For local Ocean Springs businesses
Be the first business everyone sees first.
When neighbors search "best [your category] in Ocean Springs," they find a ranked editorial list. Be the business sitting above it. From $49/mo, cancel anytime.
- ✓ No setup fees
- ✓ Cancel anytime, no contracts
- ✓ One sponsor per category
- ✓ Clearly labeled, never hidden
- ✓ Built by a local team
What this is
Ocean Springs Best is the local guide to Ocean Springs, MS. We rank 192 categories of local businesses — restaurants, dentists, salons, plumbers, mechanics, every category in town with 5+ Google-verified businesses. The rankings are honest. They come from real Google reviews. We refresh them monthly. Nothing is hand-picked.
Visitors and locals read this site to answer the question: "what's the best [X] in Ocean Springs?" They land here from Google searches at the moment they're about to decide where to eat, who to call, where to go.
We built it. We edit it. We're Magnolia Digital, an Ocean Springs SEO team at 626 Washington Avenue.
Here's the thing
When someone searches "best [your category] in Ocean Springs" on Google, our pages are built to rank #1. They're targeting 168,000+ monthly searches across our keyword set — including high-intent terms like "ocean springs restaurants" (14,800/mo) and 30+ others that send buyers straight to a ranked list.
That list is on this site. The Featured slot sits above the ranked list, clearly labeled, never moving the editorial below it. It's the first business every reader sees.
If your business isn't in that slot, your competitor is.
The offer
One Featured slot per category. $49/month, or $497/year (two months free). What it gets you:
- Your business above the ranked editorial, clearly labeled "Featured Sponsor"
- Five photos pulled from your Google Business Profile, lightbox on click
- Dofollow link to your website (real SEO value back to your domain)
- Set up and live in under seven days
- Cancel anytime. No contracts. No setup fees.
This is what it looks like in context
A real Featured slot rendered above the ranked editorial — the same hierarchy your page would have.
Local Living · Best Of · Ocean Springs, MS
Best Hair Salons in Ocean Springs
4 of 192 Featured slots are claimed. 188 are still open. One sponsor per category, locked when claimed. Hottest categories — restaurants, downtown, coffee shops — won't stay open long.
What you're probably thinking
"Will paying change where I rank in the list below?"
No. The ranked list is sorted by real Google review data using a fixed formula. We never move it for sponsors. The Featured slot sits separately above the editorial. That's the whole deal — the rankings stay credible, you get the top placement above them.
"What if I cancel?"
Cancel anytime, no termination fees. Monthly plans cancel from your dashboard. Yearly plans don't auto-renew unless you say so.
"My Google photos aren't great."
We pull from your Google Business Profile and send you a draft before going live. If the photos aren't good enough, we can shoot a fresh batch on a site visit (folded into the first month's price).
"What if Ocean Springs Best doesn't have my category yet?"
We add categories on request. If your business operates in Ocean Springs and there are at least 5 Google-listed competitors, the category goes live and your Featured slot launches with it.
Claim your category
Each category has one Featured sponsor at a time. As of today, 188 of 192 are still open. The highest-traffic ones — restaurants, downtown restaurants, coffee shops, bars — are the first to go.
You'll be set up and live within seven days. We pull your photos, draft your blurb, you approve, we ship.
The other ways to sponsor
Featured Listing at $49/mo is the entry point. There are four other ways to sponsor at higher commitment levels, from a $149/mo Premium Featured on the top-10 traffic pages to a $5,000 co-published Field Guide. Compare all five below.
The five tiers, side by side
Each tier is a different product, not the same one with extras. Inventory is intentionally limited so every sponsorship is worth the price.
Featured Listing
Top spot on 1 category page
$49/mo
$497/yr (~2 months off)
Above 180 long-tail category pages
The classic. Your business above the ranked editorial on one Best-Of category page. Photos, dofollow link, clearly labeled. One sponsor per category.
- Single category page placement
- Up to 5 photos with lightbox
- Dofollow link to your site
- Pinned above the ranked list
Best for: a single-location service business that wants to own one of the 180 long-tail categories.
Featured Listing Premium
Top spot on 1 high-traffic page
$149/mo
$1,490/yr (2 months free)
On one of the 10 top-traffic pages
Same Featured slot, but on one of the 10 highest-traffic pages on the site. Price is anchored to the page's projected reach: 1,000+ direct search volume per month, top of the dining or top-services section.
- Restaurants, seafood, downtown restaurants, breakfast
- Coffee shops, bars, pizza, cafés, bakeries
- Hair salons (top-volume service)
- Same Featured treatment, higher-traffic page
Best for: a restaurant, bar, salon, or coffee shop that wants the highest-traffic Featured slot Ocean Springs Best has to offer.
Section Sponsor
Every page in 1 whole section
$299/mo
A whole section: Dining, Services, or Visitor
Sidebar module on every page in the section
A persistent sponsor module on every page in a single section of the guide — Dining (~30 pages), Services (~80 pages), or Visitor guides + lists (~12 pages).
- Sidebar module on every page in the section
- One buyer per section, no rotation
- Dofollow link, photo, short tagline
- Bundle 2 sections for $499/mo or all 3 for $749/mo
Best for: a hotel (Visitor section), a restaurant group (Dining), a multi-trade contractor (Services).
Presenting Sponsor
Your name across the whole guide
$749/mo
$7,490/yr · founding-partner rate
Band under every hub H1 + sitewide footer mark
The whole site, tasteful. A "Presented by [Your Business]" band on the main hubs (/best-of/, /guides/, /ocean-springs-restaurants/) plus a repeated mark in the footer. One partner site-wide.
- Slim band under the H1 of all three hubs
- Footer attribution on every page
- Annual mention in the newsletter
- Exclusive: one partner at a time
Best for: a bank, hospital, university, regional Toyota dealer, or chamber-of-commerce style brand that wants association with the local guide.
Branded Field Guide
Your own published guide
$5,000 flat
One-time, evergreen
Permanent guide in /guides/, your brand on the byline
Magnolia Digital writes a new field guide on a subject of your choosing, branded as co-published with your business. Sits permanently in the field guides hub. Includes 12 months of editorial cross-linking from related pages.
- 1,500-2,500 word editorial guide
- Custom linocut hero illustration
- 5 photos, optional video embed
- Dofollow links + permanent URL
Best for: a hotel commissioning a weekend itinerary, a realtor commissioning a neighborhood walkthrough, a charter operator commissioning a fishing guide.
What a Featured slot looks like
Live example from a current sponsor — this is the exact treatment you would get.
How it works
From inquiry to live in under a week.
- 01
You pick a tier
Featured Listing is self-serve via the form on /subscribe/. Section, Presenting, and Branded Guide go through a quick conversation with Magnolia Digital so we can match the right placement to your business.
- 02
We set up the slot
For Featured: photos pull straight from your Google Business Profile, blurb is drafted from your website, and we send it back for approval. Section + Presenting are designed in one round, shipped on the second. Branded Guide takes two to three weeks for the editorial.
- 03
It goes live and stays live
Featured and Section bill monthly or yearly. Presenting bills monthly or yearly. Branded Guide is one-time and stays up forever. Cancel any monthly plan at any time, no contracts, no early-termination fees.
Common questions
Things prospects ask before they sign up.
Will sponsoring change my position in the ranked list?
No. The ranked list is sorted by a fixed formula (rating + review count) and is never moved. The Featured slot is a separate, clearly-labeled placement above the ranked list. We never want you to wonder whether your competitor paid to outrank you, because nobody can.
What if my category isn't on the site yet?
Send a note via the contact page. We add categories on request as long as Ocean Springs has at least 5 local businesses in that category with public Google Business Profiles.
How do payments work?
Featured Listing self-serves through a hosted form (Stripe via HighLevel) — monthly card payment that you can cancel from your dashboard at any time. Section, Presenting, and Branded Guide are invoiced (ACH or card) on a NET-15 basis.
Do you offer guarantees?
We guarantee that the placement is built, live, and visible exactly as described — if it isn't, we refund. We don't guarantee specific lead volume because Ocean Springs Best is a young site building traffic over the first 12 months. We do guarantee transparency: you'll see real numbers about reach in a monthly email.
Who owns Ocean Springs Best?
Magnolia Digital, a local SEO and web team based at 626 Washington Avenue in downtown Ocean Springs. Same team that ranks Mississippi Gulf Coast businesses for a living.
Built by Magnolia Digital
Ocean Springs Best is a Magnolia Digital project. Magnolia Digital is a local SEO and web team based at 626 Washington Avenue in downtown Ocean Springs. The same team that ranks Mississippi Gulf Coast businesses builds and edits this guide.
If you're sponsoring at any level, you're working with a local team that knows the town and the buyer. If you'd rather rank in Google directly — with a custom site and an ongoing SEO program — talk to Magnolia Digital about that separately.