There are many different sites around the internet that serve as important, helpful, and informative directories.\u00a0 Their purpose\u00a0is to make it easy to find different options all in one place and be able to sort through many different companies in the same industry or that offer similar products or services quickly.\u00a0 By compiling this business information and getting it all in one place, you’re increasing the likeliness that people find your business and ultimately play a role in whether a customer chooses to pay you over another business.<\/p>\n
Some of theses sites are more important that others due to many different factors such as site traffic, page authority rank, and much more.\u00a0 However, you need to ensure you’re at least\u00a0keeping up with\u00a0the main ones yourself.<\/p>\n
In this article, we are going to give you the top 5 directories you should claim for your business and make sure that you keep updated.\u00a0 \u00a0Don’t worry… we’re even going to give you links to take care of it and claim your listings right now!<\/p>\n
Google My Business is Google’s own business listing directory (obvious, right?).\u00a0 Google is the most trafficked site on the internet. Google’s My Business listing is also extremely important because it’s tied directly to Google’s search engine.\u00a0 To claim this listing manually, just visit Google My Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n Facebook is the 3rd most trafficked website on the internet.\u00a0 Although Facebook tends to call them Pages instead of listings, you can create different pages and set them up entirely depending on your business or organization.\u00a0 You can also create groups and other things, but for now we will just stick with the listing.\u00a0 To edit or claim your Facebook Page, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you need to sign up for a business page,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yeah, we know all about it; the dreaded call from Yelp!\u00a0 You’ve probably heard about them boasting on the phone about how they are integrated with Apple and bloating on and on about how you should pay for all sorts of advanced listings and features.\u00a0 Although I refuse to give them any money as we really don’t think their premium services are worth what they are asking, we do have their free business listing.\u00a0 Fact is, they are integrated with Apple and when people ask Siri for suggestions it will reference Yelp’s directory first, which is why you need to\u00a0claim this listing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bing\u00a0Places is basically Microsoft’s attempt at Google Search.\u00a0 We DO NOT advise using Bing for searches due to terrible result algorithms and being piled with ads, but since it’s\u00a0Microsoft, one of the largest companies in the world, you should definitely look into listing with them.\u00a0 There’s a good chance your business already has a listing, so go here<\/a> and try to find your listing to claim it!<\/p>\n Yahoo claims to be a “comprehensive business directory complete with ratings and reviews, maps, events and more.”\u00a0 Although this website and company has been going downhill for several years consecutively and the business is not very healthy, for the time being\u00a0it’s still worth listing your business with them.\u00a0 They are the third most popular search engine, right below Google and Bing, so don’t forget the other 20% of the planet still stuck with (or sometimes preferring to use) Yahoo for searches.\u00a0 Here’s where you can do it: Learn how to Claim Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n Are you in the business listing spirit?\u00a0 Want more listings to fully optimize your SEO and backlinks while making information more easily accessible to the internet?\u00a0 We offer a package that can automatically list your business on over 100\u00a0of the most important local directories.\u00a0 It also helps you manage messages and reviews across these networks, and comes with even more features.\u00a0 Get listing management software<\/a>, reputation management software<\/a>,\u00a0and more all for one price.<\/p>\n If this article helped you get or update even 1 listing, please comment below<\/strong> and let us know!\u00a0 We really like knowing we’re helping people and seeing 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Facebook for Business<\/h3>\n
3: Yelp for Business<\/h3>\n
4: Bing Places for Business<\/h3>\n
5: Yahoo Local<\/h3>\n
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