You can give your business internet promotion without even having a web site with the Google Local Business Center. They even provide you with a informative video about the things you can do after you create your FREE account by clicking on the Sign-up-Now button:

• Show people on google maps exactly where your business or businesses are located

• Offer an online coupon that your customers can redeem at your business

• List your hours, phone number, web site and other details

• Photographs about your business or service or product

So, you can be on the web without even having a web site, but if you do have a web site creating a business profile on Google Local Business Center will increase your SEO on your site (Search engine optimization). That means that your rank when people are searching for your product or service will appear higher on the list of matches when someone does a search.

Here is a picture of the login area for Google Local Business Center.

This is how your business might appear on Google Local Business center when someone searches for you type of business. This is where I asked for a map of photography businesses in my area.

If you click on the dot on the map, it tells you who it is.

Best of all, it is FREE and it only takes a few minutes to put all the details that you want to share about your business.