Use of the live search maps for the business listings
The live search maps provides you the facility for using the data from the live search maps for the purpose of preparing the business listings etc. these listings can be even online directories which you may enable anybody for using the live search maps shopping center for obtaining the local results.
However, there might be some type of misuse of your business listings and therefore the live search maps will not publish your listings unless you confirm it. For confirmation, you can either call or mail it. This would require the following steps.
1. Adding the business information:
a) Access the “Live Search Local Listing Center” website. It has an option for adding new listings. Click on it when a form appears. Fill this form and then click the option of “Check your listing”. b) Then you will have to do one of the following things. If the list is in accordance with your business, information then, choose the one, which is in accordance, from among the options, and then click continue. If there is no listing that will match the listings of your business then you have to select the option of “Create a new listing” and then continue. If none of the listings that exist return then just continue.
c) Then fill the spaces for your contact information with the correct and recent contact information. d) Then after this fill up the basic information about your business. e) Then fill up any additional information, if any, about your business. For this, there are six columns. In each of them, you can add up to six items each.
Some of them are,
Supplementary phone numbers- in this you can add additional phone numbers. Supplementary WebPages- in this you can add your additional WebPages. For this you select the option of add web address. The third one is for the supplementary emails; in this, you can add your additional emails. For his select, add e-mail address.
f) Then there is option for selection of the hours during when the listings should operate. Therefore, select proper hours. There is an option of “Operating hours” which will enable you a list of hours and you just have to mark from them. It also has checkbox for selecting someday for which your business is going to remain closed. g) Then there is the option for the selection of the payments modes. This mode should be such that it should be acceptable for your business.
h) You can also put some photos for the promotion of your business. For this, you have to upload them in the photo section and then browse to the photo, which you wish to upload in it. Once you confirm about the photo click “Open” and then click “Upload the photo”.
You can add some caption box under the photo. You can also decide the arrangement or the priority for the photos. The maximum number of photos that you can upload is 10 and the maximum size is 5MB.
i) Then select whether you want to display any additional information along with your listings. For separating the entries for the Brands carried, Specialties, and Professional affiliations boxes, you have to use semi-colons.
j) If you wish to add someone’s name for contacting, when the customers cannot contact you, select the “Professional contacts” section and from the options select the “Add additional professional contact”. Lastly click “Next”. This will complete adding you business information for adding the business listing.
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