List Yourself!

ListYourself is collecting data solely for purposes of providing it to database providers who support directory assistance call centers.

ListYourself data generally goes into the databases used by directory assistance (information) call centers.

Some of them. The online directory will take our data on a monthly basis. Often they do not refresh their =data regularly, so it can take several months for the listing to get in. This will vary depending upon the operator of the directory.

The systems makes the call immediately after pressing the "Add Listing" button.

If you press the "Add Listing" button and nothing happens, You may have JavaScript disabled or have a JavaScript error. Our general suggestion for this is to "Try a different browser". But if you know how to open the browser's JavaScript error console, please do so and tell us what browser you are using and the error that is reported so that we may be able to fix it.

If your phone normally rings when ####### is dialed, then you may want to just try again.

If the caller needs to dial a digit when the number is dialed, then did you specify the extension in the extension field and select Call Me with an extension. The system will dial the extension about 5 seconds after the phone is answered. If that does not work repeat the digit to dial in the extension field since some phone systems can mis-hear the dialed digits.

If the caller has to listen to an extended greeting prior to call completion and you hear silence when the phone rings. It is possible that the instructions have completed and the systems is waiting for the code to be dialed. Try dialing it.

If your phone system blocks the tones from your phone or the caller is immediateness forwarded to voice mail, you should try the "Call Me with a spoken code" which ill read a code to you for entry on the web.

No. At this time the listings do not get into printed phone books. We are looking into offering this option at some future date.

In about a year we will contact you by email to verify that you still want to maintain your listing. If you fail to provide and validate your email you will not be able to indicate you want to renew your listing.

Yes. Go to Find my listing and the system will send you an email. This email will contain a link with which you can edit your listing information.

It will take two to three business days for the listing to propagate to most directory assistance databases. Some carriers, particularly baby bells, take much longer to update their databases.

You can call 411 on your telephone or go to our search application 411 Info to look for yourself by name or number.

It should be available on the second business day. Wireline carriers can take a longer time to incorporate the listings, so you have to be patient with them.

Some of the online (Internet) directories use this data, but they tend to purchase a monthly CD and may put that data up at varying rates. If you want to see the listing yourself try 411 Info to look for yourself by name or number.

If you are a carrier or reseller of VoIP services, you can collect your customer's information and set up a bulk load process for the data. Please contact help@ListYourself.net for additional details.

No. Keep punctuation at

a minimum. Unnecessary punctuations (mostly commas, periods, semicolons) in name and addresses. For example, "Alberta Professional Services, Inc.", "301 N Elm St, Ste 239", "719 W Lee St; Ste H"

Note that not all punctuation is unnecessary, for example, "WZTK FM Talk 101.1", the use of period is acceptable in this case.

You should review the names you enter, considering that a caller is going to say that name to a call center operator who may be hurrying and handling as many calls as possible.

Go to Find my Listing or email help@listyourself.net with your request.

CNAME is the name that is displayed on your phone with the caller ID when someone calls. The information from ListYourself is used to populate a database of CNAME information. Unfortunately, the call recipient's carrier has to be a subscriber to the provider with the ListYourself information for it to be displayed. Please read our CNAM white paper discussing the CNAM problem at length

The SIC Code is a business category code provided by NAICS Association and sometimes used to find businesses of a particular type.

No. The $10 validation fee will not afford you additional benefits over the free validation methods. Your listing will not be published more quickly. We will maintain our best effort to incorporate the listing in the directory. If your listing is judged to be illegitimate, offensive or inappropriate your listing may be suppressed without notice or refund of any monies. If you dispute the credit card charge, you will be responsible for triple the fees associated with that dispute.

Contact us at help@ListYourself.net. We are nice and if you have a valid issue, we will credit your account. If you dispute the credit card charge, you will be responsible for triple the fees associated with that dispute.

Your online listing is distributed to many online directories. It can take weeks or months for them to pick up the data, so be patent it really is a good product. You can check that it has started the process by looking in Neustar/Localeze Search for a Business page.