A newbie to this..what is a good way to find local directories for your city or general directories that should be submitted to
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A newbie to this forum...hope have put the question the right way
What is a good way/source to find which directories are suitable for a business. How to identify directories which are more localised..
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You can also get similar results to GetListed with yext.com you dont have to subscribe to their service but can see the results of local listings, that need adding and fixing. Check it out see if you are happy with the results for Canada
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Also analyzing the competitors linking root domains will give some valuable info related with the directories or websites that you can place your links.
Frutiko Team
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My please, Mohit. Yes, unfortunately, GetListed isn't currently operational in Canada right now. The results were returning too many errors (see: https://getlisted.org/static/international.html). Hopefully, it will be available in the near future. Whitespark should work great for you, though. They are Canadian-based.
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Thanks Miriam..some good ideas...appreciate ur taking time for this
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Thanks Vadim for the quick response..just checked getlisted.org is only serving US cities..forgot to mention I am from Toronto,Canada. The other site seemed useful and I will be going thru it.
thanks to all for their responses
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Hi Mohit,
GetListed is, in my opinion, the best place to get started on building your initial citations. For more advanced work, a paid tool like Whitespark's (which Vadim has linked to) is a very popular choice. Your question seems to indicate that you may also be looking for directories which are more local to you (or your clients, perhaps). Whitespark's tool will likely turn some of these up, but if you need to do this manually, the best way is to search Google for resources that turn up for your core phrases, including geographic phrases.
So, that might be 'plumbers portland' or 'dentists denver' or what have you. The thing is, the SERPs are so dominated these days by major directories (like Yelp, YP.com., etc.) that you may have to dig through many pages before you turn up smaller, more niche directories. Other things to search for would be local blogs and local news sites where, if you have an interesting story to tell, you may be able to get something published, including your NAP (name, address phone number) making these citations, too. Citation building beyond the big directories and obvious sources requires extra work and creativity, but it can definitely be done. Hope this helps!
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https://getlisted.org/ is your best bet for getting started.
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A great resource here: https://www.whitespark.ca/local-citation-finder/
Also a common misconception is that if you havent created listings in local directories they are not there, sometimes services generate listings for you, and at times with incorrect, or partially correct information. All your listings should have identical NAP (Name, Adderess, Phone, Email, and Website) for most benefit. and this service https://getlisted.org/ actually locates any current listings in directores etc. that you may have so that you can claim, fix, and update your listings.
Hope this helps
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