RSSLocal Search Marketplace
By Daya Baran at April 27, 2007 0 Comments
Local.com has launched “Local Promote” a service for small businesses.
The service allows small businesses to establish a Web presence with a landing page on Local.com, in addition to various distribution, pay-per-click and featured placement options.
The free basic version includes the ability for businesses to post and update business name, description and contact info. This will make it easier for lots of small business to form a Web presence.
Local.com is one of several companies along with Google Maps, Krillion, Gruuve and others that are enabling the “Webification” of the the local search marketplace. These services enable local business to establish a web presence easily and essentially expand the addressable market of online advertisers.
Once there, they are hoped to evolve into paid marketers, whether that be a subscription service like Local Promote, featured placement or paid search on Google.
Tags: Local Search, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Tools, Vertical Search
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