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The conclusion of our interview with Jay Mallinckrodt of Yokld.com
Q. How are businesses added to the system? via individuals? via on-line databases?
A. Any business can be added by any member of the Yokld user community at any time. At this point we have opted not to purchase a local database since we want the content [...]
Today I am speaking with Jay Mallinckrodt from Yokld.com.
Q. What is Yokld.com?
A. Yokld is a “Best Of” local business ranking social platform that is 100% compiled and commented on by users. The idea is simple - the more times a business gets “Yokl’d” (voted for) the higher in the rankings it will be listed.
Q. How [...]
Today is an interview I did with Ahmed Farooq from iBegin.com. I had heard of the site and took a quite peak around but when I hooked up with Ahmed via Facebook I asked him if could enlighten me.
Q. iBegin- can you tell us what it is?
A. Hard to pigeonhole iBegin. In a nutshell - “we [...]
Greyboxx, a nationally based, local business directory is opening up in tons a cities through the US right now. Greyboxx sets up its listings based on references it finds on-line and then gives the business a certain rank based on its pervasion. This is what they call its “PreferenceScoring” system.
In general, I was thrilled to [...]
Today I finish up my interview with Luis Pereira, the Founder & CEO of AskPoodle.com
Q. What else do you think small business owners need to know about AskPoodle?
A. AskPoodle was specifically designed for small business owners. Our novel concepts allow small business advertiser the opportunity to engage in simple on-line and off-line collaboration activities that [...]
Earlier this week, AskPoodle sent out a press release officially launching the web site. Just before this release, I caught up with Luis Pereira, the Founder & CEO of AskPoodle.com and interviewed him about the new site and service available to small business owners.
Here is part 1 of that interview:
Q. What is AskPoodle.com?
A. AskPoodle.com is an on-line [...]
Verticals directories have been around for some time and can be a very good way to promote and list your web site or business. I found a good article a while back by Julie Mason, Practical Guide to Vertical Search Advertising at Search Engine Journal.
Julie provides a nice summary what verticals are why you should [...]
