Use cases the company suggests include Groupon-style special offer notifications and last-minute cancellation suggestions. Twitter has bought local discovery app Spindle in a move to bolster its product lineup.
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Daily Deal websites (Groupon) If you're a small local business, having a Google+ Local profile is imperative to putting your brand – quite literally – on the map. Google Places was recently replaced with Google+ Local – a merging of Places and Plus...
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Easy way to deal with deals: Doing a Groupon deal is notoriously risky for small businesses, often leading to crowds of one-time customers that ultimately result in a loss. Offer Extensions are Google’s latest attempt to get in on the deal space...
Advertisers including Groupon, Universal Pictures and Visa occasionally appeared in a large banner at the top of the Skype window. Skype has rebuilt, an ad-friendly platform for Windows 8. Its three components will be rolled out in phases beginning...
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If you own a business that sells locally, chance are you’ve contemplated running a deal with a group buying site like Groupon, Living Social or Google Offers. Groupon, for example, primarily serves local markets.
Groupon: They take a big cut, so be sure your discount can handle this. I didn’t think I needed new shoes (WHAT? and deleted the email. A few days later I found out about a business trip and decided I wanted to find a red pair of shoes.
Pinterest is an innovative and popular new startup, while Groupon is… well, stable, as the chart below displays: Let’s verify the source for a second time by analyzing our original comparison of Pinterest versus Groupon.
It also allows for taking advantage of the diverse array of business data including name, address, and phone number details and descriptive content like Yelp reviews, Foursquare check-ins, and Groupon offers that are available in the local search...
It then straddles local advertising and yield management, especially when bundled with things like scheduling tools, as Groupon has developed. Of all the topics in the hot mobile location space, mobile monetization seems to be the biggest question...
Before, Offers - which competes with Google's platform by the same name, Groupon, and LivingSocial - had been available to a limited number of test partners in the U.S.during the last four months. Unlike Groupon, LivingSocial, and Google Offers...
The same has been true when users tap "Explore" and then hit a "Specials" button before seeing local merchant specials on Foursquare, as well as syndicated deals from Groupon, LivingSocial, Gilt City, ScoutMob, etc.
The platform, which stands to compete with Groupon, LivingSocial, and Google Offers, is free for merchants to use. Facebook Offers are now available to more brands, including some international marketers.
Just 23 percent will increase their use of geo-location services like Foursquare, but 57 percent won’t use these services at all percent have no plans to use daily deals sites like Groupon or LivingSocial.
April Fools Pranks 2011 - Google, Hulu, Groupon and more! Dr. Lirpa received his PhD from Cornell University, where he studied with Gerard Salton, a pioneer in the field of information retrieval, the academic discipline which forms the foundation...
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Later in the year, web services Pandora and GroupOn issued their own IPOs with solid results. Local search and review site Yelp has become the latest technology firm to surge onto the stock market. The company yesterday closed out its initial...
Users reported a high level of satisfaction with daily deals sites, particularly with Groupon and Living Social, with 88 and 86 percent of respondents saying they were highly satisfied with the service, respectively.
