Recently I’ve noticed how important it is to me to have a web presence.  Actually, correction: how important is it to me for companies to have a web presence.  I mean, it’s great that I have one and all, but it’s really really useful when a business I’m interested in has one (and a good one at that).

I guess this all came about because of my new obsession with Yelp.  Most listings don’t have business hours, from what I’ve seen, which seems to be a crucial piece to the puzzle.  After all, there’s nothing more disappointing and frustrating than looking forward to going somewhere only to show up and find it’s closed that day or during that time period that you arrive.  It’s been a personal mission of mine to add in operating hours to as many Yelp listings as I can, but it has been slow going.  Businesses either don’t have them on their website, or they don’t even have a website!

Sometimes I wish more of the world was as tech-savvy as our youth.  Then perhaps business owners would take note of the importance of having some sort of web presence, even if it’s just a listing on another site and not even your own web page.  The great thing about listings is that you can take control of or at least edit most of them, so you can add in the information about your business without ever having to put any effort into creating a site.

Seriously, people.  Get with the program already.