Business Listing on the Australian Business Index

Our online business directory is gaining real traction among business owners keen to advertise their businesses and get more customers in an effective manner.

Click here to list your business on the Australian Business Index 

 Because of the success of the directory we're enabling business owners to create a full page to advertise their services as well as providing information about their business and service area. This is currently a free option so it's certainly worth taking advantage of. Click here to get a dedicated business page for your business.

Our mission is quite simple, we connect businesses with customers already looking for their services. Thus far we've been incredibly successful in our efforts. If you'd like some extra information about how we can help your business get more customers please make an inquiry via our website. 

How to find the search volume of keywords

Finding how often searches that relate to your business is an essential step that can be worth so much money because it tells you what your potential customers are looking for. This is a quick guide to show you how you can easily get the search volume of any terms in any location directly from Google.

1. Use the Google Keyword planner (https://adwords.google.com.au/KeywordPlanner)
You will need an account. If you have any Google account you can use that or you can quickly register with any email.

2. Once you're signed in click 'Get search volume data and trends'.

3. Type the keywords or search terms you want to check (1 term per line or separate them with commas).

4. Select your location (if you have a local business that only services Sydney there's no point getting the data for all of Australia).

5. Click 'Get search volume'.

6. You will now get a list of your search terms with their average number of searches each month.

They keyword planner has plenty more features you can go into but even with this basic use it's an extremely valuable free resource for any business owner.

Stuck on ideas for what your customers might be searching? Check out this blog post with some great tips to get as many terms as possible.

The Benefits of Business Directories - Maxfit Projects: Shopffitting & Office Fitouts Gold Coast, Brisbane & Sydney

I’ve recently been working on a website for Maxfit Projects. Maxfit are based in Southport on the Gold Coast and are a top quality shopfitting and office fit out provider.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working on this project as with something like shopfitting it’s essential to showcase your work. Maxfit have had the foresight to build a large portfolio of photos of their work which can be used create a great looking site and also show their talent.

They’ve completed some fantastic fitouts for bars, restaurants, offices and retail stores all over the Gold Coast, in Brisbane and also in Sydney.

Once the hard work of getting the site done attention turns to making sure the site can get found. What I’d like to talk about in this post is the benefit of posting your business to various business directories. Directories are often over looked, because let’s be honest, when people search your business they don’t often visit a range of directories to find you do they? No they don’t. But the value of directories lies in SEO and specifically back linking.

Back linking is a term I use quite regularly and for those of you that are unfamiliar with it, it’s a term that refers to how many other websites link, or point, to your website. This is very, very important because the more websites that link to your website, the more important your website looks to search engines meaning you obtain a higher rating.

Posting your business in online directories is free and easy. Here are some tips to get you started:

• Use the same login details for easy followup.
• Include as much detail as possible in your listing to provide maximize value.
• Change the titles and descriptions to create a unique listing.
• Use a dedicated business email to differentiate between confirmation & marketing emails from personal email.
• You will receive a few phone calls from directories upselling premium listings.
• Check for confirmation emails immediately and after 5 days.
• Most of the information you will provide will be similar so set up a word document with details like your name, email, phone number, website, ABN and description so that you can copy and paste the details instead of retyping them.

Not all business directories are created equal, a back link on a regularly visited website is worth far more that a link from 3 nothing sites. Alexa is a site that ranks the most visited websites all over the world and provides a ranking based on a sites popularity in a specific country. To determine this ranking they use a combination of average daily visitors and page views. 

To get you started here’s a list of the top 20 Australian business directories:

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Business Directory	Alexa Traffic Ranking
www.yellowpages.com.au	124
www.truelocal.com.au	175
www.yelp.com.au	320
www.hotfrog.com.au	802
www.startlocal.com.au	897
www.womo.com.au	1035
www.aussieweb.com.au	1549
dlook.com.au	1947
www.localstore.com.au	2724
www.localbusinessguide.com.au	3504
www.yalwa.com.au	4380
www.localbd.com.au	6262
www.superpages.com.au	8108
www.businesslistings.net.au	8325
www.comeonaussie.com	10062
www.local.com.au	11389
www.yellowbook.com.au	14466
www.raveaboutit.com.au	18720
www.shopseek.com.au	20479
www.companylist.com.au	24902