My apologies for the flip-flopping like a fish out of water, but I've decided to make Search Australia the default search for JustLocal.
My reasoning is, having the JustLocal Members Search as the default is promoting members across Australia the point of JustLocal is to encourage people to buy locally from within their local area. Of course that doesn't stop people from finding and using the products and services of JustLocal members, just that it doesn't make sense to go against the essence of JustLocal.
By making Search Australia the default search engine this makes it easier for people who wish to search, to find businesses in their local area. I've removed nearly 50 online directories so they no longer get in the way of finding the site for the local business. Only .au domains are included in the search. Whilst many Australian businesses do use other top level domains it is not possible to easily include those domains without including overseas competitors.
I've had one Australian business abuse me for not including their .com based site in Search Australia. Had they asked nicely I would have had no problems including their site, but abuse to me is not the way to get things done. In the future if people feel there's value for them to be included for their non .au domains, I'll happily include nominated domains for Australian businesses for a yearly fee.
I use Search Australia all the time to find Australian based businesses and information, so felt making it easily available to others via the JustLocal Search option would be of value to JustLocal users.
You can find Search Australia on any JustLocal postcode page in the menu, or visit www.AdvancedSearch.com.au/SearchAustralia. There's also a link to the mobile version which you can bookmark or add to your Home page for your mobile device.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
Help your neighbour find your business.
My reasoning is, having the JustLocal Members Search as the default is promoting members across Australia the point of JustLocal is to encourage people to buy locally from within their local area. Of course that doesn't stop people from finding and using the products and services of JustLocal members, just that it doesn't make sense to go against the essence of JustLocal.
By making Search Australia the default search engine this makes it easier for people who wish to search, to find businesses in their local area. I've removed nearly 50 online directories so they no longer get in the way of finding the site for the local business. Only .au domains are included in the search. Whilst many Australian businesses do use other top level domains it is not possible to easily include those domains without including overseas competitors.
I've had one Australian business abuse me for not including their .com based site in Search Australia. Had they asked nicely I would have had no problems including their site, but abuse to me is not the way to get things done. In the future if people feel there's value for them to be included for their non .au domains, I'll happily include nominated domains for Australian businesses for a yearly fee.
I use Search Australia all the time to find Australian based businesses and information, so felt making it easily available to others via the JustLocal Search option would be of value to JustLocal users.
You can find Search Australia on any JustLocal postcode page in the menu, or visit www.AdvancedSearch.com.au/SearchAustralia. There's also a link to the mobile version which you can bookmark or add to your Home page for your mobile device.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
Help your neighbour find your business.
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