Local listing

gandalf · **Local listing -** 19-02-2015, 16:18

Hey

Does anyone ever use local listing services? I know companies like 1&1 have started to push the importance of it, but I've never really used it. My family has a small tailors with an website, so wondering if it's worth it...

inquisitor · 19-02-2015, 23:37

No, and I think these services are a pure rip-off. You can easily enter your business in Google Places and any other directory yourself free of charge, but I don't see the point in using any other as Google is the market leader. Given that you usually won't update the provided information too frequently I don't know why you should subscribe for such a service and pay monthly when they actually submit your data only once in a while. For a catering business it may make sense to also get listed on tripadvisor, yelp and similar sites, but for any other business Google and - if you are ready to maintain social media relations - a Facebook fanpage should do it. In any case I wouldn't pay every single month for a service that spares you a few minutes to do it yourself.

gandalf · 25-02-2015, 15:43

I see, thanks for the info. I guess my uncle wants to do as little as possible to do with computers and the internet, so he probably won't mind paying a little extra :/

ViaksDixit · 24-06-2016, 10:32

I refer to go for manual business listing rather than buying any services

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gandalf (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 13 Join Date: 10 Feb 2015 Country:	Local listing - 19-02-2015, 16:18 Hey Does anyone ever use local listing services? I know companies like 1&1 have started to push the importance of it, but I've never really used it. My family has a small tailors with an website, so wondering if it's worth it...

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	19-02-2015, 23:37 No, and I think these services are a pure rip-off. You can easily enter your business in Google Places and any other directory yourself free of charge, but I don't see the point in using any other as Google is the market leader. Given that you usually won't update the provided information too frequently I don't know why you should subscribe for such a service and pay monthly when they actually submit your data only once in a while. For a catering business it may make sense to also get listed on tripadvisor, yelp and similar sites, but for any other business Google and - if you are ready to maintain social media relations - a Facebook fanpage should do it. In any case I wouldn't pay every single month for a service that spares you a few minutes to do it yourself. terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com

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gandalf (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 13 Join Date: 10 Feb 2015 Country:	25-02-2015, 15:43 I see, thanks for the info. I guess my uncle wants to do as little as possible to do with computers and the internet, so he probably won't mind paying a little extra :/

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ViaksDixit (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 22 Jun 2016 Country:	24-06-2016, 10:32 I refer to go for manual business listing rather than buying any services