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Where to register a business online

By Becky McCray

Too many phone books
Business listing sites are like the
yellow pages: lots of choices,
and always changing.

My friend Allison Aldrige-Saur asked for a list of online places to register a business. She had Yelp, Google Places and several others, but was not finding a list.

Here’s why there is no list: it changes all the time. Business listing sites come and go. 

This list is over 1 yr old, but gives you a place to start: 10 Websites for Local SEO

As you find new sites to consider, here is how to evaluate those sites. You’ll find a four step process here: SEO Rankings Report. You can use that process to check which sites are most influential in your local market.

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.
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December 27, 2011 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing

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  1. Sandra Sims says

    December 28, 2011 at 2:52 am

    So true, there are new listing sites popping up and others fall out of favor. I found a site that produces a report card, with 0-100% score, when you put in a business’s name and zip code – http://GetListed.org. There are additional sites that are important for certain industries too.

  2. Michelle says

    December 30, 2011 at 12:06 am

    Thank you for this information. With billions of websites it can be very overwhelming when looking for something and can’t find it. Luckily I found your blog.
    Thank you too to Sandra for that website. I will be making use of it.
    Happy New Year! :-)

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