Hi Again,

I'm not sure if you're asking about Yext in the US or something else? If Yext, here is a basic description from TechCruch regarding the paid local listing management service Yext is offering:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/yext-powerlistings-30-000/

There has been some significant discussion in the Local SEO community in N. America regarding the value of this. Some business owners are quite willing to pay for the convenience of this service, while others find the price tag rather high.

Is this what you were asking about?

Miriam

Hi Search Guys,

Thanks for giving me a little time to look into this. I am familiar primarily with Local in N. America, so I contacted Ash Nallawalla who is one of the better known Local SEOs in Australia. He replied that, at this point, he isn't aware of a Yext-type service for Australia, unfortunately. He also said that things are really Google Places-centric at this point in OZ. Sorry not to have a solution for you. For now, it looks like manual management is the way to go.

Hello Search Guys,

I am looking into this for you. I will return to this thread.

Miriam

Hello

Whitespark's paid citation tool continues to be the most widely-cited in the Local SEO industry. However, have you tried SEOverflow's Local Search Toolkit?

http://www.localsearchtoolkit.com/

I know it was free when it was released. Not sure if it remains so. Might be worth checking out!

Miriam