Car Dealers
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Welcome to CarDealerWiki
CarDealerWiki.org is designed to provide information on automotive retailers, sales, and service. It is the Internet largest free resource providing Automotive Advertising strategies and Automotive ZMOT education for car dealers and the auto industry. This website is also designed to assist consumers researching local dealers that may be offering discounts on car purchases and services in their state. Car dealers with questions on how to best utilize this site can request assistance via email to: CarDealerWiki Support.
If your dealers or company is NOT listed, send a note to support and it will be added in the appropriate category.
You can request a new account by clicking on the login link in the upper right hand corner of this page. Accounts will be reviewed and approved based on email address. Members of the CarDealerWiki must be employees of a car dealership or a business that serves car dealers. Your email address should reflect a business address and not a free email address.
CarDealerWiki.org has been enhanced to allow business owners to create dynamic pages with integrated content from blogs, review websites, and even live inventory. Dealers who would like to syndicate their inventory on this website can use tools provided by the Automotive Advertising Network (AAN).
If you have suggestions to will improve the value of this Wiki to the automotive industry send us an email: CarDealerWiki Support. We will continue to enhance the value the site provides as the largest dedicated Wiki website for the automotive industry.
As a reminder, when you create new pages, please use the "metadec" tag. (see below)
Get Started
Basic Car Dealer Templates
Click to view a basic template which you can copy and past to your page or you can watch the video on the right.
Keep in mind that the hyperlinks have to be updated to reflect your social media links and website pages when you use the basic template. We have default links there as placeholders.
You can use a text editor to do a search and replace on words like "DEALERSHIP", "STATE" and "BRAND" to make creating a page easier. Blank Dealer Profile Page. Do get a copy of the template click here: Download File
We will be posting links to example car dealer profile pages that you can use to jump-start the look of your car dealership Wiki page. We have started to develop a very simple, but effective profile for Capital Ford Lincoln, Lexus Of Portland, Irvine BMW and Marlboro Nissan which you can review to get an idea of how to layout your page.
We have also added pages for new brands that include Fiat Dealers USA, Fisker_Dealers, and Hyundai Equus Dealers. We are starting to add new pages that list dealers in major markets and the current reviews that are posted in Google Places. An example is Jeep Dealers in OKC We have also started a Wiki page for TrueCar which seems to be a controversial topic in the automotive industry. We also recently added a page for Dealers United which is a new buying model for car dealers.
You can also see live inventory that is included on a dealer's CarDealerWiki Page here: Used Cars Naples
If you take the time to watch the video, you will see that creating a comprehensive car dealership listing page is fast, easy and will increase the number of offsite links and traffic to your website.
There is no limit to the number of pages that you can create for your dealership. You can add extra CarDealerWiki pages for used cars, extended warranty sales, and financing. There is no limit the the informational you can provide to consumers in your market.
Please keep in mind to add value with all posts that you make.
Advanced CarDealerWiki Editing / Formatting
Need to do more advanced formatting to your Wiki pages? See the full Wiki MarkUp Language Tutorial at Wiki Formatting Code
META Tags On Pages
To add a META description tag to any page you create, use this format:
YouTube Support Added
We have added support for dealers to upload Youtube videos. The syntax for adding a video is shown below:
If your YouTube url is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSyGeJNrl8
You would surround the number in bold with as shown 
This feature will allow dealers to upload customer testimonials or other videos that will help promote the services that they offer to local consumers.
DealerRater Support Added
If you are a DealerRater Customer you can now have your reviews streamed to your profile page automotically. You just have to obtain the RSS Feed URL from DealerRater and then read the instructions to Add DealerRater RSS To CarDealerWiki.org
How to Hyperlink and Image or Banner
Automotive Digital Resources
- Automotive SEO Daily Newspaper
- Internet Sales Manager Community
- Automotive Social Media Community
- Automotive SEO Blog
- Car Dealer Digital Strategies
- Seattle Used Cars
- Miami Honda Dealers
