You don't have to register on SmallBusiness.com to use it, but here are some reasons why you should register to create an account and complete your User Profile.
1. Much of the material you find on SmallBusiness.com is contributed by people like you. The how-to guides, web directories and definitions found on the glossaries are examples of the kinds of information shared by others -- and that you can share if you are a registered user of SmallBusiness.com.
2. Only registered users of SmallBusiness.com can make additions or changes to SmallBusiness.com.
3. Every time registered users of SmallBusiness.com shares their knowledge by adding or editing information on SmallBusiness.com, the image associated with their User Profiles are desplayed on the page they change. This enables registered users of SmallBusiness.com the opportunity to lead those interested in that page to learn more about them on their User Profile page.
4. On SmallBusiness.com, the users are required to keep the information found in how-to guides free from content that is a direct business solicitation or content that is marketing oriented. However, registered users of the SmallBusiness.com are encouraged to include such marketing information about themselves and their business on their User Profile. Links to commercial are not only allowed, they are encouraged on your User Profile.
5. The links to you website and the display of RSS feed headlines from weblogs or other sources you may include can be helpful ways to help optimize your website for search engines that index SmallBusiness.com. If you are a small business owner, we hope you have a website, a weblog or another means of promoting yourself and your business. Chances are, that website provides an RSS feed of headlines of posts you make to it. We've made it so that you can display the those headlines on your User Profile page here. That will help lead other users of SmallBusiness.com to your website or blog or other RSS-feed-generating site.
6. Registering on SmallBusiness.com -- and filling out your User Profile -- allows you to join a community of small business owners and managers from around the U.S., Canada and the world.
