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Recent Improvements for Managing Listings
We have done several improvements on the FoundLocally listings, that have made the site work faster, and reduced the steps to accomplish common tasks.
We have sped up the login, improved the "Welcome" screen and made it easier to add/update listings witha new "Administrator Action" menu.
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FoundLocally launches “Phase One” of improved TransCanadaHighway.com travel website
FoundLocally.com Media Inc. has just released “Phase One” of a new version of their popular TransCanadaHighway.com website. TranscanadaHighway.com is a nine year old website which documents many details of travel along Canada’s 7,821 km (4,860 mi.) long national highway, which connects St John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador with Victoria, British Columbia.
Many new features and improvements were added in this release.
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Scams that try (but fail) to get a free listing
We see, surprisingly regularly a number of businesses that appear to be scams, trying to use our site to reach an online audience. Over the years, we’ve learned to appreciate honest disclosure by businesses about the products or services they are selling, and have developed a keen eye for signs of “scams”. We figure, sometimes, simple inattention in writing the listing description may cast some doubt on a listing’s legitimacy, so we send an email requesting clarification. When we get no response within a week, these listings are quickly deleted from our Human Review Queue (and with customer service like that, who wants to do business with them?). The public never sees these listing attempts, which ensures the quality of our site’s businesses directory.
The business listings that typically fail to make it into the FoundLocally directory include pyramid schemes, work from home schemes, and over-aggressive multi-level marketers.
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Ways to use the FoundLocally RSS Feeds
These are accessed from the light blue tabs across the top of the website. Click on the orange RSS logo on the page, or select a specific ‘stream’ or sub-set for more specific information. RSS feeds are displayed in a browser-friendly format (great for small screen sell-phones or PDAs!). Each listing in the RSS feed has a summary overview and a clickable link to the original posting on FoundLocally for further exploration.
To subscribe to the displayed RSS Feed, select “Subscribe to this feed” using your RSS software or your browser. These are then included in your RSS panel in your reader or browser, along with any other feeds you have subscribed to. You can unsubscribe in your reader or browser’s RSS pane at any time.
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FoundLocally.com Media releases a new MovingInCanada.com website
June 2, 2009 FoundLocally.com Media Inc has released a new http://MovingInCanada.com web site, which already attracts over 50,000 unique visitors a month. The site has expanded and improved community information about hundreds of communities and thousands of neighbourhoods across Canada. Information is integrated with Google’s maps and relevant Realtor.ca* MLS* listings. The site also provides powerful search tools to find local realtors, builders, and movers, accessing the thousands of businesses and individuals that have added themselves to FoundLocally.com’s free directory, but keeping users close to MovingInCanada.com’s local real estate and community information.Read all of FoundLocally.com Media releases a new MovingInCanada.com website
Changing the City of a Listing in FoundLocally
When a business is sold, or if the owner moves, it is sometimes necessary to move a listing from one FoundLocally site to another (not just a community or neighbourhood within a FoundLocally site). This does not happen very often, so we don't have an automated process, but we have a work-around to handle this situation.Read all of Changing the City of a Listing in FoundLocally
Long Time, No See! What FoundLocally.com looked like in the past
Here is an archive of FoundLocally screenshots and a discussion of the site changes over the years, since 1999 when the website was launched.
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Perspective, by Mark Ruthenberg G.M.
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See how FoundLocally changed over several iterations over the years, as it expanded geographically across Canada, and added functionality to its community information and its business directory. FoundLocally has grown organically, not based on a sudden influx of financing or venture capital but based on public request for features implemented when revenue from operations allowed us the time to research, write and program such enhancements. We've heard from many people, some who have visited often and observed the gradual progression, and others who have not visited in a while--sometimes not for several years--who noticed the "sudden" proliferation of features & functionality. This story gives everyone a chance to look back.
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Who is FoundLocally?
Overview of the company and its portal websites.
FoundLocally provides free information about 30 cross-Canada communities, integrated with a free iocally-focussed community and busines directory. The site is support ed by "banner" display advertising, which is managed and represented by 24/7 RealMedia, which has worked closely with FoundLocally since 2001.
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