Legal Marketing & PR

Google Local Data Providers ? Quick Links

By peteboyd

Google Local Search is becoming more prevalent, especially in the legal field.  For law firms its pretty easy right now to get listed and ranked.

Underpinning the Google Local algorithm is a number of data providers.  The more citations to your firm from these data providers, the higher you will rank.

So get listed!

Google Local – Get your Listing
http://listings.local.yahoo.com/csubmit/index.php

1.    infoUSA
Check – http://www.infousa411.com/Business.aspx
Listing – http://list.infousa.com/dbupdate.htm?Vendor=099842

2.    Superpages –
Check – http://www.superpages.com/
Listing – http://www.supermedia.com/spportal/quickbpflow.do

3.    Localeze
Listing – http://webapp.localeze.com/bizreg/

4.    YellowPages
Check – http://www.yellowpages.com/
Listing – http://listings.yellowpages.com/

5.    Yelp
Check – http://www.yelp.com/
Listing – https://www.yelp.com/signup

6.    InsiderPages
Check – http://www.insiderpages.com/
Listing – http://www.insiderpages.com/friends/new?header_link=true

7.    Niche Industry Sites (BBB, Vertical Directories)
http://www.justia.com
http://www.findlaw.com
http://www.lawyers.com
http://www.martindale.com
http://www.hg.org
State Bar Associations
Local Bar Associationes

8.    Acxiom
Check – http://www.databyAcxiom.com (Not yet online)

9.    Yahoo
Check – http://local.yahoo.com/
Listing – http://listings.local.yahoo.com/csubmit/index.php

10.    Citysearch
Check – http://www.citysearch.com
Listing – Click on Register in Top Right.

11.  MapQuest
Check – http://www.mapquest.com/
Listing – Data is pulled from InfoUSA.com http://list.infousa.com/dbupdate.htm

12. Local
Check – http://www.local.com/
Listing – http://www.yellowbot.com/submit/newbusiness

Also check out listings here – http://www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm

Full post as published by PaperStreet Web Design: SpeakOut on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).