For those of you not familiar with this topic: a “citation” or “web reference” is a reference to your business on some other website. It is not necessarily a link and always contains your physical business address and/or local phone numbers.

Registering yourself at the local business listing directories help increasing your Local search engine rankings.

1)      infoUSA

InfoUSA has 30 years’ experience providing mailing lists and email lists to businesses of all sizes. Add Your Business to Info USA

2)      Superpages

Online business directory services with business and residential listings from coast to coast. Includes phone listings, driving directions, maps. Add Your Business to Super Pages

3)      Localeze

Localeze is the largest online local search engine content manager serving businesses, local search engines and ready-to-buy consumers. Add Your Business to Localeze

4)      YellowPages

5)      Yelp

6)      InsiderPages

Reviews of Local Businesses Written by People Like You! Add Your Business to Insider Pages

7)      Niche Industry Sites (BBB, Vertical Directories)

8)      Acxiom

9)      Yahoo Local

10)   Citysearch

11)   Judybook

Judy’s Book is a book of local secrets that helps you to make decisions. Add Your Business to Judy’s Book

12)   MagicYellow

13)   DexKnows

Find local business listings, driving directions, maps, people and local information at DexKnows.com. Add Your Business to DexKnows

14)   YellowBook

Add Your Business to Magic Yellow

15)   Kudzu

16)   Local.com

17)   MerchantCircle

MerchantCircle is the largest social network for local business owners. Services include free online business listings, free marketing tools, … Add Your Business to Merchant Circle

18)   Zidster

19)  CityVoter

CityVoter is one of the most powerful citation sources for Google Maps, showing up an amazing number of times on Web Pages tabs in all kinds of industries and locations.

Other sites receiving significant votes: Niche Civic/Municipal Sites (Chamber of Commerce, Local Directories), Merchant Circle, UniversalBusinessListing, Yellowbot.