Tuesday 24 March 2009

Brownbook.net is The First Ever Business Directory to Support Google Street View


Companies that enhance their listing in Brownbook.net can now take advantage of Google Street View by adding it to their page - as if it were a widget- showing users exactly where their business is located

United Kingdom -- Brownbook is the first business directory in the world to support Google Street View.

Using Brownbook’s enhanced listings, any business can simply embed Google Street View code directly into their business page to provide a 360 degree view of their business location, in addition to its map location. It is very easy to grab the code from Google Street View’s “Paste HTML to embed in website” field and paste it into a Brownbook HTML Page Unit of an enhanced listing.

“The fact that Brownbook users can take advantage of the very latest technology on the internet such as Google Street View,” says Dave Ingram, Brownbook CEO, ”shows that Brownbook really is on the ‘cutting edge’. To be able to add photos, videos, reviews, widgets, bidgets, text, a map, and now Google Street View lets business owners show off their business in much greater detail than a typical directory listing, and it’s shockingly good value for money at just $22 a year.”

Brownbook was also the first to include the following fields, all available in the free listing: Blog url, Twitter username, VoIP address and instant messaging username.

Here is an example of a Brownbook listing that includes a Google Street View Page Unit: http://www.brownbook.net/business/31015039/pulse-light-clinic

Screen shot of Google Street View and map
within a Brownbook listing

About Brownbook

Brownbook is the free directory that anyone can edit. Anyone, in any country, anywhere in the world, can add, edit and review businesses in any country. Business owners claim their listing to optimize it, get alerts and customize it with photos, videos, logos, widgets, and any additional information. They can also use Brownbook Bidgets (Business widgets) to easily add features like reviews, maps, and video on all their other web presences. Free access to Bidgets is the latest in a constant stream of enhancements to the site. Other recent enhancements include the introduction of a 30-day free trial, an affiliate scheme, the addition of a field in business listings for a Twitter username as well as a field for a company blog url – with many more enhancements to come. Brownbook, which offers a unique business model that rewards contributors with a lifetime share of revenue, was launched in the UK in May 2008 with 2.2 million UK businesses listed. It expanded to USA, Australia and Canada in July 2008 with an additional 25 million records. It now lists 27 million businesses in 240 countries, and is available on the web http://www.brownbook.net and on mobile http://m.brownbook.net Brownbook.net has a totally open ethos with its OpenSearch API and Micro Formats that allow Brownbook.net data to be used everywhere by anyone. The site is currently receiving 650,000 monthly visitors with a 40% growth rate. Blog: http://blog.brownbook.net Press and Images: http://blog.brownbook.net/press

Please contact Marc Lyne to arrange an interview and/or for additional quotes:

Marc Lyne, COO
Brownbook.net
London Road
Sayers Common
West Sussex
BN6 9HS
United Kingdom
+44 (0)208 1235 466
marc[AT]brownbook[DOT]net
http://www.brownbook.net
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Thursday 12 March 2009

Gate Aviation’s Plan to Wash All Vehicles Group-wide Without Water Made Possible with Miracle Drywash


The Apcoa car park coaches at Gatwick Airport are now being cleaned with waterless vehicle-cleaning product, Miracle Drywash, and other airports within the group are soon to follow Gatwick’s lead by abolishing the use of water in the cleaning of their vehicles to help protect the environment

Gate Aviation now cleans Gatwick Airport car park Apcoa 
coaches exclusively with Miracle Drywash, using no water

Crawley, West Sussex –Gate Aviation, a leading aircraft services company and part of gategroup, is to use the waterless carwash product, Miracle Drywash, to clean vehicles at a number of airports in the UK.  It has been cleaning airside vehicles at Gatwick without water for over a year already, and is now cleaning Gatwick’s car park coaches in the same way, with vehicles at Stansted, Luton and Liverpool airports soon to follow.

Not a drop of water has been used to clean Gatwick’s 140-strong fleet of airside vehicles for the past 18 months, thanks to Miracle Drywash. Apcoa car park buses take passengers from Gatwick’s car parks to and from the airport, and Miracle Drywash is already being used by Gate Aviation to clean 13 of these buses a week. In June 2009, this figure will increase to 23 a week.

“We want to be at the forefront of innovative and environmentally friendly ideas and we are always looking at ways we can reduce our environmental footprint” says John Rickards, General Manager, Gate Aviation Gatwick. 

“Miracle Drywash is both environmentally friendly and effective and we are very happy with its results. We’ve just started cleaning Gatwick’s car park coaches with it, and we will progress soon to Stansted, Luton and Liverpool airports.”

SJ Khebbal, CEO of SJK Products, manufacturers of Miracle Drywash comments: “When a company as large as Gate Aviation recognises the degree to which the traditional ‘bucket and sponge’ car washing method pollutes the environment – it is a powerful hint to other companies to do the same. The use of Miracle Drywash over the past 18 months alone has saved countless tons of water and prevented untold pollution of the environment surrounding Gatwick Airport. We are very happy that Gate Aviation has decided to increase their use of Miracle Drywash; their contribution to the environment will be immense.”

About Gate Aviation
Gate Aviation offers a comprehensive range of airline industry specialty services in approximately 20 airports in the U.K. and Ireland, including: aircraft cleaning; in-flight catering; packing, including buy-on-board, dry stores and toiletry kits; de-icing; exterior washing; security; passenger services, including wheelchair assistance; executive lounges; meet and greet; conference rooms; and hospitality. Customers include American, Air France, Air India, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta, easyJet, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic. Gate Aviation is part of gategroup. http://www.gategroup.com 

About Miracle Drywash
Miracle Drywash, manufactured by SJK Products Ltd in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, is a totally waterless washing system – a revolutionary way to both clean and polish your car, boat, motorbike, or any other metal, glass, or painted surface - with only a single application of the product. It both prevents pollutants and detergents from entering the river system and each bottle (7 washes) saves 1 ton of water. The product was endorsed by South East Water in 2006 and was awarded the prestigious Waterwise Marque in 2007 for its contribution towards saving water in the UK. It is available from Amazon, Marks & Spencer and Autoglass who also use it to valet their clients’ vehicles. The company, SJK Products, was co-founded in 2004 by SJ Khebbal, CEO and Tim Jones, Chairman. http://www.miracledrywash.com 

For more information please contact:

Yvonne Siddall
SJK Products Ltd
James Place
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 6GA
United Kingdom

+44 (0)800 881 8062
info@miracledrywash.com  



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