July 11th, 2011 : The Top Local Citation and Backlink Sites

The Top Local Citation and Backlink Sites

We have put together a list of local directories in which you should place your business information. These websites have proven over time to increase your Google Places rankings.

This is only a partial list and new ones are created every day; but these are the ones we know will help your business get local rankings.

City Voter
hotfrog
Best of the Web
SuperPages
Yelp
6Qube Local
MojoPages.com
YellowPages.com
Brownbook.net

We mentioned in other articles that we had some backlinks that will grow automatically for you. These sites are data providers of local businesses, continually duplicating your business information. Many new directories and websites use this data to publish on their sites, and when this happens your citations are growing automatically in the proper way.

Localeze
iBegin
infoUSA

There are literally thousands of quality local directories in which you can enter your business information. We recommend making this part of your local SEO hygiene strategy. Do a little here and there throughout the month, every month. A good way to find them is search "Free Business Listing" to weed out the paid directory options as this can be a costly strategy. Remember, even if a directory does not offer a NO FOLLOW link in their free business listing option, your reference of your business will still help your ranking in local searches.

In our indexing articles we explained how to write a few press releases and articles to help jump start your online strategy. Press releases, articles and blog posts are a major part to your relevant backlinking strategy. Make sure all your press releases, articles and blog posts are unique and not the same information being published over and over. New and relevant content is the key. It is okay to use the same sources mentioned in the indexing phase; however, try to achieve a new source each month, as building many backlinks from the same ip address only becomes less and less powerful.

There is much more to learn about a quality backlinking strategy, but this will get you in the right direction. The good news is there are millions of websites that discuss every aspect of backlinking, and overtime you can become an expert.

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