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directory links are still a very much required part of the deal for major directories to say the least. Sure, a lot of them do not pass any link juice or Google may discount a lot of those links in its ranking factors, but you just want to be present where people actually check and where data aggregators grab their source data from.There has to be a reason why Moz local still is as service that charges people for exactly these "directory" listings...

Hi there. If you google your query - http://bfy.tw/7rNu, you'll see there is quite a bit of advise on MOZ forum. Overall it comes down to expanding content for national arena, at the same time making sure that you do not remove much content, which makes website rank locally.