Local Web Site Helps To Keep Tax Dollars In The County

ElDoradoGuide.com gives local vendors the ability to compete in the online market

(PRWEB) January 7, 2005 -- You usually wont find the words affordable" and online marketing" in the same sentence. As American internet users visit such major portals such as Yahoo or MSN we are inundated with advertising from big firms pushing Travel, Cars, and Computers. With the kind of budget that these businesses have, its little wonder that you never see local advertising online.

With over ¾ of local households online, this is the new marketing frontier. Nielsen/NetRatings said consumers spent $8.8 billion online in November 2004. Unfortunately, unless you happen to live in the area where that site is located, the majority of those tax dollars have just left your community. As Americans are becoming more aware of how this impacts their local tax dollars, many have been looking closer to home.

Local portals such as the ones provided by Foothill Guides are becoming an invaluable resource for businesses to reach that local targeted online audience. ElDoradoGuide.com has set their advertising cost by the local market, not the world market. Utilizing the over 110,000 views per month, businesses selling everything from elderly care to massage therapy have been seeing remarkable results. Visitors are thrilled to be able to access so much local information without having to search the World Wide Web.

It is essential for these local tax dollars to be kept in the community so that they can be used for schools, roads, growth and safety among other necessary things.

About Foothill Guides:
Foothill Guides started serving the local internet community in February 2003 with the launch of ElDoradoGuide.com, which has since grown to become the most visited website in El Dorado County. Other sites include PlacerGuide.com, and newest addition CorkBoard.biz.

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