Advertise Your Local Business with Yahoo Local Listing

Sept. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- When the business websites are ready to outdo each other in the race of SEO, internet users have shifted to a new kind of search and that is local business search. Simply put, local search works like your online yellow pages where you will get the details such as address and location of the physical store along with the pictures, videos as well as the deals going on in that store.
For instance, you are looking for a wedding dress, your local business search will not only give the information about the stores selling the wedding gowns, but also will provide the first hand customer reviews. This will help you make the informed buying decisions. You can also get the map and directions for your convenience.  These days, everyone is talking about Google Places which has over 50 million places in its online directory. The strongest competitor of Google Places is Yahoo local listing followed by Bing local listing. The local business search databases of Yahoo local listing is highly structured in order to provide the complete and relevant information to the end user. You can use the same keywords to search for the local business listings.
Yahoo local listing has an edge over Google places because it offers the free account to the businesses. There is no fee to set up your account and you can manage your account 24/7 online.
The local listing includes all the relevant details such as the business hours, store address and website (if any), phone numbers, the products and services etc. You can choose the enhanced listing based on your requirements. An enhanced listing will allow you to give a tagline, complete logo, business descriptions and up to 10 Photos of business. Though, yahoo local listing is comprehensive, yet Google Places have got more users due to the fact that it provides the reviews and ratings of the business along with the listings so that the users can make right decision.
Yahoo local listing is constantly being improved to serve the users as well as the business community better. However, Google Places is adding the business photo shoot feature. This feature allows a physical store to request Google for a free photo shoot depicting the interiors of the store. This is a way to advertise a new store or the store that is not very popular among the customers.
In the due course, Yahoo local listing is expected to beat its rivals Google Places and Bing local listing.  

Website Info:   http://SearchMarketingLocal.net

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