Frequently Asked Questions About Houston Handshake.

You can use the Houston Handshake Contact Form to ask us questions or make comments. We love to communicate with our visitors, and your questions will help us build a more valuable resource for our community!

Q: Why should I register with Houston Handshake?

A: It is free, and it only takes a few moments.

Besides you will be able to add listings for your favorite businesses. Local directory listings are a great way to help promote your business.

You will also be able to rate and comment on other member listings.

As an added service, we also accept articles. Articles that are published on quality websites are a great way to promote and introduce yourself you potential customers and clients.

Q: Do you require a link back to Houston Handshake?

A: This service is free, and we do not require you to link back to us in order to approve your business listing. That said, more popular listings will get more exposure by being listed in the Popular Links side box and Top Hits page. After we approve your listing, you may want to link back, or use our handy SHARE button (at the top of every listing) to add your listing to social websites like Facebook or Twitter.

Q: Do you care about my privacy?

A: We take your privacy very seriously. We do not distribute your information to anybody else. We may send out infrequent emails, but these will be short notifications about issues with your listings or new features.

Q: How can you offer this service for free?

A: We want to grow and build a quality Houston business directory. We know that free listings will be attractive to more people. And besides just business owners, we want consumers to be able to add their favorite listings, and also to comment on their business experiences.

You may have noticed we do run some sponsor ads in the right sidebar. These pay for our costs.

Q: Why doesn't my listing or comment or article appear after I submit it?

A: We want to keep up a high quality standard so Houston Handshake will be popular with consumers and business owners. We have to have a manual approval process to insure this. We do try to review all submissions within hours. Sometimes things fall through the cracks. If you have not seen your listing appear in a day or two, feel free to use the contact form to ask us.