Local.com is a Local Search Engine, and according to Borrell Associates(Dec 07), it’s the fast growing Local Search Engine on the internet. Searchers go here to look up information about local businesses at the rate of over 10,000,000 unique visitors each month who search a total of 32,000,000 times. While this is not a huge percentage of the local search market, 10,000,000 is a significant number of searchers. You will want them to find you at Local.com.

Local.com claims a database of more than 16,000,000 local listings for enterprises all across the United States and 2 million more in the United Kingdom.  This information is gathered from business-to-business data providers, their partners and by harvesting it through crawling the web. Information is also provided by the merchants themselves and any business can create a free listing or claim and verify their existing listing. Listings can be updated at any time by logging in an making your own changes. This listing is rather basic and includes the address, phone number and a short description.

Local Promote

For a fee (currently about $50) you can enhance your listing by creating a detailed online profile through Local Promote. The web page you create about your business in this program can include your logo, a map and directions, your brands, products, services, specialties, certifications, accreditations, etc. You can also publish special offers, your hours of operation, methods of payment and up to 5 photos.  In addition, your Local Promote listing will appear above the basic listings on Local.com.

If you don’t have a website, your Local Promote profile page can serve as your online presence. Tracking calls resulting from visits to your profile page can also be enabled.

Local Promote also feeds your profile data out to websites, such as Google Maps Yahoo!Local, Superpages and many other places where people search for local business information.

Other Advertising

You may also purchase banner advertising on Local.com in various sizes that can be targeted by geographic location and category, such as Real Estate or Financial Services. An auction style pay per click system places your  ads within the search results, as well.

Business Directory Product

Local Connect allows you to put a local search directory on your website quickly and with no set up cost. It enables you to attract people to your web pages through searches for local business terms and to earn money by selling advertising in your directory and displaying ads provided by Local.com. Many newspapers are placing products like this on their websites.

Contact Information for Local.com

Address: One Technology Drive Building G  Irvine, CA  92618                                                                                                                                                                                          Phone: 877-784-0805                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Email: clientservices@local.com