How does a business become listed as a point of interest? My
locksmith who works out of his home is in the system. He doesn't have
the foggiest notion of who submitted his information to the database.

Will someone please post in this newsgroup how this happens?

On Sat, 28 May 2011 13:03:59 -0400, Usual suspect wrote:
> How does a business become listed as a point of interest? My
> locksmith who works out of his home is in the system. He doesn't have
> the foggiest notion of who submitted his information to the database.
>
> Will someone please post in this newsgroup how this happens?

He's got papers of incorporation from his state, province, or
commonwealth. Lists of businesses that are incorporated in the state,
province or commonwealth are generally considered matters of public
record, and thus are available to anyone willing to cough up the fee to
duplicate the data, usually by a standard classification of industry.

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On 5/28/11 10:39 PM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Sat, 28 May 2011 13:03:59 -0400, Usual suspect wrote:
>> How does a business become listed as a point of interest? My
>> locksmith who works out of his home is in the system. He doesn't have
>> the foggiest notion of who submitted his information to the database.
>>
>> Will someone please post in this newsgroup how this happens?
>
> He's got papers of incorporation from his state, province, or
> commonwealth. Lists of businesses that are incorporated in the state,
> province or commonwealth are generally considered matters of public
> record, and thus are available to anyone willing to cough up the fee to
> duplicate the data, usually by a standard classification of industry.
>

That or from his Yellow Pages ad, LinkedIn/FaceBook page, etc.

On Sun, 29 May 2011 15:02:22 -0400, Duke Mantee wrote:
> On 5/28/11 10:39 PM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 May 2011 13:03:59 -0400, Usual suspect wrote:
>>> How does a business become listed as a point of interest? My
>>> locksmith who works out of his home is in the system. He doesn't have
>>> the foggiest notion of who submitted his information to the database.
>>>
>>> Will someone please post in this newsgroup how this happens?
>>
>> He's got papers of incorporation from his state, province, or
>> commonwealth. Lists of businesses that are incorporated in the state,
>> province or commonwealth are generally considered matters of public
>> record, and thus are available to anyone willing to cough up the fee to
>> duplicate the data, usually by a standard classification of industry.
>>
>
> That or from his Yellow Pages ad, LinkedIn/FaceBook page, etc.

Way too much work per entry, even if you outsource it to someplace with
Very Cheap labor. Buying the lists is extremely cheap (on the order of
pennies per entry) and there's no transcription effort involved.

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their advice.
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