The Local Platform
The shared operating platform behind the Local Internet.
The capabilities every Local Internet property uses — records, verification, publication, discovery, owner controls and measurement — provided once and shared.
OperationalEvery capability listed here functions in the current system today. Planned capabilities are not listed.
Shared capabilities
Provided once. Used by every property.
Records and trust
Business Records
Each business exists once, as one shared record that every property reads.
Claims
An owner can request control of a record. A claim is reviewed; claiming alone proves nothing.
Verification
Independent review of ownership and facts. Listed, Claimed and Verified stay separate states.
Structured facts
Locations
Where the business operates.
Services
What it does, as structured service facts.
Service Areas
Where it serves, linked to real places.
Offers and promotions
Owner offers and promotion requests, each reviewed before anything appears.
Events and content
Dated events and articles, each with one canonical version.
Publication and discovery
Publication
Eligibility says where a record may appear; publication is a separate, explicit decision. Nothing publishes automatically.
Search and discovery
Search and The Local Start over published records only.
Owners and governance
Owner controls
Owners manage their record, locations and requests in the Business Control Center.
Review and governance
Change requests, moderation and an audit history of reviewed decisions.
Measurement and results
Recorded interactions shown privately to the owner. Demonstration activity is kept out of real totals.
This is a view into the existing platform, not another application. There is no separate platform database, account system, dashboard or API behind this page.
The shared platform supports three specialized platform roles: The Local Information Platform provides the information foundation, while The Local Business Platform and The Local Media Platform apply that foundation to business capabilities and local publishing and distribution.
Views of one system
- TheLocalCore.com — The front door — understand and enter the system.
- TheLocalInfrastructure.com — The architecture — how the system is organized.
- TheLocalPlatform.com — The shared operating capabilities — what the system provides.
- TheLocalDatabase.com — The structured data layer — what the system knows.
- TheLocalGraph.com — The relationship layer — how entities connect.
- TheLocalVisibility.com — The visibility outcome — how the system is found.
One system
- Core is the front door.
- Infrastructure explains the architecture.
- Platform provides the shared capabilities.
- Registry identifies it.
- Database describes it.
- Graph connects it.
- Grid is the connected network.
- Distribution decides where it may appear.
- Surfaces present it.
- Navigator moves people through it by Place × Experience.
- Visibility is the outcome: being found.
- Start and Search help people discover it.
- Business tools help owners act on it.
TheLocalCore.com is the system front door. These pages explain parts of the same system; they are not separate applications or separate databases.
Part of the six foundations of The Local Internet
- TheLocalRecords.com— The RecordsNot yet launched
- TheLocalCatalog.com— The CatalogNot yet launched
- Localzz.com— The Marketplace (Evolving)Evolving