Got 5 Minutes? We’ll Give You The Web…
Turns out that over half of the small businesses in the U.S. aren’t yet online. We’ve been working with small businesses over the last several years to help make it easier to get online by offering services like domain names, hosting, and e-commerce stores. We thought we’d kick it up a notch and eliminate the effort and expense altogether. We are now offering a free business web site to every small business in the U.S. through Yahoo! Local. Yes, that’s every small business in the U.S.
If you have a small business that is not yet online, click here. Signup and walk through a simple wizard, and you’ll have your own five-page small business web site up in minutes. Did we mention this is free?
Why?
We hope this feature inspires more small businesses to hang their shingle online so they can grow their business, find new customers, and build stronger relationships with their existing customers – all with their own web site URL. This should also help you find even more information when searching for business services online.
This is in beta so please let us know what you think by posting a comment below.
So, got that five minutes?
Guy Yalif and Brian Gil
Yahoo! Small Business and Yahoo! Local
Hi Guys,
Look, I know you’re Americans in America but there’s only 300 million of you and there’s 450 million and growing in Europe!
How about thinking about us for once?
You give the impression that the USA IS the world, rather than simply a valued member of the global party.
Amen to the Europe comment.
Thanks for all the feedback — we hear you and are working to offer this promotion in other countries. We’ll let you know when we do. And yes, this straightforward wizard really is designed to be completed in a few minutes – thanks Kris!
Natasha, I have posted an example on my Yahoo! blog, just click on ” Site Tutor ” below.
Michael Dammann
http://www.sitetutor.com
http://www.realestateforum.com
I must applaud Yahoo Local for offering a free web site with a local listing. I specialize in e-business for small local businesses and it can be tough to get them on board for the importance of an Internet presence.
This makes it a no-brainer.
Bob Erwin
NewInk Marketing
Small Business Local Internet Marketing
http://www.newink.com
Hmm
Looking for such initiatives to get rolled out to us in Asia too !
Do something for Asia too-the sooner the better it will be.
Parvez
i just want to say i think yahoo is the best web search luv ya jess
Wow! I would persoanlly welcome this new facility which would empower millions to be able to splash themselves on the web.
After all, getting websites created from professionals is a tedious, time-consuming and costly affair. But an online program which can create sites on-the-fly would be very popular becoz everyone can do it themselves without involving other heads into it.
I am happy Guy and Brian, that you see the potential in this idea. It will create a world of opportunities not just for yahoo but for all those who build a website through it.
Cheers!
Armand Rousso
thank you
Paras Shah
ItsAllAboutLinks – Link Directory – Add URL – Submit Article
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What about fixing the Frontpage activation? I signed up for Yahoo! Small Business Hosting and now I can’t use because you guys did not fix it yet!
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