Hi , I am jhon .........I want to know Why Local directory is needed ? Any one else how give me this answer ...........
It can much help to you for promote targeted your country, If i have domain related with finance and my targeted area is UK then I'll prefer to get link from finance site and looking UK related domain like example.co.uk it can more boost to my site for get ranking on Google.co.uk
Why waste time and money on marketing to those that are not interested in your products and services? You want to focus all of your marketing resources on prospects that you can convert into buyers. Focusing locally is crucial for anyone that is selling products & services that only appeal to certain markets.
Your local audience must be targeted first. But, then in order to optimize your website and improve its rank of Search Engines, you can follow global directories as well.
ya local listing good for website bcz some time visitor can search local wise like loos diamond in California, so u did not submitted in LOCAL search so u will not get result.
local listing is always helpful..................you can get your local listing in google for your city and other business directory locally.................like b2b directory to get higher rankings in local search engines.................and one thing if you have a domain with the extension of your desired region...............it will help you a lot