Yes. wikiDOMO is totally free.

wikiDOMO is currenty in communities accross Canada, with most US locations being added in the coming months. We plan to extend to the UK and Australia as well.

• Adding Place Types helps the users know what the business (place) does.
• Place Type is one of the three things that the search looks at (Name, Place Chain and Place Type)
• Adding more accurate Place Types to a profile helps make the profile more findable in the search.

• Reviews are critical evaluations of a place written by the public. The best reviews are personal and experiential.
• Reviews can be positive, neutral or negative.
• The most useful reviews make mention of unique qualities that make the place or person special.
• Useful reviews tend to offer helpful suggestions, perhaps even an insider tip or two.
• There is no limit to the amount of reviews a place or person can have.  You get a more balanced overview of what people think about a place or person when a place has a number reviews.
• It is better if a place or person has multiple reviews because it gets better indexed by Internet search engines.

• Commenting on a review can help clarify, rebut or add more detail to a review.
• People associated with the profile can use this to tell your story, thank reviewers or set the record straight.

• Only the person who posted the rating, review or comment can edit it by logging in with the same account.
• No one can delete a rating, review or comment once it is posted.
• Administrators can disable a review or comment if it violates the Terms of Use guidelines.
• Transparency is very important to us. Therefore, violating reviews or comments will remain in history, always showing a record.
• Use the feedback system to discuss with administrators any rating or review that you believe violate the Terms of Use. Please make sure you include all the relevant information, so administrators can follow up.

• Encourage your customers to rate and review your business (place).
• You can add your wikiDOMO place link to your invoices, bills, receipts or website asking for customer feedback.
• Don't rate and review yourself. People will catch on and they will not be impressed.
• Comment on reviews to clarify a point, thank someone for their review or dispute something that someone said.
• If you receive a negative review, don't panic. Look at it as constructive criticism and an opportunity to explain your side of the story.
• When commenting on a review remember to be professional, fair and diplomatic. People judge you and your business by how you handled your responses to a review, sometimes more than the review itself.

• wikiDOMO lists Related Places for free and it's easy to do.
• When you add a related place to a business profile, a reciprocal link is created on the newly added related place’s profile. This way, potential customers and partners can find the place in more and more ways. Showcasing the place’s customers, suppliers and partners (as related places) also adds credibility to the business and helps promote the related places as well – all good things! 
• The more relevant links to related places you add, the better that place will be indexed by search engines and the easier it will be for people to find relevant information about that place online.

• It helps people visually identify the place profile.
• It helps increase the visibility of the business (place).
• It showcases your places aesthetic qualities.
• It does a great job indexing a place in Internet search engines, driving more potential customers to the place.
• It's free, easy and helps to promote the place in its community.

• The best way to respond is to offer to make things right - if possible. 
• If you feel the review is not accurate, then use the comment feature to respond with your side of the story. 
• You should state why the review is not accurate and ask the reviewer to contact you directly. 
• In other words, you have the ability and right to put your voice forward.
• However, keep in mind that your comment must adhere to the Terms of Use and that the reviewer also has a right to further comment. 
• Always be factual and succinct.

Effective January 1, 2004, The Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act included all businesses and organizations.  All organizations are required to obtain customers' consent before collecting and using personal information such as dates of birth, SIN's and other information. The only type of information that is not considered "Personal Information" is someone's name, address and phone number. To see more information about this important Federal Act, please visit the Privacy Commissioner's website.

• Place profiles must remain for historical reasons.
• If a business was to close and the profile deleted, future users would not know if it's simply missing from wikiDOMO or no longer operating. This is not helpful. 
• If a place has closed, then it can be marked as no longer operating. This way, everyone will see that the business is closed.   
• Profiles will only be deleted if a duplicate profile mistakenly exists. Use the feedback system to notify administrators of duplicate profiles.

• Not really. Please keep the People section for listing the people working at your business. Remember that anyone can do this, but you can do some things to help make your profile more useful to the community.
• Add yourself and other employees to your wikiDOMO.com place profile.
• Ask your customers to rate or review you and your employees on wikiDOMO.com.
• Marketing yourself and other employees on your wikiDOMO.com profile is an easy, effective and a free business marketing tool. 
• Comment on your people reviews to clarified a point, thank someone for their review or dispute something that someone said.
• If you receive a negative review, don't panic. Look at it as constructive criticism and an opportunity to explain your side of the story.
• When commenting on a review remember to be professional, fair and diplomatic. People will also judge you and your business by how you respond to a review just as much, if not more, than the review itself.

• It helps the People listed make the "Best People" in a city list. 
• It helps increase the visibility of the place.
• It helps users make more informed decision about a place.
• It helps by Internet marketing the business's quality staff.
• It does a great job indexing a place in Internet search engines, driving more potential customers to the place..
• It's free, easy and helps to promote the people that drive our communities.

• wikiDOMO lists business's operating hours for free.
• It makes it easy for people to know if a place is open or closed on any particular day.
• The more relevant information a place has, the better that place will be indexed by search engines and the easier it will be for people to find what they are looking for.

• wikiDOMO lists a business's Website & Email addresses for free.
• It makes it easy for people to research or contact a place when their Websites & Email addresses are readily available.
• The more relevant information a place has, the better that place will be indexed by search engines and the easier it will be for people to find what they are looking for. 

• Many people search online for businesses contact numbers. wikiDOMO lists businesses phone and fax numbers for free. 
• It makes it easy for people to contact a place when the phone number is readily available.
• The more relevant information a place has, the better that place will be indexed by search engines and the easier it will be for people to find what they are looking for.