Popular Canadian Local Search Portal Foundlocally com Now Has Free `Logos and Links`
Released on = April 4, 2007, 10:12 am
Press Release Author = FoundLocally.com Media Inc
Industry = Marketing
Press Release Summary = Advertiser support eanbles removal of the $200 annual cost for 'Logos & Links' for the 100,000 businesses and community groups in the web site's community directories.
Press Release Body = Calgary, AB April 4, 2007 -- http://www.FoundLocally.com Media Inc. has just launched a new look for its 24 community information portals servicing major cities and communities across Canada. The FoundLocally sites attract more than 10 million visitors a year, with enough advertiser support to remove the $200 annual cost for 'Logos & Links' for the 100,000 businesses and community groups in the web site's community directories.
The new look of the website is cleaner, incorporating a number of "Web 2.0" elements, including more white space, use of icons, simpler navigation and searches, and increased user interactivity. More features will be released in the coming weeks and months.
FoundLocally's portal sites provide comprehensive community information covering travel, entertainment, shopping, neighborhoods, sports, education and government. Site visitors can browse about a thousand pages including popular resources like weekly movie show times, ski reports, and golf courses listings. Its trip-planning resources are used by both business and leisure travelers.
Businesses add themselves to each community's business directory, where visitors can search for businesses by name, category, attributes or location. FoundLocally.com is a popular marketing tool for small businesses run from a home phone or cell phone, and therefore excluded from the phone directory, and those without a web site. Once registered, businesses can post jobs, events, special offers and news announcements as part of their listings. With the now-free 'Logos & Links', businesses can improve their Google T PageRank by posting multiple items as part of their FoundLocally.com listings. Businesses can add themselves to www.FoundLocally.com by selecting their community, and clicking on "Free Listings."
Communities now covered by the portal include: Victoria, Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Okanagan-Shuswap, Banff & The Rockies, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, Barrie-Muskoka, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Oakville, Mississauga, Ottawa-Gatineau, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, and St John's.
About FoundLocally.com
FoundLocally.com Media Inc.is a Calgary-based company that also runs http://www.transcanadahighway.com (about travel along the world's longest highway), and http://www.movingincanada.com (about relocations & real estate). The FoundLocally web sites are represented nationally by http://247realmedia.ca/ [24/7 RealMedia], the nation's largest interactive ad agency.
For more information contact Mark Ruthenberg, FoundLocally's General Manager at (403) 245-2194 or by email at mark@FoundLocally.com or Marcio Eusebio, Business Development Coordinator, 24/7 RealMedia Inc. 416-966-2542 x300 or by e-mail at marcio.eusebio@247realmedia.ca