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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 others who use spoken outputs, screenreaders…
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,…
A Closer Look at Ask’s Smart Answers
Ask.com has truly differentiated itself with the "Smart Answers" it returns for thousands of queries, offering facts, images and targeted links that…
Free Local Search White Paper From TeleMapics
Consulting firm TeleMapics is offering a free local search white paper, which you can get here. Called “Local Search: Time for a…
Citysearch Launches in San Diego
Venerable local search provider Citysearch has launched a new site in San Diego, California. Recently, Citysearch has added “insider lists” (users’ local…
Local Matters and Mobile People Partner for Mobile Local Search
Directory, directory assistance and local search infrastructure provider Local Matters today announced a deal with European mobile search company Mobile People. According…
Borrell Bullish On Local Search Revenue Outlook
According to an article in today’s MediaPost, Borrell Associates’ newest local forecast is quite upbeat about geotargeted ad growth across categories, but…
SES Local Edition Speaking Openings Posted
Interested in speaking at our first SES Local Edition conference in Denver on September 28th? The show focuses exclusively on local search…
New Search Patent Applications: July 11, 2006 – Google Patent Filings by the Dozen
Twelve Google patent applications where published this past week, including seven that focus upon geographical information and local search. (1) How good…
SuperPages For Sale
Verizon has formally filed with the SEC to sell its directory unit, which contains the print yellow pages and online yellow pages/local…
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…
Understanding Searcher Behavior
Searchers interact with search engines in a variety of ways, and understanding searcher behavior is an increasingly important aspect of effective search…
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…
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…
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,…
New SEW Blog Correspondents: Greg Sterling On Local; Detlev Johnson On News & Barry Becomes A Married Chief!
If you’ve read about local search over the past few years, you know the name Greg Sterling. Greg was a long-time Kelsey…
Greg Sterling Leaves Kelsey, Starts New Blog
If you read stories on local search, you’ve heard the name Greg Sterling, a long time Kelsey Group analyst on the subject.…
Search Hypergrowth Over; But Search Growth Continues
Rebecca Lieb from ClickZ has wrote an excellent article named Is Search Shrinking? In her article she discusses some of the recent…
Targeting Local Searchers
Although SEM on local search verticals bears many resemblances to global search marketing, there are subtle nuances and differences in searcher behavior…
Nielsen: Search Queries Up, Google Has 48% of All Searches, Ask Jeeves Soars in Search Volume
The MediaWeek article: Nielsen: Google Dominates, Local Grows, reports that new October, Nielsen//NetRatings ratings numbers have been released. Here are some highlights:…
Two Alternative Local Search Services
Local search from the major players is steadily improving, but meanwhile, two smaller players are making impressive advances in providing search results…
Recap Of SEW Forums Live Event At Disneyland
I was on vacation over the past two weeks in Southern California, but I took a few hours off to leave my…
Google Local Goes Mobile
Adding to its various search services for mobile phones, Google has introduced Google Local for mobile, a stripped down version of its…
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search
In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results.
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