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    The 30 Best Local SEO Citation Sources for The United States

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    Last updated: March 19th, 2010

    The Local Ranking Algorithm is generally centered around the regular on-page and off-page factors attributed to traditional or organic SEO, in addition to an all important factor around local business citations. David Mihm provides a great explanation about why citation is the new link. As local search becomes increasingly more social, user reviews and local business citations are becoming very important in securing top local ten-pack listings.

    We’ve compiled a list of 20 + 10 of the most important local seo citation sources for you to submit your business to.

    Name Description Add Link
    4 judys book Judy’s Book Judy’s Book is a book of local secrets that helps you to make decisions. Add Your Business
    4 newlogo 1000 ShopCity The smarter way to shop locally. Find out more here! Unlock the Potential of Local Internet Marketing. Add Your Business
    4 header.vc7e3d8d Yellow Bot YellowBot is essentially a local search site for finding and reviewing the places you go to in your community (and elsewhere). As an integral part of the site we are building ways for patrons and business owners to exchange tips and experiences. Add Your Business
    4 sp logo Superpages The smarter way to shop locally. Find out more here! Unlock the potential of local internet marketing. Add Your Business
    Dexknows At Dex One, we care about small business success. It’s why we provide smart, searchable advertising, free marketing consultations, and expert online resources—all designed to help local businesses like yours get found and chosen by new customers. Add Your Business
    MagicYellow Magic Yellow helps people find local business information, including user reviews, ratings, and maps. With 18 million businesses listed, we’re one of the leading yellow pages available, and best of all, we don’t offer a printed version of our directory. Add Your Business
    Info USA InfoUSA has 30 years’ experience providing mailing lists and email lists to businesses of all sizes. Add Your Business
    4 cs new logo CitySquares CitySquares is the leader in video marketing and advertising solutions for local businesses working to expand their online exposure and generate new prospective customers. Add Your Business
    2 logo Local.com Local.com helps consumers find the most relevant products and services, events and activities, and coupons for local businesses. Add Your Business
    City Search Use Citysearch City Guides to get reviews, recommendations and directions to the best hotels, restaurants, events, night clubs, shops, services and more. Add Your Business
    yb logo products new Yellowbook Yellowbook is a 360-degree marketing company that has been helping small businesses grow and succeed for the last 80 years. Add Your Business
    4 ip logo Insider Pages Insider Pages was created to help people find the best local businesses through recommendations from their friends and neighbors. Add Your Business
    logo header Kudzu Kudzu gives you honest, uncensored feedback on millions of businesses from homeowners just like you — plus thousands of money-saving deals in every major US city. Add Your Business
    4 merchant circle MerchantCircle MerchantCircle is the largest online network of local business owners in the Nation, so we are a direct line to the businesses in your community who can solve your day-to-day problems. Add Your Business
    yelp Yelp Yelp aims to connect people with great local businesses and Yelp Business Accounts allow businesses to share information with the Yelp Community. Simply put, it’s word of mouth — amplified. Add Your Business
    cvLogo CityVoter View CityVoter’s “Best Of” Lists – Best Restaurants, Shops, Hotels, Bars, Entertainment, Salons and hundreds more. Add Your Business
    Localeze Localeze is the largest online local search engine content manager serving businesses, local search engines and ready-to-buy consumers. Add Your Business
    Foursquare For small businesses, large chains, and any other physical location, foursquare offers a free set of tools to help you attract new visitors and keep them coming back. Add Your Business
    local Yahoo! Local Potential customers from your area visit Yahoo! Local every day. Add descriptive info about your business and upload from your computer. Add Your Business
    4 manta Manta Manta helps small businesses profit, connect and grow through the largest online community dedicated entirely to small business. Add Your Business
    4 angieslist logo Angie’s List Angie’s List is the nation’s premier provider of trusted reviews on contractors and doctors in over 550 categories, like roofers, plumbers, house cleaners and dentists. Add Your Business
    hotfrog logo us Hotfrog A Hotfrog profile is a tool for you to create demand for your business. It helps you convey exactly what’s different about your products and services, add images, create coupons and put your business’ unique approach and personality in front of people searching online. Add Your Business
    ServiceMagic The ServiceMagic network consists of over 80,000 customer-rated service pros for home improvement tasks, such as kitchen & bathroom remodeling, cleaning & maid services, handyman services, landscaping and many more. Add Your Business
    citydata.logo City Data A collection and analysis of data from numerous sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as possible. Add Your Business
    yellowee logo2 Yellowee Yellowee combines detailed business listings, candid reviews and recommendations, and the latest local events in cities and towns across the United States and Canada. Add Your Business
    Logo Discover Our Town The Ultimate US travel, tourism & relocation guide. Comprehensive local city guides including travel information, area attractions, events, shopping and restaurant listings for towns across the United States. Add Your Business
    localdatabase logo Local Database LocalDatabase.com is a local guide designed to offer targeted in-depth information to US based communities. Add Your Business
    MyHuckleBerry MyHuckleberry.com is your online destination for information. We take the guesswork out of finding the best local businesses in your city. Add Your Business
    4 showmelocal.com local stores coupons sales deals jobs ShowMeLocal ShowMeLocal gives local business owners the tools to promote their business online and where local consumers go to learn about businesses in their area while finding great deals. Add Your Business
    4 WeGoPlaces WeGoPlaces Fun things to do in the US and Canada, vacation ideas, hotels, travel recomendations, recreation, travel wizard, tickets, tours, free listings for accomodations and attractions. Add Your Business

    UPDATE (July 27, 2012): We have updated the list to be better organized, have up-to-date information, and added a few more citation sources. Thanks for reading!

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