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Sometimes what a site is offering is not location-specific, and could equally appeal to people in different places. For example, in that particular case it's a site offering tourist accommodations. There can be location-specific search engines and free directories to submit to in places like Australia or Canada, for example. In some cases a local search engine might be used as the search tool for an ISP and be widely used on a local level, though not be well known outside the country. It's probably worth the effort to search some of those out.
You will not believe how beneficial this can be! Local directories, vortals and trade directories are a gold mine. On one of my B2B sites 55% of traffic comes from thoses alone, not to mention the PR boost.
I maintain a little database of these and it is indeed an optional service to offer clients.
I've always thought that subject and business-specific search engines would be a large part of the future of search, particularly in B2B. From time to time, I've searched them out for publicizing client sites, but I've not been particularly successful in developing a good way of locating them. Any thoughts?
Also, a good way to find topical directories is using the "keyword add url" search explained here [webmasterworld.com]. It works very well in Google and if you use a multiengine search aggregator, such as Copernic or the likes, you can pick up additional results. If you are working within a specific non-English country, you could use the country specific sources in Copernic to find more country focused directories.
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