People
Discover businesses, services, events, offers, articles and useful local information.
The National Layer of the Local Internet
Connecting America Through Businesses, Places, Information and Shared Infrastructure
The USA Internet is an emerging framework for making local and national information more structured, discoverable and useful. It brings together Business Records, geographic organization, marketplaces, publishing, search, APIs and AI-ready digital surfaces.
The USA Internet is an independent digital infrastructure initiative. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the United States government.
Who the network serves
One Framework. Many Participants.
Not every capability below is generally available. Each is marked as pilot, demonstration, planned or request access where that applies.
Businesses
Create or claim structured information once and manage how it appears across eligible destinations.
Multi-Location Businesses and Franchises
Coordinate brand information while maintaining accurate location-level details, offers, events and content.
Publishers and Communities
Build useful geographic and subject-focused information experiences using shared infrastructure.
Agencies and Resellers
Help approved clients manage Business Records, locations and distribution through permission-based workflows.
AI Systems and Agents
Access structured, attributable and permission-aware information through future search, API and agent services.
Search, marketplace synchronization, API access and AI/agent services are planned or in demonstration. Nothing on this site should be read as a claim that they are generally available today.
What it connects
From a Record to Every Appropriate Destination
The goal is not to duplicate the same business across disconnected websites. The goal is to maintain structured records and allow approved information to reach appropriate destinations through controlled eligibility and independent publishing decisions.
- BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- AUTHORITATIVE RECORDS
- LOCATIONS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
- ARTICLES, EVENTS, OFFERS AND REVIEWS
- GEOGRAPHIC AND CATEGORY RELATIONSHIPS
- SEARCH, APIS AND DISTRIBUTION
- MARKETPLACES AND DIGITAL SURFACES
- PEOPLE, SEARCH ENGINES AND AI AGENTS
The national-to-local model
National Reach. Local Relevance.
The system is intended to preserve local context while supporting broader state and national discovery, so a single location stays accurate as it becomes discoverable further out.
Geographic discovery
Current regional demonstration
- Northlandiz.comA regional surface overlapping parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
- Minnesotaiz.comA state surface for Minnesota.
- Wisconsiniz.comA state surface for Wisconsin.
Northlandiz demonstrates a regional surface that can overlap parts of both Minnesota and Wisconsin while using shared underlying records.
- UNITED STATES
- STATE
- COUNTY
- CITY
- COMMUNITY
- BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION
- LOCATION
The Business Record model
One Business. One Record. Many Authorized Uses.
Businesses should not have to recreate and maintain fragmented information for every directory, marketplace, publisher or emerging AI service. The Business Record model is intended to provide a structured source that can support multiple locations, products, services and content while retaining permissions, provenance and publishing controls.
- Organization identity
- Locations
- Service areas
- Hours
- Categories
- Products
- Services
- Contacts
- Media
- Articles
- Events
- Offers
- Reviews and responses
- Verification information
- Provenance
- Surface publication settings
Working network demonstration
The Shared-Record Model in Action
One organization and Business Record model, many independently governed surfaces.
- 25 configured shared-record surfaces
- One shared organization and Business Record model
- Independent surface eligibility, publication status and placement controls
- Local/international and USA-specific surface families
- Regional overlap across Minnesota and Wisconsin
The demonstration proves the shared-record pattern across 25 configured surfaces. It does not mean that every marketplace or strategic domain in the wider portfolio is already connected to the same database.
Marketplace foundation
An Existing Distribution Foundation
The network is being built on assets that already exist — at different stages of development.
100+
live marketplace and directory properties
7 million+
existing listings
2,900+
strategic domain assets
25
configured shared-record demonstration surfaces
250
marketplace deployment roadmap (planned)
These assets exist at different stages. Not every domain is developed, not every listing is an authoritative Business Record, and not every live marketplace is currently integrated with the shared-record platform. The 250-marketplace figure is a deployment roadmap, not 250 live marketplaces.
Content and information
More Than Business Listings
The USA Internet can ultimately organize many kinds of local and national information — with editorial, promotional and advertising content always distinguishable.
- Business profiles
- Local information articles
- Business articles
- Community information
- Products and services
- Events
- Offers and savings
- Reviews and responses
- Featured content
- Clearly labeled promotions
- Clearly labeled advertising
- Public resources
- Geographic information
Paid content is never presented as independent editorial selection. Promotions and advertising are clearly labeled as such.
Business participation
Built for Every Size of Business
Account creation, plans and agency workflows are not open yet, so each button below opens a request-access form.
Single-Location Businesses
Maintain identity, location, services, hours, content and eligible distribution.
Multi-Location Businesses
Manage shared organizational information alongside location-specific details.
Franchises
Coordinate brand governance, franchisee participation, local content and role-based permissions.
Agencies
Manage approved records and locations for clients through controlled access.
Trust and governance
Structure Before Scale
Shared records only work when permission, provenance and publication stay under control.
- One authoritative organization record
- Multiple controlled locations
- Independent surface eligibility
- Independent publication approval
- Role-based permissions
- Claim and verification workflows
- Source and provenance tracking
- Version history and auditing
- Moderation
- Privacy-aware data management
- Geographic and jurisdictional rules
- Clear separation of editorial and paid placement
- No automatic duplication across surfaces
Ecosystem relationships
Where The USA Internet Sits
The USA Internet is the national public-facing vision and gateway. The properties below own the other roles.
LocalInternetHoldings.comOwner and steward of the strategic domains, intellectual property and portfolio assets.LocalInternetGroup.comDevelopment, operations, services and commercialization.TheLocalInternet.comThe broader international flagship and umbrella vision.TheUSAInternet.comThe national public-facing vision and gateway.TheUSAStack.comThe national architecture.TheLocalGrid.comThe high-level asset and architecture map.LocalGridNetwork.comThe detailed network-node and deployment registry.
America Is National.Life Is Local.
A more connected digital infrastructure for America — built record by record, place by place.
The USA Internet is an independent digital infrastructure initiative. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the United States government.