Comments on: Google Local – Is your dealer listed? http://www.dealerrefresh.com/google-local-is-your-dealer-listed/ Obstacles, Observations and Opinions of an Automotive Internet Sales Manager Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: directory submission http://www.dealerrefresh.com/google-local-is-your-dealer-listed/comment-page-1/#comment-12735 directory submission Wed, 04 May 2011 09:49:00 +0000 http://dealerrefresh.groovecommerce.com/?p=126#comment-12735 This is nice post here. Google added a few new appearance to its Local Business Center. This is the abode area any business with a concrete area can go to about bulb themselves on Google Maps. This is nice post here. Google added a few new appearance to its Local Business Center. This is the abode area any business with a concrete area can go to about bulb themselves on Google Maps.

]]> By: Umer Farooq http://www.dealerrefresh.com/google-local-is-your-dealer-listed/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Umer Farooq Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:15:06 +0000 http://dealerrefresh.groovecommerce.com/?p=126#comment-367 Jeff, As a DMOZ editor, I can definitely say things have changed. The site inclusion requests are down since the outage and it is perfect time to get your site added for review. It normally takes a while as we have to go through so much spam and users submitting to wrong categories. If you submit to the right category and follow the guidelines your site will get listed. Ya... post on the review topic will be perfect. Thanks for the Yahoo Answers heads up... I was actually thinking about building a tool that a you could add yourself too and it would alert you whenever a review comes up. I wonder if Angie's list will give me access to their backend to plug in. Jeff,

As a DMOZ editor, I can definitely say things have changed. The site inclusion requests are down since the outage and it is perfect time to get your site added for review. It normally takes a while as we have to go through so much spam and users submitting to wrong categories. If you submit to the right category and follow the guidelines your site will get listed.

Ya… post on the review topic will be perfect. Thanks for the Yahoo Answers heads up… I was actually thinking about building a tool that a you could add yourself too and it would alert you whenever a review comes up. I wonder if Angie’s list will give me access to their backend to plug in.

]]> By: Jeff Kershner http://www.dealerrefresh.com/google-local-is-your-dealer-listed/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jeff Kershner Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:33:04 +0000 http://dealerrefresh.groovecommerce.com/?p=126#comment-366 <p>Farooq, <br /> <br /> Thanks for mentioning the other directories. I totally forgot about infoUSA. <br /> <br /> I'll take a second here to also reference to a few key <b> <a href="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/my_weblog/2006/08/get_your_dealer.html" rel="nofollow"> paid directories</a></b> that I posted about a few months ago. <br /> <br /> DMOZ is a pain to get listed on anymore unless things have changed over the last several months. </p> <p>You so right about keeping tabs on your dealer reviews. This is something I do often but never thought about posting about it, hummm!! I'll take that as an idea. You might also want to keep an eye on <b> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">Yahoo Answers</a></b>. People often ask about cars and I have seen a few that are dealer specific. </p> Farooq,

Thanks for mentioning the other directories. I totally forgot about infoUSA.

I’ll take a second here to also reference to a few key


paid directories that I posted about a few months ago.

DMOZ is a pain to get listed on anymore unless things have changed over the last
several months.

You so right about keeping tabs on your dealer reviews. This is something I
do often but never thought about posting about it, hummm!! I’ll take that as an
idea. You might also want to keep an eye on
Yahoo Answers. People often ask about cars and I have seen a few that are
dealer specific.

]]> By: umer farooq http://www.dealerrefresh.com/google-local-is-your-dealer-listed/comment-page-1/#comment-365 umer farooq Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:54:28 +0000 http://dealerrefresh.groovecommerce.com/?p=126#comment-365 The website vendors can't really do this for the dealership as it requires authentication... but if they did not inform you then you should defiantly be asking why not. Also when filling out the profile make sure to choose the right category mix.... for your dealership... you can use the overture keyword tool link at the bottom right of this form... to help you.. Also while you are doing Google spend extra 30 minutes and set your self up on ... MSN, Yahoo, SmartPages, SuppperPages and DMOZ... DMOZ powers Google directory... and is worth it. To cover your self for any future yellow pages like site launches... update your data on InfoUSA and Acxiom... InfoUSA update URL is http://list.infousa.com/dbupdate.htm While we are on topic... add Google alerts for your dealership and keep a tap on your dealership reviews... CitySearch.com, Yahoo Local Reviews, LemonFree.com and etc... take control and shape your own local search reputation. --Farooq. The website vendors can’t really do this for the dealership as it requires authentication… but if they did not inform you then you should defiantly be asking why not.

Also when filling out the profile make sure to choose the right category mix…. for your dealership… you can use the overture keyword tool link at the bottom right of this form… to help you..

Also while you are doing Google spend extra 30 minutes and set your self up on … MSN, Yahoo, SmartPages, SuppperPages and DMOZ… DMOZ powers Google directory… and is worth it.

To cover your self for any future yellow pages like site launches… update your data on InfoUSA and Acxiom… InfoUSA update URL is http://list.infousa.com/dbupdate.htm

While we are on topic… add Google alerts for your dealership and keep a tap on your dealership reviews… CitySearch.com, Yahoo Local Reviews, LemonFree.com and etc… take control and shape your own local search reputation.

–Farooq.

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