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Craigslist Adds Cities, Now 300 Strong
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (sub. req’d) over the weekend and a Monday posting on PaidContent, iconic local community and classifieds site Craigslist has…
Yahoo, MapQuest Bring Where 2.0 Back to Earth
Excuse the pun, of sorts. Many of the speakers and panelists over the past couple of days at Where 2.0 demonstrated a…
Brands, Search and Local
ClickZ local columnist Phil Stelter wrote a piece this week about brands taking notice of local search. Geotargeting online is something that…
Topix Adds Free Local Classifieds
Joining the free classifieds fray, news aggregator Topix.net has added the ability to post listings on the site for housing, jobs, private…
SideStep Adds Travel Guides Beta, Names SVP of Engineering
The battle of features in travel search continues with SideStep launching Travel Guides Beta. Most of the content is licensed from Frommer’s…
Redfin Gets Funding and Prepares to Go National
Seattle-based Redfin.com was one of the first real estate mashups to employ a map interface as a primary navigation tool for real-estate…
Marchex Acquires Local-Vertical Search Company Openlist
New York-based Openlist, a local, vertical search engine, was acquired by Marchex, which provides search and contextual marketing but also owns a…
WikiMapia: Google Maps and Wikipedia Mashup
Coming on the heels of the recently launched Microsoft MapCruncher, WikiMapia uses the Google Maps API and a Wiki interface. This enables…
Travel Search Used By Few But Will Grow & Kayak Gets Top Honors In Review
A new report finds few use travel search engines but that declares the area set to grow. Meanwhile, an recent review gives…
Ask.com Has Sweet Europe Maps With Aerials
Search Engine Journal reports that Ask.com has some pretty impressive Europe maps, with aerial imagery. Loren Baker links to three examples including…
Windows Live Local Maps UK With Aerial Imagery
Loren Baker spotted a LiveSide post noting that Windows Live Local has added UK aerial imagery coverage. LiveSide explains that they are…
Google Maps Australia and New Zealand
Finally, Australia gets mapped by Google Maps. Not only did Australia get street level views, so did New Zealand. So if you…
GenieKnows Local Search
Last week Canadian-based search engine GenieKnows.com rolled out a local search beta (currently only available in the US). It offers dynamic maps,…
Citysearch: Act II
Citysearch is a little like a house that was built in the country and now the suburbs have grown up around it.…
Planet Discover Acquisition a Potential ‘Turning Point’ for Newspapers
I spoke this morning with Terry Millard, CEO of local-search vendor Planet Discover. As has now been widely reported, the company was…
Finding European Flights On The Move
Stuck in a European airport and looking for a cheap flight while on the move? Skyscanner has got a new tool for…
Yokel Local Shopping Part II
One of the great challenges of local shopping sites like Yokel is getting the data online. Brian points out in his post…
Yokel Launches Local Shopping Search Engine
Yokel today announced the beta release of its local shopping search engine. Yokel is run by Scott Randall, former CEO of FairMarket,…
Microsoft Accelerates Mapping
Mapping has already become one of the most competitive arenas online — a visual version of local search. Barry posted earlier about…
Microsoft To Map The World In Real Time?
The TechnologyReview.com has an interesting article explaining a project at Microsoft named SenseWeb, that will strive to enable Windows Live Local to…
Australians Need Maps — Zoom Australia Delivers
Startup Beats Google Maps on its Home Turf from O’Reilly Radar notes that those living in Australia can’t turn to Google Maps…
Microsoft’s Windows Live Local Launches CelebFavorites.com
Microsoft announced the launch of CelebFavorites.com, a site that uses Windows Live Local maps to plot eight famous American stars. Each of…
Beyond Booking Flights & Hotel Rooms
Online travel search does a good job helping you with the major tasks of planning travel—booking flights, hotel rooms, rental cars and…
Ask.com Launches Physical / Topicgraphical Maps Views
Ask.com’s Gary Price posts about Ask.com rolling out a new topographical views on Ask Maps. The feature is called “physical” and it…
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