Top 11 Free Websites to List Your Small Business

All Internet savvy business owners are looking for ways to get more customers from the Internet, and this means getting people to your website.

I suggest you get free online advertising from the top local business websites on the web. It’s the simplest way to  get more website visitors.

Here’s how to get your business listed on these 11 free popular business directories.

Free Advertising for Local Businesses

Online listings and directories are websites that let you create a business profile on their website . It takes less than 3 minutes to get listed on each website and you’ll get more website traffic because of it.

The two major benefits are:

• Potential customers will find your business on these websites and then go to your actual website.
• Your real website will rank higher in the search engines because of the links from bigger websites.

How to Get Your Business Listed

For each of these websites, you should sign up and create an account for free. Each one will take about two minutes to create, so it takes about 20 minutes to increase to your website traffic.

Top 11 Websites for Small Business Listings

1. Google Local Business Center
   This is the best directory for traffic because when someone searches for your services in your area, it appears at the top as a business location.
2. Local.com
   Quick and easy.
3. Hot Frog
   This one is interesting.
4. Yelp
   Yelp is probably the most popular website for reviewing local businesses. Ask people to write reviews or write one yourself.
5. MerchantCircle.com
   This website looks promising.
6. Yahoo! Local
   This is a like a free version of the Yahoo! Directory.
7. Yellow Pages Local Directory
   Might as well put your business on the Internet yellow pages.
8. LinkedIn
   If you own a business, you really ought to have a LinkedIn profile. To learn more about this, read my Guide to Networking Your Business with LinkedIn (coming soon).
9. Facebook
   Make a personal profile that makes you look good and links to your website. Get some friends for your profile and you’ve just joined the largest Internet community today.
10. InsiderPages.com
    Just found this one. I like how it’s very quick and easy to use.
11. ZoomInfo
    This website also makes it quick and easy for you to create a profile.

More Info Coming Soon

I’ve posted three businesses on all these websites and I’m testing how well they work. You can see which ones are the best for traffic and search engine opimization when I post the results in a few weeks.

Do you know any other great business website directories? Let me know commenting below.

See Also

• GetListed.org – Very helpful tool for checking directories
• How To Launch That Web site – Article with more websites and detailed information.
• Ten Essential Websites for Your Small Business – Some more basics from Sims Designs.
• 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity – Covers everything to do with link building.