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International, US, CA, UK, AU - web directories, publications sites, article submissions sites, forums [Update 2021]

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Our readers ask if web directories are still top choices to promote businesses. Spread the word about your business internationally, or in specific region like the US, CA, UK, AU, using web directories, publications sites, article submissions sites, forums.

Here is a list of online platforms available in 2021 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020):

UNITED STATES (US)

Abilogic.com paid, Abilogic-beauty.com paid for the beauty niche
(Note: with sections for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Australia (see below the link in the AU section); and more countries from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America region)
Ajdee.com paid
Angieslist.com free - US and CA
B2byellowpages.com
BBB.org - Better Business Bureau for North America (US, CA, Mexico)
Botw - Best Of The Web, paid (https://blogs.botw.org/ for Blogs)
ChamberOfCommerce
Citysearch
CitySquares
Cmac paid
Cylex
Ebusinesspages
GoGuides paid
Hotfrog
(Note: Useful International Sites available
hotfrog.at/ Austria
hotfrog.com.br/, Brazil
hotfrog.ca/, Canada
hotfrog.cl/, Chile
hotfrog.cn/, China
hotfrog.dk/, Denmark
hotfrog.fr/, France
hotfrog.de/, Germany
hotfrog.hk/, Hong Kong
hotfrog.in/, India
hotfrog.co.id/, Indonesia
hotfrog.ie/, Ireland
hotfrog.it/, Italy
hotfrog.jp/, Japan
hotfrog.com.my/, Malaysia
hotfrog.com.mx/, Mexico
hotfrog.nl/, Netherlands
hotfrog.co.nz/, New Zealand
hotfrog.no/, Norway
hotfrog.ph/, Philippines
hotfrog.pl/, Poland
hotfrog.pt/, Portugal
hotfrog.ru/, Russia
hotfrog.sg/, Singapore
hotfrog.co.za/, South Africa
hotfrog.es/, Spain
hotfrogse.se/, Sweden
hotfrog.ch/, Switzerland
hotfrog.com.tw/, Taiwan
hotfrog.co.uk, United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Ibegin.com for the USA, Canada, UK, NEW ZEALAND
Insiderpages.com
Jasminedirectory.com,
Joeant.com
Justdial.com/us
Localstack.com/add-business
Mapquest.com, Mapsconnect.apple.com/, Openstreetmap.org for local places
Merchantcircle.com
Powerprofiles.com
Showmelocal.com
Smallerbizz.com
Yahoo.com, free (search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html redirected to bing.com/toolbox/submit-site-url and this Anonymous URL Submission Tool was Retired in Sep. 2018)
Yellowbot.com
Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org paid
Yelp.com
Webotopia.org

This is a list with free and paid submissions.

CANADA (CA)

411.ca free
Bbb.org
Canada411.ca free
Canadaspace.com, paid (http://webdirectory.canadaspace.com/advantage/)
Canadianbusinessdirectory.ca, free
Canadianplanet.net free
Cdnpages.ca, free
Cylex-canada.ca, free
Fyple.ca, free
Hotfrog.ca, free
Justdial.com/ca/
N49.ca free
Opendi.ca free
Ourbis.ca free
Pagesjaunes.ca free
Phonepages.ca,
Profilecanada.com free
Weblocal.ca free
Yellowpages.ca free (https://businesscentre.yp.ca/free-business-listing)
Yelp.ca

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

192.com
Applegate.co.uk
Abilogic UK
Botw.org.uk
Centralindex.com (with https://gb.centralindex.com/ for Great Britain, Yourlocal.ie for Ireland,
https://za.centralindex.com/ for South Africa - under the same centralindex-domain)
Directory.thesun.co.uk
Europages.co.uk
Freeindex.co.uk
Hotfrog.co.uk
MyLocalServices.co.uk
Near.co.uk
Reviewcentre.com
Scoot.co.uk
Theconstructionindex.co.uk
Uk.showmelocal.com

AUSTRALIA (AU)

Abilogic.com
Au.showmelocal.com
Australianplanet.com
Flatmates.com.au the share accommodation website
Hipages.com.au for building or renovation projects (home improvement) in Australia

Hotfrog AU

Houzz.com.au

LocalSearch.com.au

NewSouthWales.localitylist.com.au

TrueLocal.com.au
Webnetwork.com.au

Note: This list of sites is constantly updated so check this post from time ot time.

WORLDWIDE

Abifind.com paid - with Arts and Entertainment, Media Production, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Automotive, Motorcycles, Parts and Accessories, Transport, Business and Industry, Business Law, Business Services, Financial Services, Real Estate, Computers, Hardware, Programming and Development, Repair, Software, Daily Living, Cooking, Gardening, Home Improvement, Moving and Relocating, Financial Services, Financial Consultants, Insurance, Investment Services, Loans, Health_and_Fitness, Dental Health, Weight Issues, Internet, Internet Marketing, SEO, Web Design Development, Web Hosting, Recreation and Sports, Games, Outdoors, Sports, Travel, Family Travel, Lodging, Travel Agents, Tourism, News, Maps, Science, Instruments and Supplies, Shopping, Clothing, Consumer Electronics, Jewelry, Society and Culture, People, Relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Social Organizations, categories.

Bing.com/maps/, Bing Maps (previously Live Search Maps, Windows Live Maps, Windows Live Local, and MSN Virtual Earth)

Bingplaces.com to add your business for free

BrownBook.Net is a global business listing database from the entire world, including the US, UK, CA, AU

DirJournal.com paid (UNITED STATES, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, GERMANY, JAPAN, CHINA, RUSSIA, PAKISTAN)

Enrollbusiness.com available in multiple languages and for each country in the world

Facebook, free (for any country)

Find-us-here.com for these countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA

Foursquare, available for any country

iDirectory.com paid (for nat country)

InnerDesign for designers with the possibility to showcase, portfolio, images

KeepSnap to register independent photographers

Lacartes.com available for these countries: United Kingdom, Philippines, United States, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Romania, Singapore, Luxembourg, Spain, Germany, France, China, Croatia, South Africa, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia

OnTopList with Blog Directory and Business Directory sections

Salespider.com

Spoke.com for any country

Storeboard.com is more than a web directory

Publications / Files submissions:

issuu.com free for file size up to 100MB
scribd.com upload for free file types such as pdf, txt, doc, ppt, xls, docx

slideshare.net for pdfs, ppts, docxs, images and more
4shared.com for many types of files including audio, video, images

Articles submissions:

http://www.linkroll.com/ with topics related to Arts and Entertainment, Automotive Business, Cancer, Communications, Computers and Technology, Finance, Food and Drink, Health and Fitness, Home and Family, Home Based Business, Home Improvement, Insurance, Internet and Businesses Online, Legal, News and Society, Pets, Real Estate, Recreation and Sports, Reference and Education, Relationships, Self Improvement, Shopping and Product Reviews, Travel and Leisure, Writing and Speaking

http://www.sooperarticles.com/ with subjects about Automotive, Business, Careers, Communications, Education, Finance, Food & Drinks, Gaming, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Home and Family, Home Improvement, Internet, Law, News & Society, Pets, Real Estate, Relationship, Self Improvement, Shopping, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel, Writing and everything in-between

https://www.shewrites.com/

Forums

https://www.propertychat.com.au/community/, Australian Property Investment Forums https://nappyvalleynet.com/community/ for mums, UK, with more than 60K visitors from S London http://www.debate.org/forums/ with forums related to Arts, Economics, Education, Entertainment, Funny, Games, Health, History, Science and many more.

http://www.dcmessageboards.com/ powered by Washington DC Message Boards and covers forums such as Visiting Washington DC, Entertainment, Religion, Spirituality, Business, Health, Science and Technology, Employment, Sports, Education, Environment and Wildlife, Family, Travel and Vacation Getaways and other topics.

https://streeteasy.com/talk for New Yorkers to discuss real estate

https://www.stereophile.com/forum with all related to audio and more http://forums.deckmagazine.com/ with all about decks

http://www.greenbuildingtalk.com/ with forums relates to homes and commercial buildings http://www.ata.org.au/forums/ with main themes related to Energy – Solar, wind, saving energy, lighting; Water – Saving water, rainwater, greywater, stormwater; Sustainable Building – Building materials, passive solar design, heating and cooling; Transport – Electric vehicles, alternative fuels, public transport; and also Non-commercial classified adverts – For non-commercial advert listings from ATA members and ReNew and Sanctuary subscribers, for Australian. https://www.savingadvice.com/forums/

https://www.industrialprojectsreport.com/forum/ (404 now)

https://bethepro.com/topics/ construction community

https://www.brownstoner.com/forum/ home improvement related

http://absoluteca.websitetoolbox.com/ with Landor discussions forums

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/building-a-home

http://www.cafemom.com/groups/ (404 now)

https://sawmillcreek.org/forum.php for Woodworking, Power Tools, Finishing, Design, and Finished Projects

https://www.landlordreferencing.co.uk/forum Property Forum in UK https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums for real estate concerns http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com

Ads sites / Local marketplaces

https://gumtree.com.au/ Australia’s local marketplace for buyers and sellers, with ads related to Home and Garden, Baby and Children, Sport and Fitness, Clothing and Jewellery, Cars, Jobs, Real Estate. https://www.domain.com.au/ with ads for properties from Australia

https://www.gumtree.com/, the classifieds site for the UK market

http://www.freeclassifiedssites.com/ for US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, Asia, India, Africa, South America and entire World

http://www.hotfreelist.com/ for the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, South America and entire World

http://www.kugli.com/ with ads from all countries in the world

Press Release sites

http://prsync.com you can publish your Press Release for free

https://www.onlineprnews.com to submit free press releases and/or paid

Review sites

http://www.iformative.com you can write reviews for companies, products and services

These lists are revised periodically. However, if you see any outdated listing, please let us know via ContactForm. Thank you!

Log File Analysis To Understand If Search Engine Crawls Your Website

Saturday, December 31, 2016

About Log File Analysis

1. Web server log files

Used for technical websites audit. Contains records of all requests/hits received by the server. Details included are time and date when the request was made, IP addresses, URL/page requested, the user-agent from the browser, but data are stored anonymously.

Server log file includes:

Server IP
Timestamp (date & time)
Method (GET / POST)
Request URI (URI stem + URI query)
HTTP status code
User-agent

Multiple other details could be related to Host name, Request/Client IP, Bytes downloaded, Time taken.

2. URL meanings

An URL like https://hostingwebspace.com/video.html has: https:// - protocol, hostingwebspace.com - server name and /video.html - file name. The server name is converted into an IP address via the domain name server. Order like an HTTP Get request is sent to the web server. These requests are recorded as hits by the web server.

SEO experts use Log File Analysis to see and make decisions related to:

How much crawl budget is being wasted and where
Accessibility errors during search engine crawl
Areas of crawl deficiency

Technical views for potential increasing in organic search results: site architecture (internal link structure), duplicate or low quality content, site performance and speed. It takes time and knowledge, and you can count on our SEO services.

Tracking Search Engines Actions

Locate and treat appropriate user-agents. After, validate the IP range by carrying out a reverse DNS lookup to avoid fake user agents. Verify if Googlebot is accessing your server.

Tools For Technical SEO Audit

Browser Plugins:

1. Redirect Path - for 301, 302, 404, 500 HTTP Status Codes, and client side redirects like Meta and Javascript redirects

Chrome

(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redirect-path/aomidfkchockcldhbkggjokdkkebmdll)

2. Wappalyzer - identifies software on websites

Firefox

(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wappalyzer/)

Chrome

(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg)

Note: Wappalyzer shows you technologies, software, content management system used on any website. Actually, you will see icons directly on your browser when you visit a website.

It detects content management systems, ecommerce platforms, web frameworks, server software, analytics tools and many more.

3. Check My Links - identifies broken links in webpage

Chrome

(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/check-my-links/ojkcdipcgfaekbeaelaapakgnjflfglf)

Online Tools:

1. Webmaster Tools - Bing

http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

2. Search Console - Google

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools

ads

Google's New Home Service Ads and Google Guaranteed in US

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Search for a plumber and select a professional with a Google guaranteed badge. Use his service and hopefully he will solve the plumbing issues in your home. What's new? Like PayPal Protection for buyers, Google guarantee could pay your bill for unsatisfactory experience.

If you are unsatisfied by locksmith and plumbing jobs, you can submit a claim to Google. Available in several US areas, like San Francisco Bay area, San Diego, Sacramento, Stockton. Google says "If you are dissatisfied with work quality, we’ll cover claims up to the job invoice amount, with a lifetime cap of $2,000."

(Source: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7125526)

This is the form to be completed:

https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleguaranteed/

Search for information about plumbers in San Francisco on the Internet using the search engine Google for example, gives results with plumbers having Google guarantee badge on top positions. Here is the screenshot with the search for plumber san francisco:

It seems Google AdWords Express home service ads can place your local business at the top of Google search pages for several home services. Google: "As a Home Service advertiser you’ll get a Google guaranteed badge, access to the Home Service app, premium promotion, and more."

How are verified those professionals? As I see, only based on reviews. Still a mystery. Need more research about. You could apply and tell me in comments how it works.

UPDATE:

See GEOTARGETS and AdWords API Locations 2017-04-20