A few tips for you.
Get links from local directories.
Get links from review sites.
Place the address and post code on your web pages.
and I'm assuming you've already completed the first step - submitting your details to Google Local, and registering with them.
Yahoo Site Explorer is good enough for most sites. Just remember you can filter the results (e.g remove your own backlinks, or site-wide links from just a few domains) first before doing the search. You can also get details from specific linking domains or look for specific anchor text. It's all...
The best tip of all is to outsource directory submissions. Use a reliable service (most are very cheap). Directory submissions is pretty low-tech as far as SEO strategies go, but can still be worthwhile. It's a numbers game of course.
It's not difficult to add links to wikipedia. the problem is getting them to stick, as some have said already. Trick is to create a page on your site of real value to the topic in discussion (that usually means a non-commercial page of interest). You can also add links to commercial sites, but...
Just watch the Google SERPS when there's some big event taking place (like UK general election). They're full of Twitter updates, continually changing, and scrolling down the screen !
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