Birmingham Localweb is the newest of all the local-to-Birmingham directories. It is based on the successful www.bristol-online.com model (which receives over 30,000 unique visitors per month and around 140,000 page views per month).

The pages in Birmingham Localweb will rank highly in Google. So if you have a listing in Birmingham Localweb your website will also be found in the better pages in Google.

Now Birmingham Localweb has a new interface and many new features. Here's some of them:

• listing owners can now submit and EDIT their site details for changes, special offers, new products and services.
• users can submit reviews and ratings easily.
• there are 2 new views - 'What's New - the latest additions and - 'What's Popular' - the most visited listings
• categories are searchable
• searches now offer 'recent search terms' or search live (see results as you type)
• save your favourite listings in MyLocalweb
• view recent reviews in one place (see Reviews)

Using Birmingham Localweb is really easy. It works in a similar way to Google and Yahoo, the most popular directories on the Internet.

To browse the listings by category, simply select the 'Browse' button and choose one of the top level category headings. The smaller headings are the the most popular sub categories.

To search you enter some text in the search box and click Go. You can select whether to search within a category or across all categories using the drop down box below the search box.