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Top Citation Sites for Hotels

Top Citation Sites for Hotels

The hotel industry is incredibly competitive, so you’ll naturally want to take every opportunity to stand out. These days, most people will look online when they want to book a hotel room and this is why having a powerful search engine optimization (SEO) plan in place is essential.

Building citations on business listing sites is foundational to an effective SEO strategy and this is a process you can easily undertake yourself.

Although building citations isn’t a complicated task, it does pay to know which listing sites you should focus your efforts on. That’s why we’ve created the following table of key information, including which sites are free to use, which ones you’ll have to pay for, and which sites operate in the country or countries where your hotel business is located.

Below the niche list, we’ve also gathered the top general citation sites that most businesses should try to get listed on.

Please note: Local citation sites listed here aren’t necessarily ones we can submit to using Citation Builder. Click here for more information.

Top Business Listing Sites for Hotels

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityCountryFree / Paid
booking.com94USAFree
tripadvisor.com93ALLFree
expedia.com - Properties90ALLFree
expedia.com - Travel Agents90ALLFree
ycs.agoda.com87ALLPaid
hostelworld.com79ALLFree
hotelscombined.com76ALLPaid
orbitz.com71ALLPaid
hotelplanner.com69AUS, CAN, USAFree
bbonline.com58USAPaid
budgetplaces.com56UKFree
bnbfinder.com55USA, CANPaid
allstays.com54USAFree
campendium.com51USAFree
hotelstravel.com48ALLPaid
hotelguide.net44ALLFree
kayak.com44USAFree
lodging-world.com43ALLFree
bedandbreakfasts.co.uk42UKPaid
campinginontario.ca38CANPaid
hotel-ami.us38ALLFree
hotelspeak.com36USAFree
bedandbreakfastsearcher.co.uk33UKFree
web-max.ca33CANFree
fullrangecamping.com.au30AUSFree / Paid
usatourism.com30USAFree
traveltourismdirectory.com29USAReciprocal / Paid
camping-directory.uk27UKPaid
hotelbeam.com24USAFree / Paid
easybedandbreakfasts.co.uk20UKFree
hotelaccommodationuk.co.uk17UKPaid
bnbcompass.com.au16AUSFree / Paid
pillowfinder.com14USAPaid
ukbedandbreakfasts.co.uk14UKFree
bedandbreakfastlocally.co.uk12UKReciprocal / Paid
metromanager.com11USA, UKFree

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Top General Citation Sites

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityFree / Paid
Google Business Profile100Free
Apple Business Connect99Free
Facebook96Free
Bing Places94Free
Yelp93Free
Foursquare92Free / Paid
Snapchat92Free
Waze92Paid
Here Maps86Free
NextDoor (Country Variants)84Free
TomTom83Free
APSense80Free
JustLanded76Free / Paid
AiLoQ69Free / Paid
Kompass (Country Variants)69Free
ProvenExpert64Free
BrownBook62Free
StoreBoard62Free / Paid
The Dots62Free
Infobel59Free / Paid
ReleaseWire58Free
HotFrog (Country Variants)57Free
TrepUp57Free
Tupalo57Free
Cybo56Free
CallUpContact55Free
BOTW (Best of the Web)55Free / Paid
TwidLoo54Free / Paid
Tech Directory54Free / Paid
Yellow.Place54Free
YPLocal.us53Free / Paid
ShowMeLocal53Free / Paid
Start Us53Free
Navmii52Paid
EnrollBusiness (Country Variants)51Free
Global Catalog51Free
Find It50Free
LinkCentre49Free / Paid
2FindLocal47Free / Reciprocal
Place12347Free
Yocale46Free
AGreaterTown45Free
Travelful45Free
WhoDoYou44Free
iGlobal.co43Free / Paid
SIC Code41Free
Teleadreson40Free
Fyple (Country Variants)39Free
Cylex (Country Variants)33Free
Opendi (Country Variants)30Free

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Rada Daktina
About the author
Rada works tirelessly to manage BrightLocal's Citation Builder product. She oversees the processes and queries related to the campaigns, works closely with the Research team on the continuous upkeep of our citations database, and with our Product team on the improvements and fixes to the Citation Builder tool itself.