Our directories
Seven independent directories, each covering one category in a defined geography. Every one is scored by the same published method, and none of them sells rank.
Each directory below is a separate property with its own site. This page is the index of them, and each entry links to a page explaining how that directory is built before it sends you to the directory itself.
The reason for that split is simple. The ranked list belongs on the directory, where it is maintained on one cycle and published in one place. What belongs here is the reasoning: what the directory covers, what its ranking weights, and why those criteria and not others.
- Scored from public customer reviews
- Re-checked every month
- Rank is never for sale
- Being listed is free
The seven directories
Klang Valley
One metro area, five municipalities. A plumber in Puchong takes jobs in Petaling Jaya, so splitting the Klang Valley by council would be a fiction.
Single city
The demand sits in one city and the businesses are local to it, so the directory stops at the city boundary.
Nationwide
People plan these rather than call them in an emergency, and they compare across cities, so the directory covers the country.
Why some cover one city and others cover the country
Malaysia is a set of separate local markets rather than one. So each directory is drawn around how that trade is actually searched and hired, not around a map that looks tidy.
Every directory states its own coverage on its own homepage. Here is the reasoning behind the three shapes we use.
Klang Valley
One metro area, five municipalities. A plumber in Puchong takes jobs in Petaling Jaya, so splitting the Klang Valley by council would be a fiction.
Single city
The demand sits in one city and the businesses are local to it, so the directory stops at the city boundary.
Nationwide
People plan these rather than call them in an emergency, and they compare across cities, so the directory covers the country.
How to read these directories
Plain explanations of what a ranking means, what independence looks like in practice, and what to do if your business appears on one of these lists.
Directory vs Marketplace vs "Top 10" Listicle
Tell a method-based directory apart from lead marketplaces and paid "best in KL" listicles: who pays, whether rank is bought, and how each list is built.
How a Ranked Directory Works
What the order in a Meridian Guides directory means, how to read a listing at a glance, and why the ranking shifts month to month.
How Often Listings and Scores Are Updated
Directories are re-checked monthly: scores refresh, closed businesses are removed automatically, and stale listings do not linger.
How to Shortlist a Business From a Ranked Directory
From a ranked list to a confident shortlist: what to weigh, questions to ask a provider before hiring, and when to look past the top result.
If Your Business Is Listed: How to Check and Fix It
Listed without being asked? You need not do anything. How to find your listing, correct or remove it by email, and the five-business-day target.
What "Independent" Means for a Business Directory
Editorial independence in plain terms: rankings are featured-blind, the engine cannot see who paid, and what would make a directory not independent.
Why Rankings Differ From One Category to the Next
Each category is scored on what matters for that trade. A locksmith is scored on response time; a homestay is scored on suitability, not speed.