BrightLocal’s Citation Builder service has been nurtured over the years to provide you with the best, most efficient service. However, while we’d love to achieve world domination, expanding our product to include all available citation sites takes time.
In the meantime, we’re able to offer the next best thing—a comprehensive list of free international citation sites covering nearly 200 countries.
What Are International Citations?
International citations are from sites and mapping services that cater to business listings across multiple countries.
There are multiple national or local citation sites that cover one to two countries (e.g. the USA and Canada), but there aren’t as many sites available with global coverage.
Finding the best business listings sites for worldwide citations is important as part of a well-rounded SEO strategy. Being featured on these free citation sites can help to enhance how trusted a business is across the web and to boost brand visibility.
31% of top 10 organic results for the average local search are business directories
Top Free International Citation Sites
| Citation Site | Domain Authority | General / Niche |
|---|---|---|
| Google Business Profile | 100 | General |
| Apple Business Connect | 99 | General |
| 99 | General | |
| 96 | General | |
| 94 | General | |
| YELP (Country Variants) | 93 | General |
| TripAdvisor | 93 | Niche |
| Trustpilot | 93 | General |
| Bing Maps | 93 | General |
| Foursquare | 92 | General |
| OpenStreetMap | 90 | General |
| Houzz (Country Variants) | 89 | Niche |
| Here | 86 | General |
| HappyCow | 86 | Niche |
| Hostelworld | 83 | Niche |
| Nextdoor (Country Variants) | 83 | General |
| AAO | 82 | Niche |
| TomTom | 81 | General |
| Local Yahoo | 77 | General |
| ThomasNet | 77 | Niche |
| RateBeer | 76 | Niche |
| Apsense | 75 | General |
| Just Landed | 75 | General |
| BatchGeo | 72 | General |
| Best Plumbers | 70 | Niche |
| Lodging World | 70 | Niche |
| Ailoq | 69 | General |
| Hotfrog (Country Variants) | 69 | General |
| ProvenExpert | 67 | General |
| Zeemaps | 67 | General |
| HG.org | 66 | Niche |
| Dexigner | 65 | Niche |
| ResellerRatings | 64 | Niche |
| Storeboard | 64 | General |
| Brownbook | 64 | General |
| RateMDs | 63 | Niche |
| The Dots | 62 | General |
| Cylex (Country Variants) | 59 | General |
| Tupalo | 59 | General |
| Private School Review | 59 | Niche |
| Infobel | 58 | General |
| Bark | 58 | General |
| Alternative Health Directory | 58 | Niche |
| Cybo | 58 | General |
| BizPages | 58 | General |
| Kompass (Country Variants) | 58 | General |
| OneWed | 57 | Niche |
| TrepUp | 57 | General |
| YPLocal | 55 | General |
| Link Centre | 50 | General |
Countries Covered by the Citation Sites on This List
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, C̫te d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, North Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, South Korea, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Tanzania, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United States of America, United Kingdom.