Originally Posted by europa
Despite many things people say about reviews, etc., all you need is links from third party sites using the search term you desire to rank for and you will eventually outrank even the A listing. The links don't even have to come from your local geography. Links, links and links get you to top of local just the same as it gets you to top of organic. Unilke a lot of articles out there where people state theory, I've done this with at least ten different sites and it works better than any other method. So much so that I don't bother with all of the other methods.
Europa, are you stating that links with the company name will bring you to the top or links with a title that matches your local listings title or links with your sites targeted keyterms, with no local reference? Just want to make sure I'm understanding this.