96UCFZdM2godMDkHYA PR 4

http://www.businesssearchnetwork.com/index.php?req=submit_site PR N/A

http://www.jigsaw.com/ PR 6

http://advertising.superpages.com/spweb/portals/customer.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=bp_listing_find&_nfls=false&link=addListing PR 7

www.yellowpages.com PR N/A

http://botw.org/helpcenter/submitcommercial.aspx PR 6

http://www.alivedirectory.com/submit.php PR 3

http://www.webotopia.org PR 3

http://www.bizcompare.com PR 5

http://www.littlewebdirectory.com/links.asp PR 3

Whenweseo’s List of Free Directories With Traffic Ranking PR 2

Sladco Web Directory PR 4

http://linkcentre.com PR 4

Promotional Directories – Don’t Worry about PR with These

www.groupon.com (try www.groupon.com/nashville or whatever your city name is)

http://livingsocial.com/getfeatured

http://startagroupbuy.com/group-buying-site-integration/

Directory submissions can take up to 8 weeks to propagate the world wide web but your efforts are well worth it in the long run. Plus establishing backlinks slowly actually works to your advantage. Take time to do a few submissions each day and I encourage you to seek out industry specific directories as well – these prove to be particularly fruitful (example: chiroweb.com for chiropractors) even it there’s a charge associated with submissions.

I use it myself and strongly suggest you do the same.

The modest annual $30 fee allows you to:

List your Business Once to Get found Everywhere!!!

It is time to move from traditional white pages listing of your business by someone else to a full online profile that you can control. Announcing The Universal Business Listing (UBL) – a tool used by Search Marketing and Yellow Pages Representatives which is now available to be used by any business.

The UBL gives your business the ability to list your business profile one time, and UBL will then submit your business listing information to various local search engines such as Yahoo! Local, YellowPages, Super Pages, Google Local, in fact all the major online directories, search portals, data aggregators, and to the national 411 database. Unlike traditional business listings that require a business phone line, UBL let’s you list your part-time or Internet business, your cell phone, your website and email. UBL is all you need to get your business registered.

This is truly a time saver and a way for you to make sure your enhanced business information is published the way you want it.

UBL is the fast, easy and inexpensive way to get businesses and their ever-changing profiles listed everywhere. For less then dinner for two ($30), you get the knowledge that your business is profiled and ready to be found in different types of online and mobile local search. UBL will also allow you to track your submission to the different sites to report back to you that it has been submitted.  With this distribution you will be able to get the best possible exposure for your company’s public business information and contact points. This includes full product & service description, locations, web site URL, email contacts, certifications & awards. UBL is perfect for those who:

Want an easy way to manage all of their listings.

Want the best possible exposure for all of their public information and contact points at an affordable price.

Unlike the traditional print Yellow Pages where businesses are restricted in the type of information they can submit and in turn how they can be found (Business name, address, telephone number, fax number, URL and category). Success in online local search requires that more robust information be provided.

• Secondary Categories
• Brands Carried
• Products &Services
• Hours of Operation
• Logo
• Video & social Network Links
• Amenities
• Photos
• Specialties

This is especially important when you consider how online and mobile users are searching for local information and how the local search algorithms work.

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