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Vingo.ca is a hand-indexed directory linking the very best in Vancouver Island arts, culture, accommodation, Vancouver Island resorts, family fun, shopping, services, attractions and outdoor links for tourists and residents alike. We invite you to contribute your reviews and favourite destinations to help improve our community-driven directory


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Advertise with Vingo

Vancouver-Island-Life is pleased to be recognized as the premier web-directory for Vancouver Island Businesses and Services with the most complete, varied and coherent list of Island websites online. Built and maintained by Search Engine, Social Media and Web Marketing expert Dan LaRocque, a listing on Vingo is a necessary resource to help secure your business' position on the world wide web. Savvy web marketers know that a well placed link can ensure search engine traffic for today and for years to come. Set yourself apart from the competition, allow yourself to be found.

Standard Listings on Vingo are still Free!! We require a reciprocal link for free listings. Please add it to your links page and point it to http://www.vancouverislandlife.com - Vingo.ca - Your Guide to Vancouver Island Life

Enhanced Listings

Enhanced Listings include your business' address, phone number, search engine keywords, contact email, Twitter and Facebook ID's and a picture or logo. Coming soon Google Maps and an iPhone / iPad app. Enhanced listings appear at the top of the category listings above the standard listings. The cost is $10.00/month or $99.00/year

Have your business or service featured on our blog.

One of Vingo's professional writers will visit and 'review' your hotel, service or attraction and feature it on our blog and tourism email newsletter. We'll also post it to 2 different online travel forums as well as our Facebook and Twitter accounts. This provides great coverage in a great and growing medium. 200 words and 1 photo, $100.00, 500 words and 3 photos $200.00

Banner and Button Advertising

Place your banner or button on our pages. Take advantage of our thousand page views, relevant content and keywords and regular search engine spidering with a graphic button advertisement pointing to your web address. Professional graphic design is included. Button sizes are 160 by 100 pixels, banners are 400 by 100 pixels. You can choose to place your banner or button on all Vingo pages or targeet it directly to the category of your choice.

We have other advertising opportunities available for those Vancouver Island businesses who understand the value of Web based advertising, including reviews and features on our blog and email newsletters, category specific and home page banner ads and even youtube video productions shot, edited and uploaded by our professional video team. Contact Vingo (Dan LaRocque) for details