Advertise on LocalRank
LocalRank is a Singapore discovery site: rankings, business profiles, guides and a community, read by people deciding who to hire or where to go. If that is your customer, we can put you in front of them — labelled as advertising, beside the editorial rather than inside it.
Where your advertisement appears
A featured placement goes at the top of the guide that covers your category. This is how a guide looks with one in place.
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First thing readers see
Your business is shown at the very top of the guide, before the list begins.
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Clearly labelled
A tag reading “Advertisement” sits on the card, so readers always know it is paid.
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Kept apart from the ranking
It sits above the numbered list and has no rank number. The editorial list below is unchanged.
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Your own content
Your name, a short description, your photos (and video if you provide it) and a link to your website, marked as sponsored.
Pricing: S$250 a month for each guide page
The price is for being shown first on one guide page. If your business is listed on several of our guides, you choose which ones to be first on, and each one is S$250 a month. For example, if you appear on four guides and want to be first on all four, that is four placements: 4 × S$250 = S$1,000 a month.
| Guide pages you take | Per month |
|---|---|
| 1 guide page | S$250 |
| 2 guide pages | S$500 |
| 3 guide pages | S$750 |
| 4 guide pages | S$1,000 |
Charged per guide page, per month. You pick the guides. We confirm the pages, the price and the terms in writing before anything starts.
How it helps your business
You meet people while they are choosing
Our guides are read by people deciding who to hire or where to go. Your advertisement appears on the page that is helping them decide, in your category.
Top of the page, every visit
The first slot is held by one advertiser at a time, so yours is the first business a reader sees when they open the guide.
A place to show your business properly
Use your own photos, a short description and your website link, rather than a name in a list.
Honest and separate
Because it is clearly labelled and sits outside the ranking, readers can trust the guide, and that trust is what makes a placement on it worth having.
A placement shows your business to readers of the guide. It does not promise any number of visitors, enquiries or sales.
How to get started
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Tell us which guide
Email your business name and the guide pages you appear in. Tell us which you want to be first on.
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Send your content
A short description, your website link and any photos or video. We check it against our creative standards.
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We confirm and set it up
We confirm availability and terms in writing, then place your advertisement at the top of the guide.
S$250 per month for each guide page you take. Email [email protected] or use the form below.
The site
- Businesses listed
- 26
- Published comparisons
- 4
- Categories
- 283
- First-party feedback
- 0
1,007 page views in the last 30 days, counted on our own pages.
What we sell
Display advertising
Standard units in reserved slots across the site. Every one labelled “Advertisement”, every one with its box reserved before the ad loads so nothing on the page moves.
11 placements across 7 page types
Featured placement
Your business shown first, at the top of the guide that features you, in a card labelled “Advertisement”. It sits above the numbered list and never gets a rank number. Photos and video can be included if you provide them.
S$250 per month for each guide page you take
Sponsored placement
Your business in a labelled card beside a comparison or category, clearly separate from the numbered editorial list.
Labelled “Sponsored” or “Featured Partner”
Category sponsorship
“Presented by” on a category hub for a period. You sponsor the section; you do not influence a word of what it says.
Labelled on every page of the hub
Enhanced business profile
More photos, offers, services and analytics on your own profile page. A better listing, not a better position.
A subscription, not advertising
Lead generation
Receive quote requests from people who described a job in your category and area.
Matched on availability, never on spend
Newsletter sponsorship
A labelled slot in the LocalRank email.
Labelled “Sponsored”
What we do not sell
- A position in the editorial ranking. Not for any price, not as a bundle, not quietly. Our rankings are editorial and our methodology is published. There is no field in our database by which a campaign could reach a ranking position, which is a stronger guarantee than our word for it. A labelled featured placement above the list is advertising, not a ranking, and carries no rank number.
- Removal of a bad review. You can reply to any review publicly. You cannot have one taken down because you dislike it, and money does not change that. If a review breaks our rules, report it and a moderator decides.
- A better score. LocalRank shows no star rating or average for any business. Member feedback is shown as written, and nothing you pay for changes it.
- Editorial coverage. You cannot buy a mention in an article, a place in a guide, or a favourable line in our assessment of you.
- Silence about you. You cannot pay to have a discussion about your business removed or a community thread closed.
- Unlabelled advertising. Everything paid is labelled “Advertisement”, “Sponsored”, “Featured Partner” or “Promoted”. There is no native format that reads as editorial.
The full policy, including how we handle conflicts of interest, is in our advertising policy.
Formats and placements
| Placement | Where | Mobile | Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homepage leaderboard | Below the masthead, above the lead story. | fluid×100 | 728×90 |
| Homepage in-feed | Between the secondary story grid and Latest Rankings. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
| Ranking — after introduction | After the intro and comparison table, before entry #1. | fluid×250 | 728×90 |
| Ranking — mid list | Between ranked entries, never more than once per four entries. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
| Ranking — after the list | Before the buying guide and FAQ. | fluid×250 | fluid×280 |
| Article — mid content | After the fourth content block. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
| Sidebar — top (desktop only) | Sticky sidebar unit. Hidden below 1024px. | — | 300×600 |
| Sidebar — lower (desktop only) | Second sidebar unit, below related links. | — | 300×250 |
| Category hub — in-feed | After the first block of business cards. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
| Business profile — below the fold | Under services and pricing, above reviews. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
| Community feed | Every eighth post in a feed, at most three per page. | fluid×250 | fluid×250 |
Every slot reserves its space before anything loads, so advertising never pushes the article a reader is halfway through. If an ad fails to load, the page reads normally.