- 29 July 2011
- Published in Westminster Blog
So you are sitting in your Philadelphia apartment, the weekend’s coming up and you would like to make plans. Where to go? You’ve heard of a restaurant, how is the food? Have others been there and what do they think? Need to find a dentist, flower shop or jewelry shop? One can now utilize several sites that incorporate social networking, user reviews of local business, location, and ratings.
The top social review sites are listed and described below. Check them out and do a search or two. While you are searching, check out Westminster Arch Apartments and add your review. Let see how many stars we can get!
Yelp provides online local search capabilities for its visitors. Each business listing result contains a 5-point rating, reviews from other site visitors, and details such as the business address, hours, accessibility, and parking. Site visitors can aid in keeping the business listings up to date, with moderator approval, and business owners can directly update their own business' listing information.
Local.com a leading local search site and network in the United States. Local.com powers more than 100,000 local websites. Tens of thousands of small business customers use Local.com products and services to reach consumers using a variety of subscription, performance and display advertising and website products.
Google Places (Local Business Center) is designed for one-off searches, and is powerful as a search tool a far as it goes. Google Places helps you discover nearby places you'll love. Quickly search for Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, and other places, while on the go. All of the resources of Google have been fully utilized to offer up accurate locations of Coffee, Bars, Hotels, ATMs and more.
Insider Pages was created to help people find the best local businesses through recommendations from their friends and neighbors. At InsiderPages.com, people share reviews of local businesses and find great services they can trust. Millions of people visit our site each month to get the Insider scoop on local businesses.
Citysearch is the essential local guide for living bigger, better and smarter in your city. Covering more than 75,000 locations nationwide, combined in-the-know editorial recommendations, candid user comments and expert advice from local businesses, and we keep you connected to the most popular and undiscovered places wherever you are.
Yahoo! Local is a comprehensive business directory for Philadelphia complete with ratings and reviews, maps, events, and more. Find a Philadelphia florist, the best restaurant in Philadelphia, and even shoe repair.
MerchantCircle is the largest social network for local business owners. Services include free online business listings, free marketing tools. MerchantCircle is an online business directory, social business network, and marketing platform.
- 04 July 2011
- Published in Westminster Blog
Westminster Arch apartments has joined Facebook and is inviting residents and visitors to check out our postings. Go to the Westminster Arch facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Westminster-Arch-Apartments/169645106414249 tour the site, check out the features, post on the wall and add it to your "like" list or your favorites.
Keep an eye out for more social media links in the future.