Providing resources that allow small and local businesses to be discovered, and promoted, has always been one of our main priorities as a business. To accomplish these, we often research and scour the internet to find places that keep in mind the small business budget, while also having a large enough audience to help instead of hurt or do nothing. One of our favorite places to showcase are free business listing sites, and this is for a few different reasons.

Listing your business on an online business listing site is great not only to help increase traffic to your website, but it’s also great for improving SEO, being seen by a new audience, and keeping up to date with what’s being said about your business. These sites allow businesses to provide their information, which helps gain the trust of the bigger search engines and allows them to be seen faster. Because we also put an emphasis on local listing sites, they’re also more likely to target those closest to the businesses community, rather than someone five states away. Now, as we head into the new year, we wanted to put forth one last list of 2021 online business listing sites you can use to promote your business in 2022.

1. Great American Buy Local

Our team here at GABL plan on being around for quite a while, doing what we do best, and helping small and local businesses. Our business listing services are free, easy to use, and will have you seen locally. We also do our best to promote the businesses that are listed with us across social platforms, giving you an extra boost. 

2. LinkedIn

LinkedIn continues to be a fantastic platform not only for being a local listing site but also for helping businesses meet other businesses and collaborate. You’re not only reaching potential clients and customers in your area, but you’re able to reach other businesses and learn what’s worked for them, and join communities online that can help your business grow. This platform is great for networking and keeping up to date with what’s happening in your industry, as well as events that you may want to take part in!

3. Facebook

Is it Facebook or Meta now? Either way, the platform reigns king, especially when it comes to providing a place for small businesses to easily promote themselves and interact with their targeted audience. The Facebook Business feature allows you to not only have a social media presence but also create ad space, promote posts and services; and it gives your business a face so your customers know what you stand for. Creating an account is free, and you can schedule posts, add your business hours, a menu of services, photos, and other information that’s valuable to your business.

4. FourSquare

One of the greatest things about FourSquare is not only is it a free business listing site, but it goes off of GPS location, making it easier for people in your area to find you, and share what they’ve been to your business. People can share their location with your business, as well as review and rate. This local listing site also shows local favorites versus chains, which is helpful when trying to find new customers or clients.

5. Yellow Pages

While you might not think about it, listing your business on YellowPages has huge benefits. The name is one that people continue to trust from its days as a phonebook, and it also targets locally based on your location. As a business listing site, YellowPages makes it easy for your community to find you, with the added bonus of you continuing to increase your SEO score.

6. Yelp

Yelp also continues to be a favorite when it comes to business listing sites. Not only does Yelp offer the ability to put your business information out there, but they’re one of the first review sites that people trust. So when it comes to a local listing site, Yelp is great for all its features, plus it has a trusted reputation in the online community. 
Looking out for small and local businesses is our business, so we want to provide as much solid information as possible. On this list, we made sure to include six sites that are not only free local listing sites, but that also have high domain authority. The domain authority matters because when we talk about SEO ranking and improvement, putting your correct information on a business listing site isn’t the only important piece. Having a high domain authority means that the website is highly ranked on search engines. When you list your information with that high-ranking website, it helps boost your ranking as well, which helps you be seen faster, which, ultimately, will help your business grow.