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THE VERMONT SURFACEDiscover Vermont through one connected local information surface.

Free during launch · For businesses on The Vermont Surface

Put your business on The Local Internet

Start free. Claim your business. Control your information.

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No credit card required. Creating or claiming a Business Record is free during launch and no payment is requested anywhere in this flow.

How it works

  1. 1

    Find your business

    Search the existing network first, so a second record is never created.

  2. 2

    Claim or add

    Claim the business if it is already here, or create a new Business Record.

  3. 3

    Verify

    Confirm that you are authorised to manage the business.

  4. 4

    Complete your record

    Business name, category, address or service area, phone, website, hours, description and photos where supported.

  5. 5

    Build your presence

    Your Business Record becomes the structured source that eligible experiences read from. You can see exactly where it appears, where it is eligible, and what is only planned.

A record does not appear everywhere automatically. Each destination has its own rules, and some destinations are not open yet. You can see the real position of a record — published, eligible, planned or not eligible — on the network demonstration.

One Business Record. Many opportunities to be discovered.

Create or claim your Business Record once and see where it is eligible to appear across The Local Internet Network.

Become eligible for appropriate Local Internet surfaces.

Geographic discovery

State IZ properties and State Surfaces, plus the county, city and category pages that read the same records.

  • State IZ network

    State-level discovery, such as Minnesotaiz.com and Wisconsiniz.com, plus regional properties like Northlandiz.com.

  • State Surfaces

    50 state properties, with county, city and category pages reading the same records.

Information and discovery

Where a record is read, organized, browsed and presented as a storefront.

Promotion and visibility

Where a record can be promoted, advertised, featured or carry offers.

Engagement and activity

Reviews, events and the public activity of the network.

A property existing does not mean a record is published there. Every destination applies its own rules, and each record's real position is shown as Active, Available, Planned or Not eligible.

What is offered today

  • Free Business Record

    Create or claim your record, verify it and keep it accurate.

    Available now — free

  • Enhanced presence

    Richer record content and storefront features.

    Not yet offered

  • Visibility

    Wider placement across eligible surfaces.

    Not yet offered

  • Featured, promotional and media options

    Paid placement, campaigns and sponsored content.

    Not yet offered

Solo and single-location businesses

Own your local presence

Your business is more than a listing. Create or claim your Business Record and manage your essential information from one place.

Maintain your address, hours, contact information, services, articles, offers and events without creating disconnected versions for every participating surface.

  • Create or claim your Business Record
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Manage hours, services and contact details
  • Publish business articles
  • Share offers and events
  • Reach eligible local and statewide audiences
  • Make information easier for customers, search engines and AI systems to understand
Create Your Business RecordClaim an Existing Record

Multi-location businesses

Manage every location from one system

Connect every branch, office or storefront to one Organization Record.

Control shared brand information centrally while allowing each location to maintain its own address, phone number, hours, services, articles, offers and events.

  • One Organization Record
  • Multiple connected Location Records
  • Organization-wide updates
  • Location-specific overrides
  • Bulk location management
  • CSV location imports
  • Shared and location-specific articles
  • State and regional publishing
  • Centralized approvals and audit history
Add Your LocationsExplore Multi-Location Management

Franchise systems

Protect the brand. Empower every franchisee.

Give the franchisor control over core brand information while allowing authorized franchisees to maintain verified local details.

Create consistency across the franchise system without losing the accuracy, local content and community relevance of each location.

  • Franchisor-controlled brand standards
  • Franchisee-managed local information
  • Role-based permissions
  • Approval workflows
  • Bulk updates
  • National and regional campaigns
  • Local articles, offers and events
  • Location-level publishing controls
  • Complete audit history
Explore Franchise ManagementRequest a Demonstration

Solo and single-location

One business deserves one reliable record

A solo business should not need an enterprise marketing department to manage its digital identity.

Create or claim your Business Record, verify your relationship to the business and maintain the information customers need.

Eligible updates can then flow to the local, regional, state and national surfaces where the record is approved for publication.

Spend less time correcting disconnected listings and more time running your business.

Multi-location

One organization. Many locations. One system.

Multi-location businesses need both centralized control and local flexibility.

The organization maintains shared brand information, while every branch, office or storefront receives a connected Location Record.

Corporate teams can apply organization-wide changes. Authorized location managers can maintain local hours, services, contact information, articles, offers and events.

  1. 1Organization Record
  2. 2Location Records
  3. 3Local Information
  4. 4Publication Relationships
  5. 5Geographic and Information Surfaces

Update the organization once, manage local exceptions and understand where every location is published.

Franchise systems

Central brand governance with local control

Franchise systems must balance brand consistency with accurate local information.

The platform separates franchisor-controlled information from franchisee-managed information.

Franchisors can control

  • Brand name
  • Logos
  • Approved descriptions
  • Core categories
  • Required services
  • Brand standards
  • National articles and campaigns
  • Organization-level structured data

Franchisees can manage

  • Local address
  • Local phone number
  • Local hours
  • Holiday hours
  • Local services
  • Local images
  • Community articles
  • Local offers
  • Local events

All changes can follow defined permissions, approvals and audit history.

Protect the national brand while making every franchise location locally accurate, useful and discoverable.

Articles

Tell your story through the same record

Business information is not limited to names, addresses and hours.

Authorized businesses can create articles about services, expertise, company news, new locations, employees and community involvement.

Solo businesses can publish articles connected to their primary location.

Multi-location companies can publish organization-wide articles or select individual locations.

Franchisors can distribute approved national content while franchisees contribute locally relevant articles, offers and events.

Create a Business ArticleExplore Local Information

Distribution

From one record to many surfaces

A Business Record can be approved for publication across participating Local Internet surfaces based on its locations, geographic relationships and publication settings. Eligible destinations currently include:

    The record remains stored once. Each destination reads from the same shared information through its own publication relationship. Information is not distributed to external platforms.

    Ownership

    Ownership and operation

    A participating surface of The Local Internet. Owned and stewarded by Local Internet Holdings. Developed and operated by Local Internet Group.

    Local Internet Holdings owns and stewards the strategic domains, intellectual property, shared Business Record architecture and network assets.

    Local Internet Group develops, operates and manages the platform and its participating digital experiences.

    The Local Internet is the interconnected network through which Business Records, locations and local information can be organized and published across participating surfaces.

    Local Internet Group is the operating brand responsible for developing and managing the platform and its participating digital experiences.

    Local Internet Holdings

    Owner and steward of the assets and architecture

    The Local Internet

    The shared network and infrastructure vision

    Local Internet Group

    Developer and operator of the platform

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    Participating public digital surfaces

    Ownership and Operation