One record. Many surfaces.
The network is a single chain, from the idea down to the individual business and back out across every place that business can appear.
One Business Record → many destinations
One source, many destinations. The record is stored once; every destination reads it rather than keeping a copy.
Marketplace network
- 99+ marketplace nodes
Independent properties, kept separate from the shared record set.
Geographic discovery network
- State IZ network
- States
- Counties
- Cities
- Categories
Reads the shared records directly.
State Surface network
- 50 State Surfaces
Reads the shared records directly.
Media and content surfaces
- Information
- Featured
- Savings
- Reviews
- Happenings
Publication decided per surface.
Discovery journey
- Visible
- Discovered
- Found
- Experienced
Outcomes, not infrastructure.
AI and API
- Assistants
- Agents
- Search
- APIs
- Structured data
Structured data is live today; a public API is not built yet.
The life of a record
Create, structure, activate, distribute, be found, and get results.
Step 1
Create Business Record
One canonical record for the business.
Step 2
Structure and enrich
Locations, categories, hours, products, services.
Step 3
Activate presence
Claim it, verify it, decide what is shown.
Step 4
Distribute
Eligibility and publication carry it to surfaces.
Step 5
AI, search and discovery
Structured, readable by people and machines.
Step 6
Business outcomes
Visible, discovered, found, experienced.
Infrastructure, destinations and outcomes
These are three different kinds of thing, not one flat list of layers.
Infrastructure
What the system is.
- 1.Record
- 2.Data
- 3.Presence
- 4.Distribution
- 5.AI
Distribution destinations
Where the record goes.
- 1.Marketplaces
- 2.Geographic surfaces
- 3.Media surfaces
- 4.APIs
- 5.AI and agents
Outcomes
What the business gets.
- 1.Visible
- 2.Discovered
- 3.Found
- 4.Experienced
The chain
- 01TheLocalInternet.comThe flagship. The whole idea.
- 02TheLocalSurfaces.comEvery surface type in the network.
- 03TheUSASurfaces.comThe national gateway to the states.
- 0450 State SurfacesOne template, fifty state domains.
- 05CountiesCounty-level discovery inside a state.
- 06CitiesCommunities inside a county.
- 07CategoriesWhat people are actually looking for.
- 08Business RecordsStored once. Never duplicated.
- 09Many surfacesInformation, featured, savings, reviews, happenings.
Visible → Discovered → Found → Experienced
The second dimension: how one Business Record is met by a person, a search engine or an AI agent.
Start
One Business Record
Stored once. Never duplicated.
Then
Visible
Structured information is available across the appropriate digital surfaces.
Then
Discovered
People, search engines, AI assistants and agents can discover relevant businesses, places and information.
Then
Found
The person or system reaches the specific business, place, organization, event or information they need.
Then
Experienced
Discovery becomes an interaction with the business, place, organization, event or community.
Where — geography
- The Local Internet
- USA
- 50 State Surfaces
- Counties
- Cities
- Businesses, places, organizations
How — discovery
- Business Record
- Visible
- Discovered
- Found
- Experienced
How it is built
One application
Every domain in the network runs the same application. Nothing is cloned per state.
One shared record set
Businesses, locations, categories, information, offers, events and reviews exist once.
The hostname decides
The address a visitor arrives on determines which state, scope and branding load.
State data stays isolated
A state surface shows only its own geography and records. No cross-state leakage.
50 states. 50 digital surfaces. One connected system.
50 state domains run from this one system, each showing only its own state.