Local Search a short look at Yahoo Local and Google Local : Internet Search Engine Articles
Local Search a short look at Yahoo Local and Google Local : Internet Search Engine Articles: "Listings are added to Yahoo's local search by clicking on the link marked, �Add/Edit a Business�. This link opens a fairly straight forward form asking for basic information about a business, including the nature of the submitter's relationship to the business. Right now, it appears that submission to the local search database is free...Businesses wanting to be listed in Google-local are asked to submit their information via email but before they do, they should check to see if they are already in the index. Google-local gets its listings from a number of sources including local Yellow Pages and telephone directories. An interesting feature of the culture at Google is their willingness to help businesses update any out-of-date information carried in print directories they get listings from. For example, if your business moved locations after the most recent telephone directory was published, the information in that directory would be incorrect, as would your listing at Google-local. Google invites businesses to email them any contact information changes (local-listings@google.com) and they will not only update you listing at Google-local, they will also pass the new information to the source that provided them contact info from your area"
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