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May 2019

How to create a listing on Selangor.Travel

By Selangor.travel Admin

Thank you for joining us on this wonderful journey with Tourism Selangor. Tourism Selangor has seen an increase in the number of visitors and to cater to their needs, Tourism Selangor has decided to upgrade their existing website.

To make this transition as seamless as possible, we seek your cooperation to provide us with your updated business information before the 30th June 2019. Tourism Selangor’s new website has a tight launch schedule, we hope we can onboard as many businesses as possible to make the launch an impeccable success.

Below, you will find a detailed guide, as well as the reason why we will ask for the information.

Here’s a quick link to how the new listing will look like on the new website

Part 1: Business Details

Business Name

Kindly provide the business name that visitors can recognize you with. Preferably the same as those displayed around your business premise.

Business Registration Number

Kindly provide the business registration number registered with SSM

Business Tagline

This is a simple slogan that some business might have to win you over the other local competition. Not compulsory.

Business Address

Please provide your full business address.

Business Location (Latitude and Longitude)

This is to help us pin your business at the right location. Find out how to get your business Latitude and Longitude coordinates here.

Business Contact Number

Please provide a contact number that visitors can contact you with. Landline preferred.

Business Whatsapp Number

For businesses that have a dedicated Whatsapp number, you can provide too. Use format : +601XXXXXXXXX.

Business Website

If your business has a website, kindly include the full URL. Please do not use the Facebook group page or any other listing directory pages, you can include it under “Social Details”. A business website should contain full or part of your business name in the URL.

Part 2: Operation Details

Business Operation Hours

Kindly provide your business operation hours. If you have split hours (break in the middle), just provide the full day including the break.

Business Category

Category of your business. Select your business category from the list:

  • Arts & Culture
  • Shopping & Leisure
  • Sports & Adventure
  • Theme Parks
  • Medical & Wellness
  • Education
  • Accommodation
  • Entertainment
  • Eco & Nature
  • MICE & Business Tourism
  • Cruise

Price From & Price To

If you want to be even more specific, you can provide an estimate price that your current customers are spending at your business.

For food businesses, kindly use the price of a main dish and drink as your minimum price, not to mislead with the lowest priced item on your menu.

Part 3: Social Details

Business Description

You can write more about your business here. You may include your business story, inspiration, culture, awards or even recommendations on what visitors should try when they visit your business. The more recommendations you can provide here, the better your visitors can decide what to do/eat when they visit your business.

Please do not include claims such as “Best”, “Top”, “Most Famous” or any sort of claims that is self-promotional unless you have received an official award from a recognized organization. You will need to provide the description in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.

Business FAQ

You can include some commonly asked questions by your visitors here. Please provide in both English and Bahasa Malaysia, for both questions and answers.

Social URL

You can provide your business social media pages here. Supported platforms are Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and Instagram. Please provide the full URL. Kindly leave blank if you are not on the social media channel.

Part 4: Business Creatives

Business Video

If you have made a business promotional video, you can insert the URL here. We only accept videos uploaded to YouTube at the moment.

Business Images

  • You can showcase your business by attaching up to a maximum of 5 images.
  • Each image should be in the exact dimension of 1280 x 720px.
  • The size of the image should not exceed 200kb.
  • The file should only be in jpg or png.
  • You will need to properly name the images. Please use describe the image and also include your business name.
  • A proper image name looks like this: A_Happy_Couple_Visiting_Tourism_Selangor.jpg

Business Feature Image

  • Upload your best image here.
  • The Image dimension is 372 x 240px.

Business Logo

  • Your business logo, preferably in png format and transparent background.
  • Minimum height is 100px

Here’s the link again to show how the new listing will look like on the new website

Part 5: Search Engine Optimization

Meta Title

To rank higher on Google search results, suitable SEO strategies needs to be implemented. One of the important optimization is the Meta Title.

How to create a listing on Selangor.Travel 25Meta title has a 60 character limit and it should only contain relevant keywords such as your business name. Each meta title will end with “| Tourism Selangor”, this will take up 19 characters. You have the freedom to define the remaining 41 characters, provided you follow the below guidelines:

  1. Must include business name
  2. Add compelling Call to Action words to promote your business (Visit, Explore, Drop by, Have fun, Try New food)
  3. Total characters cannot exceed 60 characters
  4. If this section is not defined, we will use the default format of “Business Name | Tourism Selangor” as the Meta Title
  5. If your business name already exceeds 60 characters, we recommend using a shortname that most visitors can recognise.
  6. Please provide in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.

Meta Description

Meta description is also is not a ranking factor for Google Search results. However, you can also define your own meta description so it stands out from the other competitors. The character limit is 160 characters. For meta description, kindly take note of the following guidelines:

  1. Must include business name
  2. You can add more information such as brief history, slogan, compelling call to action, statistics.
  3. Total characters cannot exceed 160 characters