One of the key steps we offer in our Local Listing package is the creation and/or optimization of your business listing in a number of local directories. This is a key step because it helps to:

• Boost your local authority with the Google Local Business Center (Google Places)
• Gets relevant local links about your business to your website
• Being listed in these increases your chance for a customer review on the sites that offer that increasingly important feature
• Each of these directories get visits and your listing will be seen and you'll get more visitors

One of my favorite online bloggers on local search and online marketing is Tom Crandall of Phoenix. His blog is called SemReportCard. His posts are long and detailed… kinda like some of mine – but his are filled with more meat!

Tom recently published a killer article on 30+ Online Business directories To Ramp Up Your Local Search Marketing Campaign . It's good and his illustrated explanations of how it works are worth a read.

Unfortunately, most of the Directories cited in his article are US only… we just don't seem to be worth the effort up here in the frozen north. That's OK; we'll be friendly as heck while we do our best to dominate the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Here's our list of 24 or so Canadian/Vancouver useful citation sites that we use for our clients… Most of these links go to the signup page and some you'll have to look for!

If you have any to add, post them in the comments below!

411.ca
Shop in Canada
Canada Direct info
CanPages
ZipLocal
WebLocal
AllPages for BC
GreaterVancouverWebDirectory
GoLocal BC
BC Business Directory
Profile Canada
Vancouver Net
Really Made in Canada
Canada Space
Local Vancouver
Genie Knows
Vancouver Web Search
Shopping Finder
Hot Frog
Daki Taki
N49
Brownbook Canada
Find Here
iBegin

Looking forward to your comments...