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Friday, October 19, 2012

Business.txt

One of the latest webmaster things floating around the web today is on the business.txt file.
It is based on the concept of a robots.txt file but is there to give business owners an easy way to give search engines and local search engines a way to discover the business address

Business.txt is a file that local businesses upload to their website with their business information so all website providers can update it whenever something is changed. It is located typically at the root of the domain under a file, /business.txt.



Wouldn’t it be great for small business owners if, rather than having to seek out and manage their business listings on dozens of local directories, they could manage that information solely on their own websites?

The idea is that the business owner puts all of his/her local data into a simple text file (business.txt) — name, address, phone, hours, lat-long coordinates, short description, long description and much more.
And then websites like Yelp and Foursquare and Google+ Local would rely on this trusted data, rather than expect the business owner to come manage the data at each specific directory site.
Darren Shaw and the Whitespark crew have already created a Business.txt generator even though this idea is barely off the ground.
  • Websites have outdated information
  • A file with all the information of the local business in a standard format
  • Websites will get that file and update their information when something changes
  • Users will know and read the latest information


Name: RJ Grunts
Categories: American Restaurant, Bar
Street: 2056 North Lincoln Park W (at Dickens Ave.)
Zip: 60614
City: Chicago
State: Illinois
Country: United States
Coordinates: 41.92012, -87.63645
Phone: (1) 773-929-5363
Open: Mon-Fri 11.30am-12am, Sat 10am-12am, Sun 10am-9pm
Website: http://www.doaminname.com/


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