Need Help With My Idea

[SWBWDOTCOM]

I plan on making a webpage for my domain name soflosearch.com Meaning south florida search .com It will be a website with all south florida clubs, bars, restaurants, dentists, stores, etc. What's the best way to go about creating this webpage? I usually use Iweb. It will cost a certain fee to each business and I will make them a custom page on the webpage, and will shoot a video of there business helping get media for them. I already have a pretty decent amount of employees ready to shoot videos and create pages on the site for the businesses interested in listening. I'm hoping to have the page up by the end of september.

 

[futuretaster]

hi, you could use local maps and maybe negotiate money saving vouchers from your advertisers as your niche.

the search / directory market is very competitive i think, but good luck with your venture.

 

[garptrader]

It is likely easier / more practical to focus on a smaller local market very close to where you live. South Florida includes the Keys, West Palm Beach, Kendall, Weston, Hialeah, South Beach, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Hollywood Beach, Coral Gables, Boca, Coconut Grove, Brickell, Miami Lakes, Little Havana, Pembroke Pines, Doral, Aventura, etc - like three million residents. I have my hands full with several South Florida sites and find that the geo sites further from home tend to get neglected. Another issue you will face is ranking your site as the domain alone gives no SEO benefit for Miami Beach restaurants or Fort Lauderdale hotels, etc. But if you have the resources go for it.

 

[SWBWDOTCOM]

What do you suggest as a good domain name for sea? SouthFloridaSearch.com? how about tricountysearch.com?

 

[Name Trader]

SouthFloridaSearch.com is better. But I agree with what garptrader is saying.

 

[Domagon]

I doubt few small businesses are going to pay to be listed. I'd suggest making listings free. And instead earn money through paid advertising.

Garptrader is spot-on ... likely better to focus on a specific city than an entire region.

South Florida is a huge area, not just in regards to number of businesses, but also geographically - and that matters, since you're planning on physically visiting businesses ... the time and cost of gathering data could be huge...

Though much of that cost could likely be eliminated by having the businesses submit their own videos / data on-line, but most aren't going to bother so you'd have to anyways ... so again, in my view, targeting a far smaller area is likely the better way to go to start.

Ron

 

[SWBWDOTCOM]

I need suggestions for a local domain. Such as the county i live in broward or the local citys are coral springs boca raton parkland miami

 

[ToryC103]

Check the keyword tool with your keywords above. Find results that are related to your keywords and have a decent amount of LOCAL EXACT searches.

Get creative!

 

[MicroGuy]

Try to keep the domain name under 15 characters. IMO.