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What do you do when your vehicle needs repair and you aren’t near your mechanic? Or you don’t have a mechanic? Who can you trust not to overcharge? How do you know if a business is trustworthy and competent? Would you feel better with a personal recommendation?

That is what online reviews are: personal recommendations by people just like you or me. The more reviews you can read, the better feel you can get for who to hire, where to shop, and what to do - especially in an emergency or when traveling in unfamiliar areas. Here’s how you can do that anywhere, any time… Read more…

Each Local Listing site requests similar but slightly different information. The following form is a compilation of all of the data required when listing your business or Web site on the Local Listing sites listed.  You can use this form to gather your own information. Feel free to print this out and share it with others.  Read more…

You don’t have to operate what Internet Marketers refer to as a “brick and mortar business” to benefit from local directory listings. Every business - whether it operates entirely online, has one or more physical stores, or serves a limited geographic area - would be well-advised to obtain as many incoming links from quality local listing directories as possible.

This is true even if none of your target audience buys from you locally! Here are seven excellent reasons to immediately start requesting listings - whether you sell locally or not: Read more…

If you do not have accurate information on your Web site or business at each of the major Local Search directories, you are missing out on increasing your business at zero cost to you. There is no cost to request listings and - more importantly - there are NO RECURRING FEES! Every day you delay requesting your listings is a day you’re missing out on potential clients.

If you are busy running your business or have no desire to learn how to do this yourself, we will be providing this service. For details and flat rate costs any time simply click on Special Offer for Local Businesses in the right column under Pages.

If you prefer to do it yourself we’ve provided instructions and links to guide you in submitting your business to local search engines. Read more…

Ready to help your potential visitors find you? Go to each of these FREE Local Search Engine Web sites and fill out the submission form. If you run into difficulty you can ask questions using the comment form below any post in this blog. Answers will be provided asap. Step-by-step instructions for submitting to each site will be provided Read more…

If your business operates exclusively or primarily in a limited geographic area (city, county or other defined area), ensure you can be found in all the major local search sites. If you run paid yellow pages ads offline, you may already be listed; however, your listing may be outdated and definitely will not contain all of the details you can list at no charge.

These are the best known high traffic general directories: Read more…