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Google’s Local Search Land Grab
Google wants to digitize local search information, and Tony Wright tells you how you can help.
SEW Experts: Turning Local Inside Out
In today’s Searching for Meaning column, “Turning Local Inside Out,” Kevin Ryan takes a look at what local search looks like today,…
Don’t be a Local-Yokel – Enhance Your Local Business Listings
Did you know you could enhance your local listings in Google Maps and Yahoo! Local to bring more traffic to your site?…
Getting Started in Local Search
Gregg Stewart introduces a new column, Local Search, with information on how to get started in finding cost-effective leads and developing a…
Local.com Gets Location-based Search Patent
The local search space is becoming a patent battleground. in the third local search patent to surface in the last month, Local.com…
Google Maps Integrates User Reviews (Finally)
Google yesterday announced on the Lat Long Blog that it will begin to offer the opportunity to read and write user generated…
Ask Launches Ask3D
There is a new look at Ask. Following hot on the heels of the recent announcement by Google of its Universal Search,…
SEW Experts: The Local Video Revolution
In today’s Vertical Challenge column, The Local Video Revolution, Michael Boland addresses the latest trends in local online video. He points out…
Local.com on a Roll II
Following its string of recent announcements (previous posts on Local.com here and here), Local.com today unveiled a new mobile search product. Known…
Google Adds Neighborhood Search
Google has added a neighborhood search capability for 50 U.S. cities, so a user can search for things like bagels upper east…
New Local Search Site: LocalGuides
Denver-based Local Matters has launched a new local search site, LocalGuides.com. The site lets users create lists of favorite local businesses, based…
Local.com on a Roll
No, that’s not a menu item at Venture Frogs restaurant (the San Francisco bubble-era eatery that featured dishes named after tech companies).…
MyQuest: India’s Exclusive Local Search Engine
Indian search engine, MyQuest.com, is looking to dominate the local search space in one of the world’s most populus countries. Niched search…
Citysearch Updates Site, Adds Video
IAC-owned local search site Citysearch has redesigned its site, and has added new features like improved recommendations and video. Video on Citysearch,…
Getting Found in Local Search
If the intent of your business is to bring customers to your location, considering local search during the site-building and optimization process…
Mobile, Video Star at Kelsey’s Local Search Show
At The Kelsey Group’s recent Drilling Down on Local conference, the local search buzz was all about video and mobile. SEW blogger…
Sports Search Engine Even Has Gambling Info
2007 is definitely looking like the year of the vertical or niched search engine. We have local search, business search, video search,…
IAC’s Horan Shares Local Strategies
Peter Horan, CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp Media and Advertising, shared elements of IAC’s local content strategy in his keynote address Wednesday at the…
Innovectra Launches LeadStream
Local search consultancy Innovectra is launching a local search product today at the Kelsey Group’s “Drilling Down on Local” event. The new…
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…
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