Tag: Local

Citysearch and AT&T
AT&T Interactive and Citysearch have expanded their relationship, so that sponsored listings on YP.com (the...
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Google Expands Tag Advertising for Local Businesses
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...
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Yahoo Whips Up Clever Food Finder
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....
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The iPad Debut Of UrbanSpoon
According to Techcrunch, app store veteran, UrbanSpoon, has officially launched their iPad app. I agree with the...
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AT&T: Buzz the “Best Way” to Get Your Business in Front of Facebook Users
Update: AT&T Announced today that Buzz.com is now available to the pubic. To read more about the service, read our exclusive interview with AT&amp...
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MerchantCircle, Demand Media Provide New Local Search Opportunities
MerchantCircle, a social network for local businesses, which boasts over a million businesses, announced an expanded partnership with...
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YellowPages.com Rebranded as YP.com
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...
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Citysearch Has New Way for Local Businesses to Advertise
Citysearch recently announced a set of APIs to make all of Citysearch’s local listings content and advertising available to other W...
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Bing Talks Local Business Listings
In case you missed it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer...
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AlikeList Points Customers to Local Businesses Their Friends Like
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...
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Local Business Search as Q&A
Human-driven Q&A search service ChaCha launched some new functionality this week for local businesses. Now users can access information a...
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Why Even Local Search is Becoming More Real-Time
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...
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Google Suggests Competitors for Local Business Searches
Google is offering suggestions for "nearby places you might like" on Google M...
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Businesses Benefit as Customers Share Current Locations
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...
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Twitter Launches Local Trends for Everyone
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...
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