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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advise.
When I first posted how to setup a Bing local listing, we had a ton of feedback from our UK readers who pointed out that the Bing local listing center was only accepting US based businesses.
While UK listings were showing in search results, this was sourced from other data providers and it didn’t appear there was any way to get your information included.
Well, thanks to one of our loyal readers, now it appears you can! Daniel pointed out that Microsoft gets UK local business listings from a company called Market Location.
Here’s a screenshot from multimap.com (owned by Bing) on how to get your business listed:
Just to confirm, you simply need to visit http://www.marketlocation.com/changereq/ and add your details!
There’s been a bit of discussion on the issue over at the Bing community forums, and some readers have confirmed the inclusion of previously unlisted businesses by using the form above.
So if you’ve got a UK business, add your details with the form above and leave a comment if you get included!
Matt is a marketing professional at ineedhits.com, an international search marketing firm. Matt's passion for online marketing began at university and has proved invaluable in steering product development and marketing initiatives at the company. Matt is a regular contributor to the ineedhits search marketing blog. Guaranteed Top 10 Listing! Get more targeted visitors to your site! No click fees! Find Out More Here | NEW: Guaranteed Targeted Traffic in 30 Days Get thousands of guaranteed website visitors to your site in 30 days! Get Started Here |
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By Bing UK Local Listings - Hosting Blog - November 23, 2009
That’s an unusual link, Matt, through to MarketLocation. The resulting page is totally anonymous, no mention of Bing or Multimap.
No mention on the Market Location home page either.
Are you sure this is OK?
By Richard L. - November 23, 2009
Hi Richard,
From all accounts this appears to be working. Here’s a link to the Bing community forums where a member claims to have had some success with this form:
http://www.bing.com/community/forums/t/650100.aspx
It’s also received some coverage across other blogs and sites so give it a go and let me know if you get included!
By Matthew Elshaw - November 23, 2009
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By Submit Local Listing Bing UK | Search Engine Results SEO Cheltenham - November 25, 2009
Thanks for this post - Tried this recently and it’s giving us traffic already.
By SEO Guaranteed - December 7, 2009
Good to hear it is working for you!
By Matthew Elshaw - December 7, 2009
Great that you’ve pointed out this tip about Bing local but I am a little wary. To me it all looks like an exercise in harvesting data to subsequently sell on. The company website says nothing of Bing which sets alarm bells ringing for me. I’d be interested to know if those that have signed up have subsequently been deluged with spammy calls, post or emails?
Cheers,
David
By David - January 3, 2010
I’ve added my details to an application form for http://www.medishop.co.uk with the anchor text of Supplements , and we’ll see how I get on.
Rest assured I’ll update this forum.
Thanks, John.
By john - January 5, 2010
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