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Local SEO Link Building List

See below a compiled list of popular sites we submit our local SEO clients to. We have tried to include links to the signup/submission pages. Please ofcourse verify that you do NOT have a listing prior to signing up. This list is just a general list that fits most local businesses.

My Business Listing by Acxiom
Infousa
ExpressDataUSA
UBL
Localeze
Yelp
Google Places
Yahoo Local
Bing Local
InsiderPages
Kudzu
Dexknows.com
Local.com
Mojopages
Manta
MacRAEsBlueBook
Upspring
Cylex USA
DirectoryM
iKarma
Directory Central
Tuugo
BBB
HotFrog
iBegin
YellowBot
CitySquares
Judy’s Book
CitySearch
Patch
BOTW Local
entrepreneur.com
ebusinesspages
Trustlink
Power Profiles
B2B Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages
showmelocal.com
Chamber of Commerce
Local.com
Merchant Circle
Cherrp
MyLocally

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Great Queries for Finding Guest Posts, Mentions and Links

While in the middle of a large competitor link analysis for one of our clients, we decided to include the below queries which helped us gain high quality links. Enjoy and play with the terms to fine tune.

submit news site:example.com
contact editors site:example.com
send press release site:example.com
submit press release site:example.com
business owners site:example.com
list your business site:example.com
claim your business site:example.com
contact us site:example.com (and look for editor submissions, news ideas, local …..)
about us site:example.com (and look for editor submissions, news ideas, local …..)
submission(s) page site:example.com
product submissions site:example.com (for ecommerce sites)
submit article(s) site:example.com
wish to contribute site:example.com
familiarizing yourself with example.com
familiarize yourself site:example.com
employee discounts site:.edu
employee discounts site:.edu submit
student discount site:.edu
vendor enroll discount OR discounts site:.edu
“If you are a vendor”
submit inurl:vendor
[keyword] -“This thread is closed to new comments.” site:http://ask.metafilter.com
“list your business”
“add your [keyword]”