The Local Internet Network
Start Here. Explore Local.
The Local Internet is a growing network of connected digital surfaces designed to help people discover businesses, information, places, events, reviews, savings and what’s happening around them.
Search by business • category • place • topic
A New Way to Explore Local
The Local Internet brings together local information and discovery through a network of specialized digital surfaces. Instead of trying to make one website do everything, different surfaces are designed for different ways people explore local communities.
- Information
- Businesses
- Places
- Reviews
- Events
- Savings
- Storefronts
- Featured Stories
- Promotions
- Activity
What Would You Like to Explore?
Each surface is a different way into the same local information.
Informed
Learn what's local.
Local information, business articles, guides and useful resources.
TheLocalInformed.com
Organized
Find what's organized.
Explore local records by place, category, topic and collection.
TheLocalOrganized.com
Browsed
Browse what's around you.
Consumer-oriented discovery across businesses, places and categories.
TheLocalBrowsed.com
Storefronts
Explore local businesses.
Structured digital storefronts connected to businesses and their information.
TheLocalStorefronts.com
Reviewed
See what people think.
Moderated reviews connected to businesses and Business Records.
TheLocalReviewed.com
Happenings
See what's happening.
Events, schedules, venues and community activity.
TheLocalHappenings.com
Savings
Find local savings.
Offers, coupons, promotions and opportunities to save.
TheLocalSavings.com
Featured
Discover what's worth noticing.
Selected businesses, places, stories and local highlights.
TheLocalFeatured.com
Promoted
See what's being promoted.
Approved promotions, offers, announcements and events.
TheLocalPromoted.com
Advertised
Discover clearly identified advertising.
Advertising and sponsorship presented transparently within the network.
TheLocalAdvertised.com
Flow
See what's happening now.
Approved public activity and updates flowing across the network.
TheLocalFlow.com
Own a Business?
Find, claim and manage your Business Record across The Local Internet.
Business Start →OneBusinessRecord.com
Start With a Place
The Local Internet is designed to work from national discovery all the way down to states, regions, cities and communities.
- USA
- State
- Region
- City
- Local Community
United States
Explore national information and discovery.
More states, regions, cities and communities coming to the network.
One Business. Many Ways to Be Discovered.
A local business should not have to become a completely different business on every website. The Local Internet is being designed around structured Business Records that can support multiple discovery experiences across the network.
- Informed
- Organized
- Browsed
- Storefront
- Reviewed
- Savings
- Happenings
- Featured
- Promoted
- Flow
One record can support many digital surfaces.
See the Network DemonstrationSee One Record Across the Network
See how the same underlying business information can appear differently depending on what a visitor is trying to accomplish.
Informed
Article and information experience
Organized
Structured record experience
Browsed
Discovery experience
Storefront
Business experience
Reviewed
Reputation experience
Savings
Offer experience
Same business → different purpose → different surface.
View the Live Network DemonstrationExplore 90+ Marketplaces
The Local Internet also includes an established network of independently deployed marketplace and discovery properties covering businesses, services, employment, housing, events, advertising, categories and local information.
These are independently deployed marketplace properties within The Local Internet. They do not currently operate on the centralized Local Surface database, records or publication system.
The Existing Marketplace Network
Independently deployed marketplace and discovery properties.
The Connected Surface Network
The newer surfaces built on shared, structured Business Records.
From Marketplaces to a Connected Local Network
Independent Marketplaces
100+ deployed discovery properties.
Strategic Digital Network
Geographic, category and marketplace domains.
Structured Business Records
Organized information about businesses and places.
Connected Local Surfaces
Different experiences powered by shared information.
AI-Native Discovery
Structured information designed to be understandable by people, search engines and AI systems.
For people
Discover businesses, places, information, reviews, events, savings and what's happening locally.
For businesses
Create, claim, verify and manage structured information that can support multiple discovery experiences.
For AI and search
Provide structured, connected and machine-readable information that can be discovered, understood and cited.
Want to See What’s Behind It?
The Local Internet
The vision
TheLocalInternet.com
The Local Grid
The network
TheLocalGrid.com
The Local Internet Stack
The architecture
TheLocalInternetStack.com
The Local Surfaces
The experiences
TheLocalSurfaces.com
The Local Start
The front door
TheLocalStart.com
Where Do You Want to Start?
One network. Many places. Many experiences. One place to start.