Local Data Aggregators For Canada
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Hi Mozzers,
I've seen David Mihm's list of data aggregators for local search for the US (infogroup, localeze, acxiom) but I'm in Canada. Does anyone know if someone has sourced this?
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Great. thanks Linda. My big takeaway here is that Yellow Pages and Industry Canada are primary data aggregators in Canada.
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Wayne, here are some other resources I found for you that were posted at my forum.
http://www.poweredbysearch.com/canadian-local-seo-citations-the-ultimate-guide/
http://www.ngsmarketing.com/local-citation-building-study-part-4-local-business-directories-around-the-world-canada-uk/
http://www.canuckseo.com/index.php/2011/05/diy-canadian-citations-our-2011-update/
http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/local-seo/canadian-citations/
http://www.adster.ca/blog/top-10-canadian-citations-for-local-businesses-and-local-search-marketers -
Just what I was looking for. Thanks Lynn.
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Hi Wayne,
Have you seen this post (also from David)? http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/local-seo/local-search-ecosystem-canada/
I can verify that yellowpages.ca seems to be a big player since I see it mentioned in a lot of the google maps I look at as a data provider... only issue is I am in Greece looking for Greek businesses... go figure!
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