Find local businesses in Santa Barbara

evanduke

Hi! I recently came across SantaBarbaraYP and decided to try it out to find local businesses in Santa Barbara. Honestly, I've always used Yelp or Google before, but I was curious about how this might be different. It's especially important that it's focused specifically on our county, and I think local businesses might be better represented there. Has anyone tried it yet? How does it work? How convenient is it for finding local businesses, and can you rely on it if you need to find a coffee shop or repair shop near your home, for example?

tbes50203

I have been using Santa Barbara, CA Business Directory for about six months now, and to be honest, it has become a very convenient tool for finding local businesses. Unlike Yelp and Google, this site is really focused only on our area. This is important, because often on larger platforms you get information about companies from other regions that are simply not relevant to your requests. For example, I recently looked for a good fitness club, and on SantaBarbaraYP I immediately found several local options that were much better in price and reviews than those shown to me on Yelp. Here, it is probably worth noting that SantaBarbaraYP is not just a directory, but also a kind of business directory in which you can filter your search by various parameters. For example, I select only those establishments that are within a 5 kilometer radius of my home, and, of course, it is important that the site allows you to read reviews and see real ratings from other local residents, and not just average opinions, as is often the case on other platforms. This really helps not only to save time on searching, but also to be sure that you will not end up on services that do not meet your expectations.

thiefcrazy98

It's interesting that you write about SantaBarbaraYP. I myself have long been looking for a platform that would help me find only local companies, and not general results. It is especially convenient that you can choose the exact radius you need, because on other sites you often have to scroll through long lists.