| Promoting your restaurant's website is an ongoing | | | | and services. |
| process, but if done correctly it will improve your | | | | The Open Directory Project When you submit |
| online visibility and lead to more traffic. There are | | | | your site here, it will be accessible both through |
| many ways for a restaurant to promote its | | | | the Open Directory Project site, as well as Google |
| website such as paid ad placement, link exchanges | | | | Directory Search. |
| and social bookmarking. | | | | Outside.in Outside.in aggregates local news and |
| One of the most simple and inexpensive methods | | | | conversations as well as business listings. |
| is through listing in online directories. If you're an | | | | Yahoo Local Yahoo Local provides information on |
| established restaurant, chances are your name | | | | businesses and services in local areas. |
| and address are listed in most yellowpages | | | | Yelp Add your restaurant listing to the popular |
| directory websites. However, those sites may not | | | | business review and social networking site. |
| include your website's url and may have outdated | | | | In addition to these general online directories, |
| information. It is critical that restaurant owners | | | | restaurants can take advantage of additional |
| regularly check these directories to make sure | | | | opportunities to promote their websites. For |
| their information is accurate. | | | | example, many states have directories such as |
| In addition, your website should be listed in major | | | | the New Jersey Dining Guide (njdiningguide.net) |
| online local business directories, valuable sites that | | | | Cities, towns and metro areas also typically have |
| are jammed with potential customers. The | | | | their own restaurant directories. [see Seattle |
| following directories allow you to list your | | | | Dining (seattledining.com) as an example.] There |
| restaurant for free. You simply submit your URL | | | | are global directories for many cuisines and types |
| and verify your information. To create listings for | | | | of food such as Chinese (chinawok.com), Thai and |
| all of the sites in this article should take less than | | | | vegetarian. Getting even more granular, you can |
| a couple of hours, but it's a critical task in | | | | find directories of individual dishes such as pho at |
| maintaining a popular and successful restaurant | | | | PhoFever (phofever.com). Some additional places |
| website. | | | | to list your restaurant's website include both city |
| Citysearch. Citysearch is comprised of local online | | | | and county chambers of commerce, local |
| guides with information on entertainment, | | | | newspaper dining guides and state and local |
| shopping, dining, hotels and more. | | | | restaurant association websites. |
| Insider Pages Local business reviews for about 30 | | | | Remember, your restaurant listing may not jump |
| U.S. cities. | | | | to the top of search results overnight. However, |
| Judy's Book In addition to business listings, Judy's | | | | maintaining accurate online directory listings is an |
| Book provides information on deals and discounts. | | | | important task in growing your restaurant's online |
| Another directory of local businesses, products | | | | presence. |