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Video search was a key topic at the TechCrunch50 show in San Francisco this week. Lots of newly launched companies have presented (kind of like DEMO minus the payola). In a “rich media” grouping of companies, the proverbial challenge of making...
The need to bridge the gap between the online and offline worlds is a key issue in local search. Though search volume continues to rise and capture a growing percentage of product research, more than 95 percent of actual purchase behavior in the...
Can the iPhone and Google's Android fix the limitations that have plagued mobile advertising and mobile search? It could take a couple years to really get moving, but after a long period of being rusted shut, it appears that the wheels are finally...
A few television and cable companies appear to have taken a page from the online marketing playbook. But if television networks are to take a page from the Internet, they should take the entire page. In other words it's not just effective...
Social media has been positioned by many as a killer app for mobile, along with local search. The combination of all three -- mobile, local, and social -- makes sense, as they go hand in hand in lots of situations. The new 3G iPhone could...
The LA Times is in the midst of an aggressive online product rollout. If anyone should be able to build solid local content sites, it's newspapers. It's their game to lose, with a sizeable but quickly closing head start, as publishers across the...
Much of the discussion around Universal search, or blended search, focuses on video and images. But local search may be a more important factor, one that has the greatest impact in blended search results.
At the intersection of video and SEO, local search sites and IYPs – as the traditional "owners" of local – have the most to gain, and the most to lose.
Make your SMB videos number one at the universal search box office.
Mobile Local search has arrived. Search will never be the same again.
Magic 8-ball rocks '08 local search trends. Boland calls it in the Kelsey corner pocket.
Why Ingenio's apple of AT&T "I phone" local search strategy.
Will Google Maps, Microsoft Live Maps, Yahoo Maps and MapQuest flatline when 3-D EveryScape goes wide?
Yellowpage.com CEO Charles Stubbs made a surprise appearance at ILM:07/ SES Local today to talk about AT admittedly, it's …
Mapping local search: from MapQuest to Google Maps to Everyscape. Who's going to win the map wars?
Local content providers can learn from the trend toward blended search results.
To follow up on Kevin Newcomb's post earlier this week, there are some interesting local search and small business advertising implications to Facebook's and MySpace's new ad platforms. First to reiterate, both platforms will seek to utilize...
The epic battle fought by "online pure-plays" and "brick and mortar" companies moves to a new frontier: Local Search.
YouTube videos continue to get more and more portable as Google integrates them into other search products, and approaches a semblance of return on the $1.65 billion it paid for the video site. The latest is today's announcement that Google...
Local search and classifieds site LiveDeal announced today that it will integrate video content in its listings. This will allow individual sellers and businesses to upload videos to enhance their classifieds or directory listings. This...
