Business Verification
Posted on | July 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’ve seen a lot of advertisements lately for companies that offer business verification. Even the phone book is getting into the act I guess the idea is that they are adding value to their service by making sure you’re not an unscrupulous business owner. I’ve been fairly suspicious of these sites but recently (as in this morning) I decided to give one a try. I signed up with Thumbtack.com to talk about the event photography service that I offer through WDO Photography.
I’m still not sold on these companies, especially the ones that charge for their service when there are sites like Yelp and other review sites that consumers can freely check to find reviews on businesses. What made me think twice this morning was that I could improve my SEO by getting listed on this site so I decided to give it a try. I’m still working through setting it all up right now but it appears that I’m the first photographer in Pittsburgh to have done so or at least the first to have gotten a custom URL through the site since I jumped on /Pittsburgh-photographer which should help my page rank.
Thumbtack seems to be a legit service from what I can tell and I’d probably recommend it to others. They do charge for some things but reviews and testimonials appear to be free which is great. I’ve just got to get my clients to post some for me now. So we’ll have to see how all of this goes. I’ll write an update on the subject later if all goes well, or doesn’t.
Tags: business verification > event photography > SEO > thumbtack.com > WDO Photography
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July 5th, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
Thanks for the write-up!
We’re working hard to let service professionals verify themselves as effortlessly and transparently as possible. We think that it’s a key factor in getting consumers to engage with potential providers online, and something that’s sorely missing from Craigslist and classified sites in general.