Thanks for all the holiday cards, and good wishes. It is kind of inspiring that many companies are donating to some wonderful charities. It makes me glad to work with such thoughtful people.
Here are my favorite e-cards. In my book, Zillow and AdMission probably win ‘best card.” You can play AdMission’s melting snowman […]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
My Favorite (Local) E-Cards
December 20, 2007 – 7:41 pm
AnchorFree WiFis Local Stores and Services
December 19, 2007 – 5:42 pm
AnchorFree, an ad-supported WiFi service, says it is seeking to add additional verticals to its hotel and coffee shop strongholds. The company, which has raised $6 million, and already has 10,000 locations and 5.4 million user sessions a month, wants to serve locations “wherever people wait,” says EVP Mark Smith. “Auto dealerships, […]
CallGenie’s Durance: ‘Voice and Data Truly Intermingled’
December 19, 2007 – 1:36 am
has bet heavily on building a voice search platform for telecom carriers, Yellow Pages publishers and other providers of ad supported directory assistance. Now the 150 person company, partially owned by YPG and just listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has enhanced its mission with a series of acquisitions. These include BTS Logic, […]
Idearc’s Media Savvy Board
December 18, 2007 – 10:06 pm
The battle for IYP (and local search) supremacy hinges on a number of factors. One of which is likely to be the acquisitions of lateral properties (i.e. RHD and Business.com).
So — we note with interest that former AOL chief Jon Miller and former Primedia chief Tom Rogers are on Idearc’s board, […]
BooRah Gets Ambitious
December 18, 2007 – 9:24 pm
BooRah, the Bay Area restaurant review site, has raised some seed funding from Storm Ventures and other investors (amount undisclosed), and plans to use the money to grow beyond its roots as a tech vendor for alternative newsweeklies. The “new” BooRah will continue to work with alternative newsweeklies, but it intends to […]
Clear Channel, DMM Teamup for Online Video
December 18, 2007 – 12:02 am
Radio has virtually been a non-starter for local online sales, but a new video initiative by Clear Channel Radio, the nation’s largest chain with stations in 80 U.S. markets, might ramp things up. The video initiative, using Denver Multimedia (DMM) as its video producer, provides radio advertisers with the option to produce […]
Catzilla Focuses Search Efforts on Autos and Real Estate
December 17, 2007 – 10:45 pm
Auto dealers and Real Estate Brokers (and agents) are increasingly contending with mission creep for their Web needs that require them to have two or more Web sites. Part of the problem is the requirement to conform to standardized requirements. For instance, Ford, Toyota and Nissan dealers have a number of mandated requirements.
At the […]