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America Online Launches New Local Search Service for AOL Subscribers and Web Users
DULLES, Va. -- America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today launched a comprehensive new Local Search service with one of the most extensive directories of local information available to help people quickly find answers where they live, work and travel throughout the country. The new Local Search...
Tags: America Online Inc., local search, Web
Research articles 2005-02-24
Insider Pages Drives More Than $1MM in New Business to Local Advertisers in First 30 Days of Service; New Localized Search Technology by Overture and CitySearch Founder Uses Customer Referrals to Drive Qualified Telephone and Web Leads
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Local search engine Insider Pages announced today the successful close of its advertising beta test in Los Angeles that generated more than $1 million in new business for participating advertisers in just 30 days. The company's proprietary customer reviews-based advertising platform combined with a pay-per-telephone-call system...
Tags: advertiser, local search, Overture Services Inc., phone, Web
Research articles 2005-04-19
Gannett Acquires Planet Discover - Firm's Technology Powers Web Sites' Local Search
MCLEAN, Va. -- Gannett today acquired Planet Discover, a provider of local, integrated online search and advertising technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Tags: Gannett Co. Inc., local search, Web, Web site
Research articles 2006-05-12
Yahoo! Redefines the Local Search Experience With New Neighborhood Focus; Yahoo! Local Brings Breadth and Depth of Local Community Knowledge to the Web
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today introduced the next generation of Yahoo! Local (http://local.yahoo.com). Yahoo! now connects users with local information via a host of new features such as interactive maps that highlight local establishments, along with user reviews about the business or service...
Tags: knowledge, local search, Web, Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-17
Mapping local search ... one burger joint at a time: Citysearch's Scott Morrow cites DR on the Web--and soon, in mobile marketing--as an integral factor in past and future growth.(CitySearch Inc.-Scott Morrow)(Cover story)
Everyone who works in marketing is on a mission. But Scott Morrow, executive vice president of product and marketing at Los Angeles-based Citysearch.com, is a man driven by a mission statement. Morrow wants the world, starting with his several hundre Everyone who works in marketing is...
Tags: disaster recovery, local search, marketing, mobile, mobile marketing, Web
Research articles 2006-10-01

Additional Resources

Thoughts On Web Developers, SEO & Reputation Problems
After last week's "Does SEO = Spam" debate erupted, I had a number of follow-up emails where I explained privately more about why SEO has such a bad reputation in some quarters, as well as what SEO is and isn't, from my perspective. I wanted to share some of that...
Tags: Search Engine Optimization
News items 2009-10-19
TV Stations Must Reinvent Local News To Survive
Here's a little-known fact: Local TV stations depend heavily on their news operations, which typically account for about half their revenues. As a result, they're also highly vulnerable to the death spiral that's overtaken newspapers as news migrates to the Web. But there may be a way...
Tags: Advertisement, Station, Troubles, Sinclair, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Diane Mermigas
Blog posts 2009-09-09
Local Search Engine Marketing: Profitable Tactics for the Lodging Industry
Blizzard Internet Marketing invariably see a gain in organic rankings after optimizing a website for appropriate local search terms. Local platform placement is normally enhanced as well, and pushing the data out to a multitude of local platforms allows the clients to enjoy a widespread presence on the web. By...
Tags: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Local Search, Marketing, Pay-per-click Advertising, Platform Placement, Search
White papers 2007-02-13
InfoSpace Introduces New Local Search Site with Focus on High Relevancy and Personalization; Launch Includes Timely Information and Ability to Search by Neighborhoods, Landmarks, Points-of-Interest
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP), a leader in online and mobile search, today announced the launch of InfoSpace Local, a new local search Web site which allows consumers to find highly relevant listings including neighborhood businesses, white pages listings, event information, maps, directions, and useful Web pages. The site...
Tags: InfoSpace Inc., local search, mobile
Research articles 2006-03-27
Boston.com to Add Google Local Search Results and Mapping to Its Local Search Product
Additional Information and Features Make Searches on one of Boston's most popular Web sites More Comprehensive and Useful BOSTON -- Boston.com today announced the addition of Google's local search results and mapping technology to its popular local search application, which currently provides comprehensive access to local news and information....
Tags: Boston.com, Company, Google Inc., SEARCH
Research articles 2008-03-25
Developments In Open Access, Search, And More
The last few years have seen quite a few developments in the search engine arena. Many search portals have enhanced and further developed their Web pages. The developments have resulted in enhanced online operations. In addition to general search enhancements, the developments focused on the news, personalization, and local search...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Information Today Inc., Development, Local Search, Search, Portals, Internet
White papers 2004-09-01
Search: "Paid Access $299"
Who has extended their mobile web reach in Asia? And which new start-ups have attracted investment in Q2? Inform your strategic development with a full and detailed report on all Merger & Acquisition, Venture Capital and Partnership deals in the Search sector for Q2 2008. This sector includes Recommendation Services...
Tags: Web, Microsoft Access, Mobile, MarketClusters, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Marketing, Investment, Finance
White papers 2008-04-01
GOOGLE LAUNCHES TRIAL LOCAL SEARCH SITE IN CHINA
AsiaInfo Services 09-07-2005 Google Launches Trial Local Search Site in China BEIJING, Sep 07, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The global IT giant Google Inc. has launched a trial local search site along with Beijing-based Mapabc.com. The site...
Tags: Baidu.com Inc., Google Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-07
Apptus Technologies AB: UK's Local Search Engine YELL.COM Chooses Apptus' Technology for Future Development
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Yell.com, the UK's local search engine, has selected Apptus Technologies to develop tailored software to further broaden its search capability and support future site development. Search specialist Apptus Technologies was chosen on the basis of its track record and expertise in developing crawling, searching and text analytical...
Tags: Apptus, Yell Group Plc., YELL.COM
Research articles 2008-01-09
Marketers, web bigs rush to crack local-search code; Market to rocket to $13B, but efficiently using tool difficult for many players.(strategies of Laura langer of Barrett Moving & Storage Co.)
Byline: LISA SANDERS And ABBEY KLAASSEN lsanders@adage.com, aklaassen@adage.com Laura langer wants prospects-lots of them. And she knows where to get them. The director of marketing and communications for Barrett Moving & Storage in Eden Prairie, Minn., once hoped people...
Tags: Barrett Moving & Storage Co. Inc.
Research articles 2007-03-12
Superpages.com Integrates World Choice Travel Hotel Reservation System into Local Search Experience
DALLAS -- Superpages.com[R], a service of Idearc Media Corp., today continues to incorporate additional features on its Web site to provide users with a robust local search experience. A newly-signed agreement with World Choice Travel, a division of Travelocity Partner Network, integrates a hotel reservation system with Superpages.com's business listings...
Tags: local search
Research articles 2008-01-09
Clutter-Free, Twittified, Binged (and Also Apple-icious): The New MSN Homepage Debuts (Plus Screenshots and the Press Release [BoomTown]
The new MSN homepage debuts tonight and you would be completely correct for thinking the recipe Microsoft MSFT has cooked up to inform its design ethos–white, clean and hiply modern–has definite echoes of a certain longtime tech rival. That would be Apple AAPL, of course, with a big dollop of...
Tags: Twitter Inc., MSN
News items 2009-11-03
el-gooG â€" Google Gets Local Backwards
A year after Google acquired their company dMarc as the basis for Google Audio Ads ads on radio stations , brothers and company founders Chad and Ryan Steelberg have left the company. It’s easy to read too much into their departure since many purchase contracts...
Tags: General, Google Inc., advertisement, radio, radio station, Advertising & Promotion
Blog posts 2007-02-18
Web 2.0 is Stuck at a Local Optimum
Sketch of a fitness landscape. The arrows indicate the preferred flow of a population on the landscape, and the points A, B, and C are local optima. The red ball indicates a population that moves from a very low fitness value to the top of a...
Tags: General, Web, Web 2.0, social networking, local group, network, fitness, Channel management
Blog posts 2007-02-11
Marchex Announces Reputation Management Beta Release
Marchex applies proprietary local search technology to help solve the challenge of understanding, monitoring and improving online presence for cost-conscious companies. Local search and performance advertising company Marchex, Inc. announced the launch of the beta version of Reputation Management, an online marketing product aimed at small to medium-size businesses SMBs....
Tags: Local Search, Small And Medium Business
News items 2009-10-13
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