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Posted 291 days ago ago by John Clark  0 Comments
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You simply want to be found when people are looking for you, right? It's good if they find your website but the hub needs to have many spokes leading people to you and your information.
Here are a couple of quick reminders of the resources that you have at your disposal you should be taking advantage of. You don't always need a web maven to do some of this simple stuff. You just need to have the time to get it done.
This is where Local Listings come into play and listing sites that are well ranked by the search engines. You need to be there and your listing information needs to be checked and corrected.
We all should know about
Google Places and
Bing Local, but that is not the end of it. The graphic to the right show some additional ones everyone should consider. There are also numerous sites for niche markets like Urbanspoon for restaurants.
When you find and claim your business on these sites you will normally be asked to verify that you are the owner and that your information is correct. This will be done by their phone robot. It will call you and give a a 4-6 digit number code. You then take that code and plug it into the website form.
This is all pretty simple yet a bit time consuming and your receptionist should be prepared to be peppered with these calls. This makes it slightly difficult for your web developer to do for you as we usually have to hang on the line with her during the process. Easier if you just take a few minutes and go to work.
Note also that some of these sites are not that intuitive when looking for the ability to edit your business.
MapQuest.com makes it easy as on the left hand side you will see:
Get your business listed on MapQuest. You then have to log in and run through the hoops. Others are not quite so nice.
Have any other sites to suggest I missed? Something specific for your niche? I'd love to hear about it.
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