Last week Google changed the Local Business Center to Google Places, and along with that change came some new features for local businesses. We looked at those...
It must be rare for a person to crave a certain restaurant ("ooh, those straight-backed chairs would hit the spot right now"); instead, most hankerings relate to food....
In local search news, AT&T Interactive has rebranding its popular YellowPages.com to YP.com. AT&T's Jamie Carracher tells WebProNews, "YP.com will replace YellowPag...
As we've written about a lot lately, local search is continuing to evolve, and that evolution is not just coming from the biggest names in search. We recently had a discussion w...
As the web quickly becomes more mobile and social than ever, we see apps filling voids that were mostly left empty throughout the history of search and social media. People are...
Is the world really ready for geo-location? That's a question that a lot of companies are answering with a resounding "yes." The rise of smartphones has led to a varie...
For a week or so, some Twitter users have been seeing a new feature called Local Trends. This feature shows users things that are being heavily talked about at the city and stat...