Rely on Internet Local Search to Bolster Your Yellow Page
Directory Category
Copyright 2006 Off the Page
The Internet can promote your services in unlimited relevant
areas that buyers are looking for
Even when they both have a website, a service business (like
window blinds) has to use the Internet differently than an
online business does. For example, a chiropractor needs to
provide different information a trucking firm, to supply what
customers search for. While they both can benefit from Local
Search exposure, what information they need to provide about
themselves varies greatly.
Break down the limitations imposed by category thinking
We've been trained by the Yellow Page directory to look for a
business within its primary category section. But Local Search
allows a person to find what they want under many more
descriptive terms. They can search for a sub-category, rather
than a generic listing like "contractor". They're able to find a
narrowly-defined specific service or product - if a business has
said that they offer it.
To be listed in the Directory, a business pays for each category
where it appears. But a website has no such limitations. It can
show numerous specific offerings - like Dog Training, Dog
Nutrition, Dog Books, Dog Toys, etc. And it can promote each
area to different buyers.
So your business benefits from showing up in Local Search
results as many ways as possible. Go out of your way identify
such specific, narrow topics. You might find yourself without
any competition in such search results.
Studies show that people who search with specific terms are more
motivated, and likely to buy "Minolta camera"