Why does adding my business to local directories help my SEO?

[thaichacha]

Why does adding my business to local directories help my SEO?

[RH-Calvin]

Adding business to local directories will help to gain more traffic locally and build your business popularity in your area.

[WoodsPainting]

Web directories and SEO. For many years a popular strategy amongst site owners was to simply submit their sites to as many web directories as possible. This was a quick and easy way of getting links. The intention here was to improve search engine visibility and potentially boost rankings.

[PoolMaster]

If you add accurate business information such as Name, Phone No, Postal address on local directories then your business information will be visible to local customer and they might visit to you for purchase services/product.

So through Local directories you can easily turn customer into lead.