Featured Listings

More visibility where it matters.

Featured listings give local businesses priority visibility across Alberta’s Best using a fair, community-driven rotation system. Instead of selling permanent top spots to the highest bidder, we focus on helping local businesses be seen consistently, fairly, and in the right places.

How Featured Listings Work

Featured listings enjoy priority placement across Alberta’s Best through a unique, community-driven rotation system. Unlike “bid-for-top-spot” directories, we use dynamic rotation to ensure every Featured business receives fair, regular visibility.

We deliver this visibility in two powerful ways:

Broad Exposure (Homepage & City Pages)

Your business rotates through Featured sections on our high-traffic Homepage and City pages, helping build general brand awareness within your local community.

Targeted Relevance (Search & Category Pages)

Your business also receives rotating priority in searches and category results that are relevant to you. For example, a plumber in Red Deer will rotate near the top of Red Deer plumber results, but will not appear in unrelated cities or categories.

It’s the right balance of broad visibility and high-intent, local reach.

How the Featured Rotation Works

Your listing follows customers as they browse.

Instead of sitting in one fixed spot, Featured listings rotate and appear in the right places as people move through Alberta’s Best — from browsing to searching.

1. The Homepage

Big-picture visibility

Visitors see a rotating selection of Featured businesses from across Alberta. This helps customers discover your business early — even before they know exactly what they’re looking for.

2. City Pages

Local visibility

When someone visits a City page (like Red Deer or Calgary), Featured businesses from that city rotate into view, keeping your business visible to people looking locally.

3. Category Pages

Right service, right place

When browsing a category, only Featured businesses that match both the city and the service appear at the top. If you’re a plumber in Calgary, you appear to people looking for plumbers in Calgary — not elsewhere.

4. Search Results

High-intent customers

When users search or apply filters, Featured listings rotate into top positions only when the search matches your business, keeping leads local and relevant.

Because listings rotate:

• No single business dominates the page
• Featured businesses take turns being seen
• Visitors see fresh, relevant results

It’s fair for businesses — and better for customers.

What You Get With a Featured Listing

A Featured listing is designed to give your business more visibility in the places that matter most, without competing in bidding wars.

With a Featured listing, your business receives:

• Priority placement across key areas of Alberta’s Best
• Inclusion in Featured sections on the Homepage and City pages
• Rotating visibility alongside other Featured businesses
• City- and category-specific placement, so you’re seen by the right audience
• A Featured badge that helps your listing stand out at a glance

Featured listings focus on being seen — consistently, fairly, and in the right context.

Basic vs Featured Listings

Every business on Alberta’s Best gets a free Basic listing. Featured listings add priority visibility, not restrictions.

Basic Listing

• Appears in standard search and category results
• Visible as customers browse and scroll
• Included naturally in your city and category

Featured Listing

• Priority placement across key pages
• Appears in Featured sections on the Homepage and City pages
• Rotates for fair visibility with other Featured businesses
• Stands out with a Featured badge
• Visibility focused on your city and category

Basic listings are discoverable.
Featured listings are seen sooner.

Both belong. Featured simply helps your business get noticed faster.

Why Featured Listings Rotate

Because fairness works better than fixed rankings.

Many directories sell permanent top spots to the highest bidder. Over time, this leads to the same businesses appearing repeatedly while others get buried.

We chose a different approach.

Featured listings on Alberta’s Best rotate automatically, giving every Featured business regular opportunities to be seen — without bidding wars or permanent #1 positions.

This means:

• No single business dominates the page
• Featured businesses share visibility fairly
• Customers see fresher, more relevant results

It’s a system built to support local businesses and earn customer trust.

Featured Listings – Common Questions

Will my business appear everywhere on the site?
No. Featured placement is always tied to your city and category, so your business appears only where it’s relevant.

Do Featured listings rotate?
Yes. Featured listings rotate automatically so every Featured business receives fair, regular visibility.

Is this a pay-to-win system?
No. We don’t sell permanent top spots. Featured businesses share priority placement through rotation, not bidding.

What happens if I cancel Featured later?
Your listing simply returns to a Basic listing. You’re never locked in.

Can I upgrade or downgrade at any time?
Yes. You can change your listing level whenever it makes sense for your business.

Ready to be seen a little sooner?

Upgrade your listing to Featured and get priority visibility where customers are already looking.

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