local search.
Skype Lanches v. 3.1, with Local Search Features
Skype officially launched version 3.1 earlier this week. As we wrote about in the post Skype’s One-Two Punch a few weeks ago,…
AskCity Adds Search-Enabled Drawing Tools
Ask.com is adding new tools to define a geographic search area by drawing on a map to its AskCity local search product.…
Citysearch to Acquire Insider Pages
IAC/InterActiveCorp, parent to Ask.com and Citysearch, announced plans to acquire reviews-based local search provider Insider Pages. IAC is not sharing the details,…
A Look at Yahoo’s Local Ad Options
In her latest ClickZ column, Patricia Hursh digs into Yahoo’s local search advertising options, post-Panama. She explores Local Sponsored Search, Sponsored Search,…
Citysearch Bolstering Local Ad Sales Teams
Citysearch is pulling out the big guns to compete in the local search ad arena. The IAC-owned company just opened a new…
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…
Verizon Spins Off Idearc
Idearc is the newly spun off parent of local search provider SuperPages.com. The company started trading today on the NYSE. The SuperPages…
Loki And ‘Location Pull’
If you’re not aware of it, Loki is one of the more interesting developments in local search. It’s a downloadable toolbar from…
Grayboxx: A Better Local Search Engine?
I hear lots of claims from startups about how they’ll improve upon or do better than the competition. Most of the time,…