Simple and easy steps to get your business listed on yahoo maps.
Yahoo is one of the world’s most visited search engine.
Around 700 million people visit yahoo each day. You can improve your business
by listing it on yahoo. So let’s get started to list your business now to
attract millions of customers to your business. Here are simple steps that will
guide you on how to list.
1)
Go to http://listings.local.yahoo.com/overview.php
and click “Sign up”. That will take you to a page, which will ask you to sign
in by entering your yahoo ID and password. If your new to there and don’t have
any account you can create new account by clicking “Create New Account”. Or simply
you can sign in by using either Facebook or Google.
2)
After you clicking sign in,
the next page will show a page to submit your business information. You must
fill the following fields
Account Contact Information
1.
First Name
2.
Last name
3.
Email
4.
Phone
Business Information
1.
Business Name
2.
Address
3.
City
4.
State
5.
Zip code
6.
Business Phone
7.
If you’re listing online
business you have to enter website.
8.
Primary Category. (Enter 3
or more letters of a word to this field, so that you can see a list of
categories.)
3)
After that click
“Continue”. And a part named Optional Business Information will appear at the
bottom of the page. Providing the required information will enhance online
visibility of your business. Hence it will help you to increase you popularity
among customers. But remember this is optional. If you don’t want to fill, you
can omit this part and click “Preview Listing”.
The options include the following fields.
Additional Business Information (Other
Contact Information and Social Media)
1.
Toll- Free Phone
2.
Additional phone
3.
Fax
4.
Facebook URL
5.
Twitter URL
6.
Then select your business
photo by clicking “Browse” button. This will show a pop up screen which
requires you to enter a file name in your computer (select a photo that you
want from your pc) and then click “Open”. Then the photo will be uploaded to
that field.
Hours of Operation (Business Hours)
1.
You can select your
business hours. Then select “24 hours a day”. If hours of business operation
are not 24 hours a day then choose “Specify below” and select specific time. Or
else select “Do not display”.
2.
Then complete the “Other
Information” field. You can enter maximum 100 characters.
Other Operation Details
(Payment, Languages, Associations, Brands, Products and Services etc...)
1.
Year Established
2.
Accepted payment methods. (Choose
any one method from the list).
3.
Professional Associations
(Maximum 999 characters are allowed)
4.
Brand Carried (Maximum
3,000 characters are allowed)
5.
Languages Spoken (Maximum
999 characters are allowed)
6.
Products and services
(Maximum 999 characters are allowed)
7.
Specials. (Maximum 3,000
characters are allowed)
4)
Once you have completed the
optional part, click “Preview Listing”. This will show a screen which provides
the preview of your business on yahoo. Then click “Close preview”.
5)
After that they will ask
you to type a captcha code in the field “Type the code shown” field by looking
the image at the top of the field.
6)
Check the box “I
agree to the Yahoo! Local Listings Terms of Service for Basic Listings and to the Yahoo! Small
Business Terms of Service.” And click “Submit Information”.
7)
Now it’s time to get
verification code.
There are 3 ways which you can get a
verification code. You can receive your verification code with a phone call or
you can receive it by SMS (Standard text messaging rates apply). Or else you
can receive your code via postal mail to your business location.
After that enter the provided verification
code and click “Verify code”.
Now you’re done. Just wait 3 to 5 business
days for Yahoo to review your business listing.
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