on July 11th, 2022
Top 20 Business Directories for Improving SEO
Top 20 Business Directories For Local SEO Citations. Help your website get important links and improve your local SEO ranks,
Top 20 Business Directories For Local SEO Citations.
First, a citation is any online mention of you and/or your business on a third party website or local directory listing website. Think websites like Yelp, Nextdoor, or Facebook. This includes your business name, phone number, address, opening hours, website/social links and other details.
By being listed on these websites and having all of them listing current and consistent info will help your website show up at the top of search results when someone searches for your type of product or service. Think about searching for “food” or “lunch” to see what places are close by. No matter your kind of business,you want to be at the top of these searches so you can get more clicks onto your website and pages. Having all of the directories showing up to date and consistent info helps search engines identify your business, products, and services and provides a “trust signal” that makes them push your business closer to the top.
On average, the local businesses in the top 10 of google local search results have over 70 citations.
Submitting your business info or claiming these listings on all of these sites and making sure they all have consistent and accurate info is extremely time consuming, but is a great way to bump your website to the top of search results for the people who are close by and actively seeking your products. These kinds of buyers are the ones you don’t want to miss out on.
Below is my list of the top 20 directories that I start with every time I am beginning a Local SEO program for one of my clients. I encourage you to visit each one and make sure your listed and all info is accurate. It will pay off.
If you are looking for an easier way to submit your business info to directories I offer a program that allows you to submit and manage over 70 directories from one simple dashboard all at the same time. If your interested in this service let me know here.