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Well, you’re in luck, Fazzle’s fabulous formula for forging formidable citations is next! Building citations is a process. Trust this process. Systemize and compartmentalize. That’s the key to growing a business, keeping your sanity, and, well, growing your website. It is boring, tedious, and quite honestly a pain in the ass. However, Fazzle’s system will get you noticed.

The next step is usually outreach campaigns which are a total pain in the ass. However, I have found in noncompetitive areas – and even some moderately competitive – this will get you into the three pack! (You're welcome)

These steps are all you really need for search terms in moderately competitive areas. If you want to dip your toes into areas like Miami or New York City, you will have to up your game. When it comes to building citations, all you need to do is follow the system below. Keep the growth natural. No more than 20 – 30 a month.

I’ve taken great pain and spent countless hours scouring the web for potential link sources. Literally, great pain. Many, many backaches, and stiff necks. I use the following signals to decide whether to include them in the list:

Note: if you want only the best of the best utilize only websites that have a high domain authority with a trust follow that is at least half of the correlated citation follow. Also, this list was last updated July, 2022. Websites are always changing! If this list is out of date, verify the various quality signals before creating your links! You will find that what is good and what is bad is in constant flux on the Internet. I will do my best to keep it updated (if it looks like people are using it).

On that note, if you like this or have found it useful feel free to bookmark the page, link to it, and drop me an email at: yourock [at] fazzle.com.


		Critical Listing Positioning & Monitoring Services
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
1	Google (Account)
2	Google (Business Page)
3	Google (Webmaster Tools)
4	Google (Analytics)
5	Bing (Business Page)
6	Bing (Webmaster Tools)
7	Apple Maps/Siri
8	Facebook (Account)
9	Facebook (Business Page)


		Search Engines
	Domain	Note (Tread Lightly, may skip this)	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
10	blog-search.com							60
11	anoox.com							776
12	gigablast.com							566
13	exactseek.com							1,420
14	activesearchresults.com							553
15	entireweb.com							3,670


		Core Aggregators
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
16	foursquare.com	Factual	92	78	78	65
17	neustarlocaleze.biz (localeze)	Localeze	47	47	30	44
18	expressupdate.com	Express Update, Info USA	33	42	20	28


		Secondary Aggregators
(Secondary Aggregators)	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
19	superpages.com	Same as YP, Dexknows.com	70	61	65	58
20	local.com		68	58	34	31
21	elocal.com		65	51	36	70
22	ezlocal.com		57	59	25	48
23	us.centralindex.com		57	39	17	31
24	callupcontact.com		51	55	22	28
25	cylex.us.com		45	50	16	9


		Social Networks
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
26	linkedin.com		99	97	97	94	0.97	568,000,000
27	myspace.com		94	82	75	70	0.93	4,510,000
28	pinterest.com		94	97	94	89	0.95	308,000,000
29	twitter.com		94	100	100	100	1.00	1,680,000,000
30	instagram.com		93	100	98	98	1.00	247,000,000
31	plurk.com		88	72	37	49	1.32	2,710,000
32	merchantcircle.com		76	62	31	47	1.52	1,390,000
33	the-dots.com		57	57	32	63	1.97	764,000
34	polywork.com		46	48	29	78	2.69	31,200
35	meetup.com		92	73	83	67	0.81	1,970,000
36	alignable.com		72	56	34	47	1.38	1,980,000
37	flickr.com		92	92	94	79	0.84	34,400,000
38	fonolive.com		43	53	23	41	1.78	135,000
39	bizsugar.com		53	56	55	46	0.84	9,030


		Video & Podcast Networks
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
40	youtube.com		100	100	99	99	1.00	1,520,000,000
41	vimeo.com		96	96	96	81	0.84	7,670,000
42	reverbnation.com	podcast	91	67	68	62	0.91	3,790,000
43	podomatic.com	podcast	85	61	43	49	1.14	376,000


		Blogging Networks
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
44	feedburner.com	Google Blog Feed	95	80	83	77	0.93	17,200
45	medium.com		95	83	82	79	0.96	29,200,000
46	blogger.com		89	84	77	76	0.99	942,000
47	tumblr.com		77	99	90	80	0.89	83,800,000
48	fark.com		74	63	66	48	0.73	119,000
49	livejournal.com		61	67	81	64	0.79	19,800,000


		Map Citations & Data Aggregators
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
50	openstreetmap.org		89	71	83	70	0.84	2,220,000
51	mapcreator.here.com		86	60	22	33	1.50	1,380
52	tomtom.com		78	60	73	55	0.75	141,000
53	zeemaps.com		67	53	28	47	1.68	5,520
54	scribblemaps.com		60	57	30	44	1.47	58,900
55	maphub.net		55	53	31	47	1.52	10,400
56	navmii.com	fee?	52	47	20	38	1.90	4,720
57	mapcustomizer.com	MAPS (no link)	45	44	22	40	1.82	1,380
58	forlocations.com		42	49	9	35	3.89	361,000
59	pininthemap.com		37	47	21	37	1.76	2,450
60	city-map.com		19	37	19	21	1.11	14,600


		Primary Business Listing & Directory Citations
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
61	yelp.com		93	78	76	64	0.84	160,000,000
62	bbb.org		91	71	72	64	0.89	12,700,000
63	patch.com		90	70	49	57	1.16	7,520,000
64	city-data.com		86	63	29	38	1.31	2,580,000
65	directory.dmagazine.com		82	51	42	51	1.21	80,900
66	manta.com		81	62	64	53	0.83	5,710,000
67	allbusiness.com		80	57	34	38	1.12	13,200
68	nextdoor.com		77	68	49	51	1.04	4,390,000
69	thumbtack.com		76	61	61	60	0.98	761,000
70	zoominfo.com		76	59	39	40	1.03	12,000,000
71	dnb.com		75	58	77	68	0.88	12,500,000
72	all.biz		74	57	25	35	1.40	4,740,000
73	wallethub.com		71	64	29	41	1.41	79,100
74	chamberofcommerce.com		61	57	31	51	1.65	4,090,000
75	brownbook.net		61	58	29	51	1.76	12,500
76	lacartes.com		60	55	22	43	1.95	181,000
77	spoke.com		59	55	20	26	1.30	14,500
78	yellowbook.com		58	59	57	46	0.81	1,450,000
79	yellowbot.com		58	56	51	56	1.10	284,000
80	hotfrog.com		58	58	30	40	1.33	306,000
81	ezilon.com		58	54	28	46	1.64	10,600
82	insiderpages.com	Must use expressupdate.com 2mo. Prior to claim business	57	55	29	43	1.48	80,000
83	botw.org		56	59	58	52	0.90	54,700
84	tupalo.com		56	60	19	32	1.68	181,000
85	jasminedirectory.com		55	47	50	42	0.84	3,910
86	ebusinesspages.com		54	57	28	46	1.64	13,500
87	yellow.place		53	54	22	39	1.77	9,940,000
88	woodlandsonline.com		52	48	46	43	0.93	78,600
89	hub.biz		52	55	26	41	1.58	253,000
90	showmelocal.com		52	54	26	42	1.62	5,000,000
91	goodfirms.co		52	52	42	59	1.40	105,000
92	webwiki.com		51	52	29	47	1.62	35,800
93	riabiz.com		51	48	25	45	1.80	15,800
94	tuugo.us		51	54	19	37	1.95	82,900
95	expertise.com		50	56	54	58	1.07	32,000
96	ibegin.com		50	53	35	52	1.49	1,060,000
97	citysquares.com		50	57	29	47	1.62	42,900
98	bubblelife.com		50	52	26	51	1.96	65,300
99	parkbench.com		50	53	18	32	1.78	344,000
100	findglocal.com		50	54	28	24	0.86	6,470,000
101	nibbler.insites.com	AG	49	40	25	59	2.36	19,600
102	loc8nearme.com		49	47	26	40	1.54	18,700,000
103	us.enrollbusiness.com		49	52	23	27	1.17	12,300
104	agreatertown.com		49	53	17	35	2.06	651,000
105	linkcentre.com		48	58	26	45	1.73	4,450
106	2findLocal.com		48	54	31	51	1.65	235,000
107	cityof.com		47	47	52	53	1.02	937,000
108	localstack.com		47	48	27	37	1.37	553,000
109	threebestrated.com		46	57	38	51	1.34	37,500
110	cityfos.com		46	51	19	36	1.89	251,000
111	golocal247.com		45	51	24	44	1.83	931,000


		Secondary Business Listing & Directory Citations
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
112	discoverourtown.com		44	49	46	40	0.87	6,150
113	yellowpagecity.com		44	50	45	41	0.91	251,000
114	ontoplist.com		44	53	31	47	1.52	899
115	a-zbusinessfinder.com		44	50	22	44	2.00	8,740
116	find-us-here.com		44	52	26	46	1.77	41,100
117	whodoyou.com		44	51	17	24	1.41	1,220,000
118	ontoplist.com		43	54	35	47	1.34	1,010
119	finduslocal.com		43	49	43	41	0.95	1,190,000
120	opendi.us		43	50	26	28	1.08	305,000
121	townplanner.com		43	50	17	42	2.47	185,000
122	myhuckleberry.com		42	52	48	37	0.77	5,190
123	topratedlocal.com		42	48	35	46	1.31	180,000
124	fyple.com		42	52	22	41	1.86	39,600
125	topionetworks.com		42	46	19	30	1.58	187,000
126	yalwa.com		42	49	18	20	1.11	10,600
127	localpages.com		42	51	17	48	2.82	4,990
128	jayde.com		41	52	26	41	1.58	2,870
129	vymaps.com		41	52	17	66	3.88	20,400,000
130	wherezit.com		40	51	28	48	1.71	55,100
131	Bizhwy.Com		40	51	19	39	2.05	4,050
132	localdatabase.com		40	48	18	22	1.22	78,500
133	b2byellowpages.com		39	50	44	37	0.84	3,680,000
134	smartguy.com		39	51	21	43	2.05	9,600
135	Biznet-Us.Com		39	46	15	22	1.47	13,600
136	usdirectory.com		38	50	14	23	1.64	37,800
137	contacthelp.com		38	44	10	18	1.80	2,780
138	Zipleaf.Us		36	47	22	43	1.95	1,230
139	promatcher.com		36	45	19	49	2.58	36,200
140	411.info		35	48	41	37	0.90	2,900,000
141	ablocal.com		35	50	16	23	1.44	536,000
142	skaffe.com		34	45	46	37	0.80	2,350
143	sitelike.org		34	52	25	50	2.00	920,000
144	wimgo.com		34	48	20	38	1.90	20,700
145	cloodo.com		34	43	13	32	2.46	2,390
146	citybyapp.com		33	48	19	33	1.74	8,950
147	mylocalservices.com		33	48	14	24	1.71	945,000
148	voteforthebest.com		32	45	14	37	2.64	7,570
149	misterwhat.com		32	44	14	31	2.21	119,000
150	us-business.info		31	50	16	44	2.75	108,000
151	localbiziness.com		31	46	13	38	2.92	10,600
152	whatsyourhours.com		31	46	13	18	1.38	1,570
153	b2bco.com		31	46	12	22	1.83	13,500
154	mastermoz.com		30	51	25	38	1.52	1,070
155	lisnic.com		30	37	13	29	2.23	30,500
156	localstore.net		29	45	10	46	4.60	162,000
157	citiservi.com		29	47	15	32	2.13	40,700
158	searchonamerica.com		28	43	12	16	1.33	141,000
159	localsolution.com		27	41	32	45	1.41	57,000
160	businesslistus.com		26	43	19	21	1.11	3,430
161	infignos.com		26	45	14	29	2.07	1,280
162	gbguides.com		26	45	13	32	2.46	1,800
163	distanthorizon.com		25	36	28	28	1.00	1,250
164	nearfinderus.com		25	46	17	16	0.94	40,500
165	placelookup.net		25	47	15	38	2.53	81,500
166	researchgiant.com		23	43	14	46	3.29	1,130,000
167	linkbyme.com		22	25	11	15	1.36	3,500
168	shopinusa.com		20	47	18	36	2.00	1,560


		Business Review Citations
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
169	trustpilot.com		92	69	75	71	0.95	9,670,000
170	sitejabber.com		76	57	29	43	1.48	94,400
171	pissedconsumer.com		72	55	50	59	1.18	188,000
172	resellerratings.com		65	55	51	48	0.94	41,600
173	reviewcentre.com		65	52	58	54	0.93	91,900
174	trustradius.com		61	54	52	51	0.98	184,000
175	trustlink.org		43	51	29	45	1.55	31,700
176	iformative.com		40	47	17	42	2.47	4,850
177	ratefame.com		28	43	18	29	1.61	3,270
178	crazyrating.com		20	38	9	27	3.00	700,000


		PR Releases
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
179	thomasnet.com		75	58	69	60	0.87	453,000
180	releasewire.com		56	51	51	62	1.22	30,100
181	pr.business		41	54	27	38	1.41	245,000


		Q&A Networks
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
182	quora.com		93	74	43	58	1.35	82,700,000
183	wikihow.com		93	72	53	76	1.43	15,600,000
184	reddit.com		92	88	78	79	1.01	126,000,000
185	answers.com		91	68	74	53	0.72	5,350,000
186	ask.metafilter.com		87	61	38	49	1.29	205,000
187	able2know.org		64	56	31	56	1.81	12,200


		Classified Ad Services
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
188	craigslist.org		89	73	73	63	0.86	6,860,000
189	gumtree.com		84	60	63	46	0.73	8,640,000
190	classifiedads.com		60	57	21	42	2.00	20,800
191	storeboard.com		60	59	22	52	2.36	20,000
192	oodle.com		59	56	25	42	1.68	237,000
193	hoobly.com		56	52	31	41	1.32	142,000
194	salespider.com		51	54	43	42	0.98	219,000
195	pennysaverusa.com		46	50	18	41	2.28	22,300
196	yasabe.com		46	49	22	54	2.45	1,570,000
197	adlandpro.com		45	55	20	35	1.75	14,300
199	usnetads.com		41	53	20	42	2.10	3,900
200	jihoy.com		40	46	14	17	1.21	1,920
201	usaonlineclassifieds.com		38	49	19	38	2.00	1,370


		Presentation, File & DOC Management/Sharing
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
202	github.com	Project File Management	96	92	96	92	0.96	54,400,000
203	slideshare.net	Presentation Sharing	95	75	85	66	0.78	59,200,000
204	speakerdeck.com	Presentation Sharing	85	65	41	58	1.41	183,000
205	authorstream.com	Presentation Sharing	86	61	63	56	0.89	123,000
206	pearltrees.com	Presentation Sharing (Classrooms)	85	64	36	57	1.58	77,800
207	issuu.com	Media Marketing Platform	94	83	79	67	0.85	16,200,000
208	4shared.com	File Sharing	94	74	60	54	0.90	96,600
209	instapaper.com	Save Anything. Read Anywhere.	88	66	33	57	1.73	51,000
210	zotero.org	embed link in profile cv description	82	63	72	56	0.78	113,000
211	calameo.com	Publish Reports	92	65	42	51	1.21	9,970,000
212	justpaste.it	Text Paste & Share	89	65	28	60	2.14	106,000
213	rentry.co	Text Paste & Share	46	54	31	57	1.84	16,400


		Misc. Business Related Profile Links
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
214	discussions.apple.com		100	78
215	social.msdn.microsoft.com		99	73
216	secure.gravatar.com		95	76
217	disqus.com		93	89
218	goodreads.com		93	77
219	ted.com		93	76
220	buzzfeed.com		93	74	57	73	1.28	5,450,000
221	academia.edu		93	72
222	en.community.dell.com		92	62
223	slashdot.org		91	76	64	51	0.80	345,000
224	crunchbase.com		91	68
225	seekingalpha.com		90	71	36	62	1.72	2,350,000
226	canvas.instructure.com		85	65



		Business Related Services
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
227	trello.com	work flow	92	78	75	68	0.91	46,100
228	slack.com	workspace	90	76	68	71	1.04	29,300


		Dashboards & Free Page Builders
	Domain	Note	DA	PA	TF	CF	CF/TF	IDX
229	sites.google.com	free page	97	85	83	75	0.90	25,900,000
230	linktr.ee	nice dashboard	93	73	60	64	1.07	5,670,000
231	about.me	free about page	92	74	45	60	1.33
232	hubpages.com	free pages	91	71	58	70	1.21	195,000
233	strikingly.com	free site	87	66	42	55	1.31
234	bcz.com	free page	76	59	19	42	2.21	9,560
235	carrd.co	free page	74	63	38	55	1.45	332,000
236	about.start.me	nice dashboard	61	46	19	41	2.16	68,400
237	uid.me	nice dashboard	58	57	27	50	1.85	31,600
238	weebly.com	free site	57	64	79	73	0.92
239	webpagedepot.com	free page	29	41	11	29	2.64	8,640

Also, I'm performing a detailed case study of some of my earlier clients. Their websites have been doing extremely well but I noticed they are starting to slip. After a backlink analysis I realized what I fondly referred to as, "unethical scum" have decided to gradually link spammy websites to them.

The process is called negative SEO. Google is pretty good at detecting large volumes of crappy links being maliciously pointed to a domain and will often ignore bombs like that. However, I noticed here a rather insidious slow drip over the last 18 months.

Google's wonderful disavow tool is the first step in cleaning the mess up. I will post informal case studies with notes here of my month-to-month progress and activities so you can see what's involved in reclaiming their former glory. (I hope)

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