Mumsnet local - don't want to sound cynical but there are some very obvious 'ads' disguised as recommendations

Ok first off JoolsToo where have you been ? Everyone's been talking about local dahling... you can find your Local Mumsnet site here and if you want to find out about taking charge of your Local local check out this thread

OK plug over

There are local classifieds - so if you wanted to sell a sofa or bed or something bulky and/or that needs to be checked over it would make sense to sell on your local site and it's free - same as on regular Talk. You'll find classifieds under Latest local listings, next block down should be
Latest classifieds. You should also be able to advertise a small business there too - for the same fee as on Talk.

As to how we stop the blatant self promotionalists, well it's tricky! As long as it's useful to local folks, for the time being, I think we give contributors the benefit of the doubt, but if it looks seriously fishy then the best thing to do is report it to Mumsnet HQ (using the red exclamation mark, same as on Talk) and we'll take a look AND/ OR go and check out the restaurant/ playcentre/ business yourself and report back on Local with some good old fashioned Mumsnet feedback.

Open to other suggestions if you have them

Thanks for feedback

MNHQ