There are many types of online business listings. Some are lists, while other are located in maps, or on search engine results pages.There are hundreds of online directories, many of which you probably have never heard of. Let's start with the top 22 places your business information should be included.First, you have to make sure that your company name, address, phone, website URL and email address are exactly the same in all your listings. Develop a concise business description that utilizes your main keywords for the listings that allow a business description.
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5 CATEGORIES OF BUSINESS LISTINGS 

1. Search Engines and Maps: 

• Google Business Profile (for local Businesses) https://www.google.com/business/ 
•  Google Maps (if you’re not a local business, open Google Maps, right click on map, select “add your business” from the drop down).  
• Apple Maps: https://register.apple.com/placesonmaps/
• Bing Places: https://www.bingplaces.com/ 
• Yahoo. Yahoo uses Yext for their business listing services. Yext will try to get you to pay for a business listing, however you do not need to do this. Eric Shanfelt of Local Marketing Institute published a useful how-to article on listing your business for free on Yext: https://localmarketinginstitute.com/yahoo-free-business-listing/
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2. Broad Business Directories 

• Alignable https://www.alignable.com/
• Better Business Bureau (listing is free, accreditation cost has set up fee and annual fee based on employee count)
• Hubspot Directory https://offers.hubspot.com/solutions-directory-listing‍
• Crunchbase https://www.crunchbase.com/home

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3. Local Business Directories 

• Yelp listinghttps://business.yelp.com/ 
• Trip Advisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Owners 
• Next Door https://nextdoor.com/create-business? 
• Merchant Circle https://www.merchantcircle.com/signup#step=stepOne 
• HotFrog https://admin.hotfrog.com/add/index-card 
• Local.com https://www.local.com/
• WhitePages (to list your business with WhitePages, enter your business info into Data-Axle and wait for it to show up in White Pages)
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4. Data Aggregators 

• FourSquare: https://foursquare.com/venue/claim‍
• Data-Axel: https://local-listings.data-axle.com/search?query=house%20nine%20portland%20oregon
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5. Social Media 

• Linkedin
• Facebook Business Page 
• Instagram Professional Account 
• Twitter 
• TikTok
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‍6. Voice Search 

By covering the above directories, you will be well covered for voice searches. The voice search solutions such as Siri, Alexa and others use a combination of the directories above.