Hey Dude! Where's My Business?
Posted by Elisa Durrette Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:28:00 GMT
So I've received a couple of e-mails from recently registered users asking the following question:QUESTION: How can I find out if a business has already been rated on Local Jones? What happens if I want to rate a business that is not on Local Jones?
ANSWER: The easiest way to find out if a business has already been reviewed is to do a business search on the home page using the business name. If the business appears in the search results you can view its profile to see if it's been reviewed. (All reviews show up on a business' profile page).
If your search returns zero results (because the business is not listed in our database) you can call Local Jones and choose to leaving a rating for a business without a Local Jones ID (Option 3).
Once you leave a rating over the phone for the business, it will appear in your MyPlaces tab the next time you log on. Your review will be listed as a "New Merchant". Clicking on it will open a page that allows you to assign a business name, address, etc. Once you complete this info we will create an official listing with an assigned Local Jones ID. Regardless of whether you complete this info or not the message will be available to people browsing the Local Jones site.
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Local Jones' database currently has 1000+ business listings for the Dallas beta. Even so there are many businesses that do not appear in the DB. We are steadily working to build a better database, still you may have to create your own listings from time to time.
Thanks for the feedback! Keep it coming.
