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Top Free Australian Business Directories 2024

Paul Gordon — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:40:13 +0000

Are you taking advantage of all the free Australian business directories to give your business a boost online?

There are many reasons to list your business on some of the better Australian business directories including:

Better Online Exposure
Improved Local SEO by building Local Citations
More Backlinks to your website
Being listed on their API’s

There are hundreds of business directory services but you don’t need to list on all of them (and you shouldn’t). Concentrate on listing on these top Australian business directories and also list on the top niche services for your industry.

One way to find online services is to do a search for 3 or more of your direct competitors and make a note of the sites where they are listed. You should list your business on any of the services where your competitors are listed but you are not, if you don’t you are letting searchers on those sites go directly to your competitors.

While there are many posts online listing Australian business directories many are out of date. at myPresences we monitor thousands of online services worldwide.

Services are ranked by Domain Authority . This is a score out of 100 indicating how well a website might rank in search results and is a good indication of how popular the service is.

Services with a high domain authority can also give your domain an SEO boost if your listing links to your website and they provide a follow link.

To add your business click on Add Link or click on Our Profile to find out more about each business directory.

This list was last updated in November 2024.

Free Australian Business Directories

1. Google Business Profile

Google Business Profile is the local listing service from Google and is one of the most important places for a small business to list online. It used to be called Google My Business and was rebranded in late 2021.

If your business isn’t listed on Google Business Profile then go create a listing there right now by clicking the Add Link below.

Your business must have a listing on Google Business Profile!. I am not joking please get listed if you are not.

Your Google Business Profile listing summary will appear directly in the search results when your customers search for your business in the Google Knowledge Panel. So make sure the information is accurate as this is what most people will find when they look for your business.

Google Business Profile is an extremely important place to get online reviews. Reviews will help your business rank better in google search and local search and help you get into the very important local 3 pack which appears at the top of search when people search for businesses of a certain type in your area.

Website	https://www.google.com/business/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/google-maps/
Add Link	https://www.google.com/business/
Domain Authority	91 (November 2024) 100 (no change from september 2021)
Australian Rank	1
Twitter Followers	81790
Facebook Likes	40395
API	Yes. Used by thousands of websites and apps.
Reviews	Yes.
Photos\Videos	Yes.
Posts	Yes.

2. Truelocal

Truelocal is part of the Thryv network and was created in 2006 and later acquired by Sensis and finally by Thryv.

Website	https://www.truelocal.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/truelocal-australia/
Add Link	https://www.truelocal.com.au/submit-business/signup.do
Claims	1.1m searches each month (July 2017) 3.1m Aussie visits each month (August 2017)
Domain Authority	56 (November 2024) 83 (June 2022) 82 (November 2021) 73 (2020)
Twitter Followers	4891
Facebook Likes	49406
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.
Photos\Videos	Yes.
Posts	No.

3. Yellowpages Australia

Yellowpages is part of the Thryv network that also includes Truelocal, WhitePages and Whereis and used to be owned by Sensis. While it is no longer important to be listed in the physical yellow pages it is important to have a presence on their online network. Having a listing on Yellowpages will also help your business get listed on other websites in the network and will help you get listed on the Sensis API which is used by app developers to list local business in their apps.

Website	https://www.yellowpages.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/yellowpages-australia/
Add Link	https://freead.yellow.com.au/signup
Claims	6.5 million site visits each month (July 2018)
Domain Authority	57 (November 2024) 56 (June 2022) 57 (November 2021) 76 (2020)
Australian Rank	419
Twitter Followers	5857
Facebook Likes	43168
API	Yes
Reviews	Yes.

4. Yelp Australia

Yelp Australia is the Australian site for one of the world’s biggest business directories. Your business can also have reviews on Yelp and it’s mobile app is used by millions of people worldwide to find local businesses.

It is very important your business is listed on yelp and you start generating ratings and reviews on Yelp.

Website	https://www.yelp.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/yelp/
Add Link	https://business.yelp.com/
Domain Authority	yelp.com.au 54 (November 2024) 54 (November 2021) 65 (202)
Australian Rank	635
Twitter Followers	114718
Facebook Likes	260
API	Yes. But only after you have had a review.
Reviews	Yes.

5. Hotfrog

Hotfrog is an international business directory based in Australia and available in 38 countries worldwide.

Since it was created in 2005, it has over 120 million businesses listed worldwide.

Website	www.hotfrog.com.au
Our Profile	www.mypresences.com/service/hotfrog/
Add Link	www.hotfrog.com/add
Claims	2.7 million people per month (July 2018) 431000 enquiries to business per month (July 2018) 120 million businesses listed (July 2018)
Domain Authority	hotfrog.com.au 48 (November 2024) 50 (November 2021) 51 (July 2021) 65 (July 2018)
Australian Alexa Rank	4830 (July 2021) 13527 (July 2018)
Twitter Followers	5654
Facebook Likes	13333 (July 2021) 12776 (July 2018)
API	Yes.
Reviews	Yes.

6. StartLocal

StartLocal is a directory for local businesses to list on and promote their business and is also focused on helping consumers find the best deals. When you list your business on StartLocal also be sure to post any deals and specials you are running.

Website	https://www.startlocal.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/startlocal-australia/
Add Link	https://www.startlocal.com.au/get-listed.html
Claims	7 million visitors a year (July 2018)
Domain Authority	48 (November 2024) 48 (November 2021) 60 (2020)
Australian Alexa Rank	13481
Twitter Followers	1646
Facebook Likes	2145
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.

7. Local Search

LocalSearch is primarily focused on regional areas around Australia. If you are a regional business then it is important to be listed in one of their many regional and hyper local directories.

Website	https://www.localsearch.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/local-search/
Add Link	https://www.localsearch.com.au/
Domain Authority	62 (November 2024) 42 (November 2021) 58 (2020)
Australian Alexa Rank	2667
Twitter Followers	855
Facebook Likes	7205
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.

8. Word Of Mouth

Word of mouth is primarily a reviews site that is now owned by OneFlare.

Website	https://www.wordofmouth.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/womo/
Add Link	https://www.wordofmouth.com.au/users/new_with_business
Claims	588977 Customer Reviews (July 2018)
Domain Authority	57 (November 2024) 40 (June 2022) 39 (November 2021) 51 (2020)
Australian Alexa Rank	5718
Twitter Followers	2583
Facebook Likes	18782
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.

9. DLook

Dlook is an Australian business directory listing over 1.7 million businesses.

Website	https://www.dlook.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/dlookcomau/
Add Link	https://www.dlook.com.au/signup/signup-step1.php
Claims	1.7 millions businesses (July 2018)
Domain Authority	39 (November 2024) 39 (November 2021) 39 (July 2021) 61 (July 2018)
Australian Alexa Rank	20750
Twitter Followers	441
Facebook Likes	2013
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.

10. Aussieweb

Aussieweb is one of Australia’s oldest business directory sites, established in 1996 and based in Brisbane.

Website	https://www.aussieweb.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/aussieweb/
Add Link	https://mylisting.aussieweb.com.au/add-listing.aspx
Domain Authority	30 (November 2024) 30 (November 2021) 50 (2020)
Australian Alexa Rank	15842
Twitter Followers	46
Facebook Likes	3390
API	No.
Reviews	No.

11. Purelocal

Purelocal is an Australian based business directory.

Website	https://www.purelocal.com.au/
Our Profile	https://www.mypresences.com/service/pure-local/
Add Link	https://www.purelocal.com.au/checkout/9
Domain Authority	30 (November 2024) 31 (June 2022) 30 (November 2021)
Australian Alexa Rank	143900
Twitter Followers	31490
Facebook Likes	24
API	No.
Reviews	Yes.

Getting listed on these services is a great start. Then you need to make each of your listings as compelling as possible so when consumers find your business they are likely to click through to your website or call.

Take advantage of every part of the profile you can. Add photos and videos, create a comprehensive description of your business, add your products or services and your specials. Creating better profiles may also help you rank better on each service.

If the service supports ratings and reviews let your clients know they can rate and review you on these profiles. Having great social proof on your profiles may be the difference between a customer coming to your business rather than your competitor.

myPresences is a service to help you list your business on 100’s of online services such as social media, business directories, reviews sites and more and then continue to grow your online presence and reputation on each service.

Try a free 14 day trial at https://app.mypresences.com/signup/ and see how you are listed on these directories and more in under 10 minutes.

To find hundreds of other online services to promote your business, try or free online services explorer.

Google Business Profile Management

Paul Gordon — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 03:22:28 +0000

For many of you with local businesses your Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) is your most valuable online asset.

Even more valuable than your website.

This is what people see on the right when they search for your business on Google. The quality of your profile has a big impact on whether your business will rank when people search for businesses like yours.

If you search online you’ll find lots of advice on why optimizing your Google Business Profile is incredibly important. And a lot of people who will tell you they are gurus on getting the most from your profile.

Typical advice includes:

Optimize your listing and include as much information as you can
Set your Primary category correctly and set all your applicable categories
Get regular new natural reviews
Maintain a rating at least in the low to mid fours
Reply to your reviews
Post good content to your profile regularly
Answer questions posted by customers on your profile
Add your products and services

The good news is Google Business Profile management is now included with myPresences on all plans.

Even better, our multi location and agency features allow you to manage multiple profiles from one place with ease. It’s never been quicker and easier to manage multiple Google Business Profiles!

Let’s dive into the new features.

Profile status

We now let you know the status of your profile, and when it changes, we alert you on the timeline.

Google has been known to suspend profiles or put them in review for legitimate changes! Now when any of your locations are not fully claimed you will be alerted and can see it one place which of your locations are affected.

Some of things that may happen to your profiles include:

Suspension
Disabling (the above screenshot shows 2 disabled profiles)
Notices that profile quality does not meet guidelines
Being placed in review
Profile ownership disputes

If any of your locations are affected we provide help to get it resolved directly in the interface.

Verification

Before you can take full control of a profile you need to be verified. This verification process involves contacting you at the business to verify ownership.

This commonly involves:

A postcard sent to your business address with verification steps
An automated phone call or sms
An email to your business address

myPresences now supports this verification process and will:

Show you which verification options are available.
Allow you to initiate the most appropriate verification process.

Once you have started verification we will update you on your profiles status.

Photo & Video Management

You can see all of the photos and videos on your Google Business Profile in one place. This is a great way to see if you are representing the business well. Do you have old photos or videos? Can some be replaced with better ones? Do you have bad quality and low resolution images?

With myPresences quickly and easily upload new ones and manage the existing ones.

The best part! Because we have access to every photo and video you have used online you can use them to quickly upload new images from your library. No having to find images and upload them from your device.

Question and Answer Management

When people post questions on your Google Business Profile you will be notified in myPresences and you can answer them directly through the interface.

You can also add your own questions and answer s to seed common questions that people ask about your business.

Posts Management

See all your past posts in one place and easily create new posts. Ensure you’re posting to your Google Business Profile regularly with good content.

Reviews Management

See all your reviews together and quickly and easily reply to google reviews. This also includes reviews that have been removed from google so this is a great way to see those reviews google has decided to remove from publication on your profiles.

Profile Performance

Check how your profiles are performing in seconds. See all your most important profile KPI’s in one place and optimize your profile to keep them improving.

Agency and Multi location

Now that Google Business Profile has a dedicated place in myPresences, make the page available to your clients or region managers so they can quickly and easily see how their pages are performing and manage their pages.

With multi location groups you can give regions the ability to manage their pages only and see how they compare. Select a location to work on that location.

Try Google Business Profile management in myPresences today with our 14 day free trial. or book a demo to see it in action.