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Trust and verification

How to read a listing, and what a verified badge on this directory does and does not tell you.

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Published 27 August 2026
How to tell a checked listing from an unchecked one
Most listings in most directories are businesses somebody added, not businesses that signed up. Here is what that means and what to do about it.
- Trust and verification
In this guide
1. The three states a listing can be in
2. What a verified badge does not tell you
3. What to do when the listing you want is unchecked
4. Signs worth paying attention to, badge or no badge
About 500 words
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