Local.
A New Local Search Product From Yahoo!
Om Malik over at GigaOm has discovered that Yahoo is testing a new local search product in Bangalore and New Delhi. Known…
SuperPages.com Combines Local Search with Social Networking
SuperPages.com today launched a Reviewer of the Week program. The intent of this program is to add the trust garnered from social…
Live From NAA: Local SearchTakes Center Stage
I’m at the Newspaper Association of America Marketing Convention in Las Vegas this week. The general chatter in and around the conference…
The Blogosphere Sounds Off on Hyper-Local
In the wake of discouraging news from hyper-local destination Backfence.com (in some ways this served as a testimonial to the sustainability of…
Social Features Key to Yahoo Local
Yahoo has recently been putting more of an emphasis on social media and user-generated content in its local search product.
MapQuest API For All
MapQuest completed a one-two punch today with its second product launch in 5 days (last week’s mobile announcement was covered here and…
Backfence Faces Setback
Hyperlocal destination site Backfence has lost its CEO and co-founder Susan DeFife due to a failure to see eye-to-eye with the board…
MapQuest Enhances Mobile Mapping Products
MapQuest announced a series of mobile mapping and search enhancements today, meant to leverage the company’s leading position in online mapping. The…
Vertical Strategies in Local Search
Just before the holiday weekend, Bill Slawski had an interesting post at his SEO by the Sea blog. The qualities of online…
Google Maps Offers Speech-Friendly Alternatives
Over at the Google blog, Googler T.V. Raman shares useful tips as a technologist who is visually impaired. For blind searchers and…