Best Free Local Search Listings For Your Business

by W.L Renn

The old saying used to be “if you build it they will come” well that doesn’t hold true anymore, with billions of websites on the internet and new ones popping up everyday, its kind of hard to get noticed. Good news is if you have a local business, the list below will help put your business on the search engine map locally and best of all the list is comprised of free listings.

Merchant Circle – is the largest social network for local business owners. Services include free online business listings, free marketing tools

Yelp – Allows local businesses to gain exposure and brand awareness through business or company reviews. Business owners can manage or enhance reviews listed within Yelp pages and can even join their word of mouth program.

Yokld – A local business social ranking platform allows merchants to list their business and have it voted on by other local social community members (sort of like Digg for local businesses). Listings appear within Yokld for community members to vote on and rank.

Tupalo – Allows users to add spots in their local area, rate and review those spots and receive feedback from the social community of users. Allows local businesses to increase word of mouth hype, exposure and brand awareness. Useful features available including recent reviews, photos, maps, popular stuff, recently added and recent users.

MojoPages – Allows business owners to review and get reviewed in MojoPages’ people powered yellow pages. Using intuitive search, helpful features and tools for users or businesses, anyone can find nearly any business and write a review.

LittleEngine.com – A local social community around small business for both patrons and business owners who want to support, connect, and communicate in a human-to-human manner.

Google Local Business Center- Allows business owners to add their company address location, hours of operation, storefront or product photos and more to Google. Listings appear within Google Maps and Business searches.

TrueLocal – Get your local business information listed including company description, website, specialties, hours, payments and more within TrueLocal search.

AOL Local – Allows merchant business owners to add their company information including name, phone, address and line of business within AOL Local.

Local.com – Allows local business owners to list company name, address, phone, email, website and relevant categories. Listings appear within the Local.com search results and participating affiliate sites.

Citysquares.com – Local search site designed to connect people with businesses. Allows users to find, rate and review businesses in local regions. Allows business owners to increase brand awareness, word of mouth exposure and overall online presence.

SuperPages - Allows business owners to list relevant information including location, hours, contacts, categories, optional enhancements and more.

BigBook – Allows local business owners to include relevant information such as name, location, phone, website and more. Free basic listing options along with paid listing enhancements.

InfoSpace YP - Get local business information listed within InfoSPace YP and affiliate sites. Include the business name, address, phone, email, site and other optional information. Listings appear within InfoSpace affiliates and SuperPages affiliates. Listing updates may take several weeks to display. Offers both free and paid enhanced listing options. Submit through SuperPages.

411.com – Allows merchants or local business owners to include relevant company information including name, contacts, location, website and more. Listings appear within 411.com and other SuperPages affiliates.

Switchboard.com – Allows business owners to list relevant information about their company including names, locations, contacts and other optional information about the company being listed. Listings appear within Switchboard.com, InfoSpace and SuperPages.

Yahoo Yellow Pages – Allows business owners to list and display company information including name, phone number, address and line of business or services offered. Listings appear within Yahoo Yellow Pages and other InfoUSA affiliates.

AnyWho – Get listed within AnyWho search services and YellowPages.com by listing your information including business name, location, phone, site and more.

Localeze – Allows local business owners to include their corporate information within over 40 of the largest search engines that provide local results. Offers a merchant profile manager with the ability to add, edit or delete listings easily.

MacRAE’s Blue Book – Allows companies to list detailed product or service headings, live links to sites, company email links, contact information, description and other important corporate information.