Adding your website to local search directories
will help you get noticed by searchers in your local area. Those same people who search the Internet looking for a new place to eat, place to shop or what camp is best for the kids. Will you be found?
Add Your Business to Local Searches
I did all the work, so you don’t have to.
Google Local Listings Submission
Yahoo Local Listings Submission
Bing Local Listings Submission
I see submission services out there charging $39-$109 every day. Save yourself money. This is all you need to know.
List of places to add your business listing to help improve local search rankings.
I went and jumped ahead, providing links to the actual signup pages for most. I think they are all free but not completely positive. If they are free, these services may not be free by the time you read this article so read and research.
Yelp
YellowPages
SuperPages
HotFrog
WhitePages
CitySearch
MerchantCircle
SEOWebHelp (that’s right – go to this link and introduce yourself and business)
France -
PagesJaunes
Germany -
Qype.com
United Kingdom -
Qype.co.uk
Yell
Well, that was more research than I wanted to do today. 
This article was by SEOWebHelp.com
I second what John has said, BrownBook does bring an okay trickle of traffic to my site.
Karl
That list is missing an important free local search directory that performs really well in Google searches! http://www.brownbook.net. It’s also global (in 240 countries) and it even has a field for your Twitter account as well as blog, VoIP and IM!
Hi John!
I never heard of brownbook but will definitely check it out.
Thanks for the addition!
List of Local Search Submission Directories http://su.pr/18evcm