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| If a company advertises on Local Business Watch, do they get a better rating? |
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| Not at all. Ratings are submitted by local people, and have no connection with the advetising on the website. |
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| Can companies pay to have good ratings? |
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| Absolutely not. All ratings are submitted by visitors to the website, not by us. |
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| What if a business owner give his own business a very high rating, won't that give an unfair advantage? |
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| The ratings are averaged out, so one artificially high rating won't make a huge difference to the overall ratings. |
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| What services and businesses are included on Local Business Watch? |
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| Any business or service that operates in the area can be rated on LBW. |
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| What's to stop someone giving multiple good ratings to a particular company? |
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| The system will not allow that to happen. |
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| Is Local Business Watch really free to use? Where's the catch? |
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| Yes, it's totally free to use, and there really is no catch. Local Business Watch is paid for by companies who advertise on the website. |
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| Will Local Business Watch be covering other areas? |
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| Yes! We're already working on new areas to add in the near future. However, each area will be independant so that results and ratings are relevant to the local people. |
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| What makes Local Business Watch different from a business directory like Yellow Pages? |
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| A business directory will tell you what businesses are available to use. Local Business Watch will give you first-hand accounts of how they perform by local people who have used them. |
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| I want to rate a business I used, but I can't find it on the website. |
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| Click on the link to add a business, and we'll add it to the list. You can then rate it. |
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