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		<title><![CDATA[Canadian Local Searcher Canpages To Acquire GigPark]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-canadian-local-searcher-canpages-to-acquire-gigpark%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Canadian local search site Canpages is acquiring GigPark, a social media directory that relies on friends sharing and recommending information about a business or service with other users they&#8217;re connected with. Terms were not disclosed. The purchase comes barely two weeks after Vancouver-based Canpages announced its acquisition of PhoneGuide,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:12:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Your Website Ready For Local Search Traffic]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171831]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The majority of small businesses online are looking for customer in their town. Good news is that recent research suggests that the majority of online searchers are also looking for local goods and services online. What this means for marketers is that you must pay special attention to winning the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local.com Advances in Hitwise "U.S. Top 10 Award" Rankings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_11/ai_n25494572]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif. -- Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM), a leading local search engine, today announced that the company received a Hitwise U.S. Top 10 Award. The company's leading local search site, www.local.com, ranked fifth - up from seventh place in December 2007 - in the Business and Finance, Business Directories online industry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Superpages.com Brings Local Search to Consumer Desktops with the Launch of a New Widget]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_13/ai_n25408249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Superpages.com[R], a service of Idearc Media Corp., recently launched a Yahoo! Widget allowing consumers to easily search Superpages.com for local businesses from their desktops. Superpages.com made its widget more user-friendly, by developing one of the only local search widgets that conveniently displays search results within the widget.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local.com Partners With MediaSpan to Deliver Local Search Solution to 1,500 Newspaper, TV and Radio Companies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_1/ai_n25375525]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif. -- Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search engine, today announced a strategic partnership with MediaSpan, a leading provider of digital content management and online marketing solutions, to provide Local.com's Local Connect[TM] local search platform to more than 1,500 of MediaSpan's newspaper, TV and radio clients.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[&#39;Local Search&#39; to Become a Key Application for Over 30% of Mobile Phone Users by 2013, According to Juniper Research]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200804/ai_n25368139]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1.3 billion mobile users -- 30% of the subscriber base -- are expected to utilise local mobile search services by 2013, according to a new report from industry analysts, Juniper Research. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Superpages.com Integrates World Choice Travel Hotel Reservation System into Local Search Experience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_9/ai_n24227151]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Idearc Media and Multiplied Media Extend Local Search Offering to Microsoft Windows Live&#153; Messenger Users]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_25/ai_n27422400]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS & CALGARY, Alberta -- Idearc Media Corp., home to Superpages.com[R] and publisher of the Verizon[R] Yellow Pages, and Multiplied Media Corporation (TSX Venture:MMC) are collaborating to deliver Superpages.com's full directory of local business listings over instant messaging platforms.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Get Localized Search Results from Google SMS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=610]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As I've mentioned before, Google SMS is a fabulous tool for fetching information from your cell phone. Just shoot a text message to 466453 GOOGLE and you can get all kinds of helpful stuff in return: flight status, business listings, weather reports, driving directions, and so on. Of course, if...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:25:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NOKIA AND CGOGO TO LAUNCH LOCAL SEARCH JOINTLY]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200708/ai_n22748013]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    08-31-2007    Nokia and Cgogo to Launch Local Search Jointly    BEIJING, Aug 31, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Nokia and the globally noted wireless search service provider Cgogo Co., Ltd. jointly announced that they had made an agr  AsiaInfo...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call Genie Working With Telus on Localized Search in the United States]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200705/ai_n19179158]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Call Genie Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GNE), the leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to carriers, directory assistance providers and Yellow Pages publishers, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with TELUS Corporation TELUS, a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, for the use of its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call Genie Working With Telus on Localized Search in the United States.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200705/ai_n22556054]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 24, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Call  Genie Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GNE), the leading provider of localized,  voice-enabled search solutions to carriers, directory assistance  providers and Yellow Pages publishers, today announced t  CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 24, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Call  Genie...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Superpages.com Unveils New Local Search Experience with Extreme Makeover]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_May_7/ai_n19054510]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Makeover Includes Redesigned Homepage, Incorporating Local City-Specific Skylines and More Local Content Relevant to Users]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[John Federman of eStara Joins Kelsey Group Panel on the Convergence of the Phone With Local Internet Advertising]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200703/ai_n18707551]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Who:    John Federman, CEO, eStara  What:   Although Alexander Graham Bell never had the pleasure of         searchin for a local business online, his greatest         invention, the phone, is playing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Superpages.com Enhances Mapping Functionality As Local Search Continues to Grow in Popularity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_March_7/ai_n27289437]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Superpages.com, a product of Idearc Media Corp., today strengthens its mapping functionality with an enhanced map-based search application. The new enhancement creates a seamless experience for consumers by providing users with more flexible map functionality. Superpages.com expands the relevance of maps in a local search environment by letting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local Search Engine Marketing: Profitable Tactics for the Lodging Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=294281]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Networking Meets Local Search on SuperPages.com]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Feb_1/ai_n27133401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- SuperPages.com, a product of Idearc Media Corp., today launched Reviewer of the Week as a step towards providing local content within a trusted social networking environment. Consumers in the same city can now compete against each other to be featured as the Reviewer of the Week, which is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[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)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb267/is_200610/ai_n18882668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Skyhook Wireless' Jed Rice Featured Panelist at Search Engine Strategies Local Search Conference & Expo; Panel to Focus on the Convergence of Local Search and WiFi]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Sept_19/ai_n26989334]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Skyhook Wireless, provider of the industry's first Wi-Fi based positioning system, announced today that Jed Rice, vice president of market development, will be a featured panelist at Search Engine Strategies Local Search Conference & Expo, taking place on Thursday, September 28 in Denver, CO at the Adam's Mark...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Search Engine Strategies  to Host First Annual SES Local Denver Conference, an Incisive Media Event; Chris Sherman of SearchEngineWatch.com to Host Local Search Event on September 28th in Denver, Colorado]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Sept_5/ai_n26975636]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Strategies SES]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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