Are centralized local information management services like Unified Business Listings a helpful tool or unreliable?
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As we work with more local businesses, I'm looking for an efficient way to manage their information across all of the different local databases.
site is www.ubl.org
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I don't have experience in the local arena, but I have heard good things about Get Listed (http://getlisted.org/), and in general it's a good thing to have some way to make sure that your NAP (name, address, phone) are in a consistent format across all of the different online listings.
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Got a link to the product you are referring too? i took a quick look and couldn't find it... maybe this is an american thing?
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