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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…
Canada’s YellowPages.ca Launches New Local Search Site
Since this is Local Search Day at Search Engine Watch, here’s some additional news. Canada’s yellow pages publisher, Yellow Pages Group, which…
A Web of Local Search Services
The major search engines tend to capture the lion’s share of press, but there are dozens of other players in the local…
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…