Yahoo! Local wants your business. Your local business listing, that is.
While Yahoo! and Microsoft’s Bing search engines are combining some of their services as part of their recently-announced partnership arrangement, it’s not immediately clear how or if they’ll combine forces when it comes to their Local sites as well. For now, it’s definitely still a good idea to submit your local business to both — and it will only take a couple of minutes of your time, so why not?
Here’s Exactly How To Submit Your Local Business To Yahoo! Local:
- Pull up the Yahoo! Local Business Submission in your web browser.
- Fill in the blank fields with the details of your local business. This includes, your Business Name, Phone Number, Address, City, State, ZIP Code, and of course, your web site’s URL.
- Provide the categories of business that you provide services or products for. You can add several different business categories here, so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity.
- Click on "Additional Information." This will allow you to complete several optional fields regarding your local business.
- If you choose, go ahead and fill in your additional phone numbers, company email address, and fax number.
- Also, if you’d like to share them (especially if you operate a physical store location), go ahead and complete the "Hours of Operation" section. This is optional to include, but providing more accurate information can never hurt!
- Same goes for "Payment Methods Accepted." Providing these details about your business operation will help your customers.
- The Yahoo! Local submission also asks for additional information including the year your business was established, details on your products and services, your specialties, the professional associations your business is associated with, as well as information about the brands you offer. Again, these fields are all optional, but the more accurate information you’re able to provide, the better.
- Once you’ve finished completing all of the information, give it all a good review for accuracy.
- Finally, fill in the verification code provided and Submit your listing.
- That’s all there is to it — Yahoo! will now review your submission and process it accordingly.
The Bottom Line On Submitting To Yahoo! Local…
First of all, it will only take you a few quick minutes to submit your business information to Yahoo! Local. With a time investment this small, it is definitely well worth the time required to complete your business listing request. It’s free as well, so that certainly doesn’t hurt!
Submitting to the local search directories is in many ways like being listed in an online phonebook. Of course, as local search continues to grow and evolve, it’s also becoming clear that it’s going to be a primary platform for mobile search. With literally zero barrier to entry, you’ll absolutely want to be a part of Local search. You can start today by submitting your site to each of the major search engines’ local sites.
Until Next Time.
George Chaney
President/CEO
SEO King, Inc.
