Comments on: 10 Best Free Places to List Your Dental Practice Website Online

By: Cory Kemp

Cory Kemp — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:50:06 +0000

Hi Julie, Thanks for your comment. Switchboard.com is definitely a good free resource. Here’s the link to the free submission page: http://advertising.superpages.com/spportal/freelisting2.do. Also, I believe I omitted CitySearch because it doesn’t appear as though they’re offering a free option at this time. If they have re-instated it, please let me know.

Finally, I think you may have seen AmericaSmiles on a different post of mine. You’re right, they are not free.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:58:27 +0000

Two more that I don’t think have been listed are Switchboard and CitySearch. I don’t believe AmericaSmiles which is listed above is actually free. We were required to use a certain lab and/or pay for a listing. It appears to be free until you get a little further into the registration process.

By: Cory Kemp

Cory Kemp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:59 +0000

@craig Thanks for the follow-up. I agree that niche directories provide more context. As you know, this is beneficial from an SEO standpoint. It certainly doesn’t hurt to submit your site to such directories, and in some cases can be quite helpful.

As long as we look at niche directory listings as a supplement to listings in Google Local Business Center, Yahoo Local, Bing Local Listing Center, et al., then I think we’re on the right track. I say this because patients seeking a new dentist are not as likely to use niche directories to find a dentist as they are to search for a dentist using a local search query on Google for instance.

Again, from an SEO standpoint, however, I absolutely agree with you. Thanks very much for your insightful comments, and I appreciate the heads up with the commenting issues you’ve experienced. I’ll look into it. Thanks!

By: Craig Rentmeester

Craig Rentmeester — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:46:19 +0000

Also, I find it difficult to comment on this blog. Every time I write something and click to edit it, it disappears. I’m not sure what the issue is. I’m rocking a PC, with XP and Firefox 3.0.15.

I just thought I’d give you a heads up, because it may affecting visitor engagement. Other than that, I love the look, and the content is good from what I’ve seen so far.

By: Craig Rentmeester

Craig Rentmeester — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:41:46 +0000

Hi Cory,

I agree with you mostly. The thing I like about niche directories is that they provide more context. Also, they usually have more specific categories and opportunities for one-way links with customized anchor text.

I don’t work in dental marketing, but a couple directories I found through quick searches are below.

http://www.onlinedentaldirectory.org/dentists/reg.php – Site has a PageRank of 3

http://www.americasmiles.com/dentist-signup.php – Site has a PageRank of 3

Then, there’s obviously the ADA, as well. To that end, there are probably local association directories related to the dental/medical field that may be worthwhile options as well, depending on where the business is located.

Thanks,
Craig

By: Cory Kemp

Cory Kemp — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:05:35 +0000

@craig, thanks for adding a few good local directories to the list. In my experience, niche-specific dental directories are often low quality, and buried in the search results. That being said, there are probably a few out there that can give your site a boost. Do you know of any by chance?

By: Craig Rentmeester

Craig Rentmeester — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:18 +0000

Hi Cory,

I have a list of 18 free, general directories for local businesses on my blog.

http://bit.ly/381BqZ

I would recommend doing a simple search of “dentist directory”, “dentist submit” “dentist listings” to find industry-specific directories, too.

Thanks,
Craig

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