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Submit sites for most companies based in this locality. Also see sub-categories when present. Certain companies should submit to Travel and Tourism, Arts and Entertainment, or Sports and Recreation instead. Compare existing listings for best results.

Most sites should be submitted to a locality. Listing at higher levels is allowed for companies with multiple locations spanning several localities or counties, and for clubs or associations drawing members from a broad area.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of business or organization.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
For companies and business organizations based in this locality.

Automotive

For automotive companies including dealers, repair shops, and parts sellers concerned with cars, pickup trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, trucks and trailers, RVs, and motorcycles.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company or dealership.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For car, truck and motorcycle dealers, repair shops, and parts sellers based in this locality.

Beauty and Cosmetic Services

For the listing of personal services such as salons, spas, tanning facilities, and manicurists. Also see this locality's Shopping sub-category for stores selling health and beauty supplies.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company or salon.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
This category is for the listing of personal services such as salons, spas, tanning facilities, and manicurists.

Construction and Maintenance

This category is for construction and maintenance companies including builders, contractors, and cleaning companies. Submit union locals to Society and Culture instead of Business and Economy.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For local companies and individuals concerned with building construction such as general contractors, trades such as electrical and plumbing contracting, and commercial cleaning and maintenance companies.

Legal Services

For attorneys, law firms, and providers of legal services.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For attorneys, law firms, and providers of legal services based in this locality.

Organizations

This category is for business organizations and associations. Sites consisting of lists of businesses should submit instead to a Business and Economy/ Directories sub-category if available, or to the main Business and Economy category if not.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the group.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For business associations and organizations drawing members from this locality.

Real Estate

Real estate agents may list one site only, in the locality where their office is physically located. Brokerages may also list one site at the locality where their office is located, or at a higher level if the company has multiple offices in more than one locality, but will be listed no more than once in any case. Multiple submissions of the same or alternate URLs can lead to an agent or company being banned from the directory.

If an agent changes offices or a description change is needed, go back one page, click Update URL, and submit the corrected information in that way, not as a new submission.

Format Site Title As Follows
(for an agent site:) Agent Name - Company Name
(for a company site:) Company Name

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be clearly shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. Make sure the submitted title follows the above formatting.
  3. In the description, stick to the facts and avoid promotional language.
  4. Mention no more than three specialty areas. Don't stuff descriptions with keywords.
  5. Don't Capitalize Every Word or use ALL CAPS.
Compare existing listings for best results.
For sites concerned with local real estate including agents, brokers, appraisers, developers, inspectors and title services as well as sales and rentals of local homes, condominiums and apartments.

NOTE: Sites for real estate licensees and brokerages are governed by state real estate commission regulations concerned with advertising. Agents must be identified by name and the brokerage must be identified by the office name shown on its license.

Restaurants and Bars

For restaurants and bars in this locality.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
Restaurants are commercial establishments offering prepared food either for consumption on the premises or to take out. Bars are similar establishments offering liquid refreshment, usually taken to mean cocktail lounges but also including those serving fruit juice or coffee and espresso. This category is for restaurants and bars in this locality.

Shopping

This category is for local bricks-and-mortar shops that sell merchandise, but may also include direct Internet sellers based in this locality as long as location is clearly shown, preferably by address or local phone number. Internet merchants should generally submit to Shopping/ instead of Regional/ .

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit actual name of the company or store.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For shops and stores offering merchandise for sale in this locality.

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