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Business and Economy

Includes sites covering the business and economic activities of the region; including listings of companies and industries.

Please submit only sites relating to Halifax. You can find a list of other localities in Nova Scotia here. If there are multiple locations for this site, consider Regional/North_America/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Regions/Eastern_Shore or Regional/North_America/Canada/Nova_Scotia/Regions/Halifax_Regional_Municipality

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Advertising and Marketing

This category is for companies specializing in advertising and promotional services in Halifax. It includes marketers, consultants and promotion companies.

Sites geared specifically towards Internet marketing agencies should be submitted to the Computers and Internet subcategory.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Animals

This category is for sites about local animal-related businesses, economic conditions, and organizations. This includes sites about breeders, kennels, livestock, pets, and veterinary services.

Sites about animal welfare issues and organizations should be submitted to Society_and_Culture/Animal_Welfare/

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Automotive

For the listing of car, truck, and motorcycle dealerships, service centers, parts dealers, and body shops.

Please submit your site here if it is for a businesses that sells new or used automobiles in the city of Halifax. If your business is in the automotive repair field or if it is strictly for the sales of other types of vehicles, please submit it to the Halifax Automotive category.

Beauty and Cosmetic Services

This category is for the listing of personal services such as salons, spas, tanning facilities, manicurists, and other body decoration services such as tattooing and piercing.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Business to Business

A directory of sites in Halifax that offer specific goods or services to other businesses.

Submitters may not place a site in Business to Business and then put the same listing in one of the other categories of Halifax Business and Economy. One or the other, please.

Classifieds

Sites containing classifieds ads for the Halifax area.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Computers and Internet

This category holds information on computers, hardware, software, education and consultants. Internet has its own category.

For ISPs - companies which provide access to the Internet, via dialup connections, leased lines

Sites about consulting services offered to businesses on the Internet

Web sites for Cybercafes (aka Internet Cafes)

For Web Designers - companies, resources and services having to do with designing, developing, maintaining, and promoting web sites.

Construction and Maintenance

Find resources related to constructing, maintaining, and demolishing buildings and other structures, including heavy construction and civil engineering (e.g. roads, power plants, and pipelines). Architects, janitorial/housekeeping services, handyman services, and site preparation services are also included. This category does not include sites for home improvements such as window replacement or swimming pool installations. These are listed in Business and Economy/Home and Garden.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Directories

Business related portals and directories, including online yellow pages, that contain lists of business resources and/or company websites related to the region.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Employment

Information on jobs in Halifax, including recruiting agencies, staffing services, employment search and job boards.

Submissions must be for ongoing employment and job search information specific to Halifax.

If you are a job seeker, please do not post your resume here.

If you are a company offering a current opening, please do not submit that information here.

Engineering Firms and Services

Lists all forms of engineering firms save architects, who are listed in construction and maintenance.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Entertainment and Media

This category is for the listing of sites pertaining to the entertainment industry including but not limited to audio and video production, recording studios, and talent agencies.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Event Planning

For the listing of sites related to wedding, corporate, party, and other event planning services, including caterers, guides, convention and exhibition services.

This category does not list actual exhibitions and conventions. These should be submitted to the category relevant to the main focus of the exhibition or convention.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Financial Services

For the listing of banks, credit unions, lending institutions, insurance companies, accounting firms and providers of related financial services.

Please only submit sites belonging to banks, credit unions, lending institutions, insurance companies, accounting firms and providers of related financial services.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Home and Garden

This category is for regional businesses and economic activity related to products and services intended for the home and garden. Examples of products include sellers of plants, swimming pools, and windows. Examples of services include suppliers of water softeners, interior design, lawn maintenance, and house-sitting.

Note: This category does not include sites about home repairs or furniture sales.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Industrial

This category will list companies that produce products from raw materials and the companies that support them, such as distributors, wholesalers, industrial supply companies and manufacturing representatives. The general types of companies that will be listed here are food processing, aviation, conveyors, electronic, guns, instrumentation, mining, drilling, chemicals and textiles; however, the list is not limited to these industries.

Companies in industries that have a separate sub-category in Business and Economy will not be listed here. Examples of companies not listed here are agriculture, automotive, computers, home and garden, oil and gas, printing, publishing, and telecommunications.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Legal Services

This category is for sites offering information on legal services in the area including attorneys, notaries, and paralegals.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Personal Services

Includes links to sites for or about businesses or individuals offering personal services in the region. Sites might include personal chefs, personal valets, errand runners, and baby sitters.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Publishing

Publishing involves the preparation and issuing of printed or electronic materials for public distribution or sale. This category is for the sites of publishing businesses, and for sites related to, and focused on, the publishing process.

Sites about printing and print production should be submitted to Business and Economy/Printing Sites about magazines and newspapers should be submitted to News_and_Media/

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Real Estate

This category contains local real estate websites... primarily agents, brokers, appraisers, developers, inspectors, title services, lease properties, and guides with useful real estate related resources.

Please use the following formatting:

Title for agents: Agent Name - Company Name
Title for companies: Company Name

Description: Services offered, areas of service, and features on the site such as virtual tours and online forms.

Once the site is listed, please do not submit again unless your site changes substantially, such as virtual tours are added or the agency name or location changes. If this occurs, please use the Update URL option to notify us. Multiple submissions of the same or different sites is abuse and against real estate guidelines.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Restaurants and Bars

Lists local restaurants, bars, pubs, and dining establishments, as well as related guides. Sites for night clubs or bars with dance floors will be listed under Arts and Entertainment/Clubs and Venues.

Please submit only sites dealing with restaurants, bars, pubs and brew pubs located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

When describing your site, please take time to read over the other listings in the category to get a sense of how the description should read. Basically, begin with a location within the city and the type of cuisine. Then make a list of what is found on your site. Remember that hype will be edited out and that this will delay publication of your listing.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Shopping

Retail shops selling goods to walk-in customers, and retailers who may take orders by phone or online but deliver goods only to the local area. This category can include malls, convenience stores, clothing, food, flowers and gifts, sporting goods, books and music.

Online shops, and shops where the focus is selling and delivering goods nationally and/or internationally will be listed at country level and may also be eligible for listing in the Shopping/ directory.

The following retailers should submit to the indicated categories for this location. If the categories do not exist, submit to the parent category. Artists and Galleries - Arts_and_Entertainment/Artists_and_Galleries/ Auto dealers - Business and Economy/Automotive. Garden centers and nurseries - Business_and_Economy/Home_and_Garden/Nurseries/ Drug stores, pharmacies, opticians, eye wear retailers, and equipment for assisted living are listed in the Health categories for this location.

Businesses that offer only online, phone, or mail order sales will not be listed in Regional Shopping categories, with three exceptions:
(1) The B&E/Shopping category at the national level may contain online shopping sites if the prices are quoted in Canadian dollars and the products are shipped from Canada.
(2) Businesses that offer sales online or by phone/mail only to customers in a limited geographic area (example: online grocery delivery services) may be listed in a category corresponding to their sales area.
(3) Online shopping companies that have a substantial local presence (for example, as an employer) in the city where they base their operations may be considered for listing in that city. Note that many online retailers also maintain a bricks-and-mortar retail outlet as part of their operations base.

Sites related to specialized items for sale, such as machinery, vehicles, and construction materials, should be listed under their specific industry category.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.