Local Google

Small Businesses are interest but unconvinced

[cyril kearney]

Local merchants and small businesses have felt left out of the Internet dream for a long time. They want to put up sites that will attract people locally.

Their concept is that the success of many types of businesses hinges on their ability to attract people nearby. They cannot attract or service people nationally or internationally.

Small accountants, dentists, plumbers, electricians etc. are turned on by the idea of Local Google and Local Yahoo. However, they see three major failing with these services:

1 - Few people know that these services exist.
2 - The local directory doesn't display the URL of the business.
3 - The apparent inability to maintenance the local database directory.

Has anyone been able to overcome these problems?

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