There are dozens of sites in this neighborhood that have large amounts of structured citations, including Citysearch, YellowPages and Superpages. One phrase that has been ubiquitous when discussing offsite SEO tactics for the past decade is “link...
Recently, a business.txt file was proposed on Github as an alternative to hCard or schema.org business formatting, offering a place for sites like Yelp, Citysearch and Google to gather information about that business.
Most of the group buying sites will pull in reviews from Yelp or Citysearch. The draw is obvious: they have huge email databases of known buyers in exactly the locations you serve. At their best, But, getting access to that list and targeted offer...
Citysearch) or lead harvesting (e.g. Several of the forward-looking legacy players in the local search field, including Google, Yelp, Citysearch (via CityGrid) and several Better Business Bureau’s (e.g.
Google, Bing, Yahoo, Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Dex, AOL, Yellow Pages, Citysearch, infogroup, Localeze and hundreds of other sites encourage businesses to submit their location information, not to mention the opportunities available in GPS...
IAC owns Ask.com, Match.com, Citysearch and several other companies that are all buying long-term non-used inventory from Google. Over the past year Google has been doubling its efforts to improve its display, mobile, and brand advertising network.
Sources like Yelp, TripAdvisor and Citysearch had claimed that Google unfairly used their content.of social networkers and 71% of mobile users find consumer ratings and reviews extremely important for local search.miles
Going one step further, Google has integrated consumer reviews from CitySearch and Yahoo Local alongside the practice office link and basic information about the provider. From the hottest local deal, to finding a review of a local restaurant or...
We created a special URL page on his site that linked directly to his business profile on Yelp, Citysearch, Google, and Yahoo. In addition to checking Yelp, Citysearch, Google, and Yahoo, look at industry-specific sites: urbanspoon.com, Zagat.com...
Partner sites include: IMDb, Yahoo Movies, Rotten Tomatoes, OpenTable, Yelp, CitySearch, Urban Spoon, Cheap Flights, YouTube, MTV, Last.fm, Rhapsody, Pandora, and MSN, ReadWriteWeb reported. Bing is rolling out a new "tiles" feature in its SERPs.
Yelp and CitySearch - which has UrbanSpoon amongst its review sites - are both in talks with Google about how best to have their site content used by Google. The CEO of TripAdvisor Stephen Kaufer said the company's request to have their reviews...
Go a step further and provide links to local review sites such as Yelp, Citysearch, and Hotpot to help build your sites review and ratings. We saw the introduction of Google Instant, Google Caffeine, Google SERP revisions to marry organic and local...
In a Wall Street Journal article Sunday, critics from TripAdvisor.com, WebMD.com, Yelp.com and Citysearch.com all were given a forum to complain that they're losing traffic because Google favors itself and, as a result, is scooping up more...
IAC owns some 50 other websites including Ask.com, Citysearch, and The Daily Beast," CNN Money reported. Barry Diller, founder of IAC which includes Ask.com, told the company he ran for over 17 years that he is stepping down as CEO.
Citysearch Search engines like Google and Bing have made localization a huge part of their ranking algorithms. When you perform a search at Google or Bing, the results are significantly influenced by your physical location, even on queries where...
Note how how local results are much more prominent, pushing more generic content below the fold while showcasing the Place pages and aggregate data collected from places like Yelp and Citysearch. Although I feel their food is very good and more...
Google Places Coupons Now Integrating Open Graph Coupons from CitySearch? It appears that Google is bulking up Places Pages with CitySearch coupons. AdCenter will also provide new information about sources of traffic to the advertiser's web site...
Given the ease and instantaneous nature of reviews on places like Google Local, SuperPages, and CitySearch, handling reviews of your business improperly can come back to bite you. Last month, I highlighted a couple real world examples of bad online...
Depending on your vertical, you may also want to consider claiming your listings on other websites, such as Yelp and Citysearch. Local search is one of the most underutilized and least understood digital marketing strategies, even though it's one...
Last week, Insider Pages (owned by CitySearch) launched their Doctor Finder service. Since choosing a doctor is a bit more of a selective process than finding a restaurant (no matter how picky you are), Insider Pages partnered with Healthgrades.com...
