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How to get your business listed on Urban Spoon in Australia

Kristi Barrow — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:51:06 +0000

Urbanspoon is a site that helps you find out everything about your local restaurants and includes menus, recommendations and reviews. The popularity of the Urbanspoon iPhone application has increased significantly in Australia since it started appearing on Apple’s iPhone commercials.

Urbanspoon iPhone App

So how do you make sure that your business is listed on Urbanspoon?

Good news, it’s easy and free!

First check to see if your business is listed by searching at Urbanspoon. If it is already there, update as much information as possible and include photos, menus and anything else that is relevant.

If your restaurant is not currently listed, simply visit the Add restaurant link at Urbanspoon and fill in as much detail as you can.

That’s it! You will now appear on Urbanspoon (usually in around 24hours), and most importantly on peoples’ iphones when they are looking for somewhere to go.

Links:
Urbanspoon
Download Urbanspoon for the iPhone at the Apple store .

Google MyMaps Winner

Kristi Barrow — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:00:58 +0000

I recently entered my own Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway, into the Google My Maps Australia Awards. I was lucky enough to be one of the ten winners and received an iPod touch and a fantastic Google trophy!

In September 2008, I travelled from Darwin to Adelaide through the Centre of Australia, 3200km on the Stuart Highway. I posted my photos directly to the map below during my trip using my iPhone, and used Trippermap, Shozu and Flickr. See my Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway map.

Krustyfries, a 2008 Google My Maps Australia Awards Winner

Kristi Barrow — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:58:06 +0000

Shozu – allows you to upload photos from your iphone to many different webservices, including Flickr!, Facebook and Photobucket.
- After geocoding (a one click procedure with Shozu) and taggging, I uploaded my photos to Flickr!
Flickr!- The best photo sharing website!
- I tagged each photo with “trip” for use in my map.
Trippermap – pulls your photos from Flickr and displays them on Yahoo Maps and Google Maps (however you need the premium version to use Google Maps).
- I utlised the Google Maps feature and produced my map, below:

See all the award winning maps at the Google My Maps Australia Awards. See my map directly in Google Maps at Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway