There is a sudden glut of sites that allow people to register their cars and get specific service information and recommendations about them.
First, there was AutoByTel’s MyRide. RepairPal launched last week. This week, it is DriverSide, which is being developed by Jad Dunning, an executive with StepUp through its acquisition by Intuit, and Trevor […]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Stepup Alum Launches DriverSide, a Car Maintenance Site
June 26, 2008 – 11:17 pm
Details Released on Praized’s ‘Local Conversations Organizer’
June 25, 2008 – 4:18 pm
Some details have been released about Praized Media’s Local Conversations Organizer. Praized is a Canadian startup launched by YPG vets Harry Wakefield and Sebastien Provencher, and Sylvain Carle , a longtime industry vet. Its tagline is “Trust Your Tribes.”
In a teaser announcement released today, Praized said that its platform will be used by YPG […]
Huffington Post, Local Edition
June 24, 2008 – 11:25 pm
The Huffington Post has a certain glamour about it, and is able to attract an “A” list of contributors. There is always something interesting on it, and its readership is apparently between three and eight million unique.
Now it is going to go local, with a launch in Chicago this summer, and at least a […]
Yahoo!’s AMP Network Set to Launch for Newspapers
June 24, 2008 – 7:26 pm
Yahoo! is set to place contextually relevant display ads with its newspaper consortium, which now represents 40 percent of all newspaper circ. The new AMP program for newspapers begins by the end of 3Q at The Mercury News and SF Gate.
Yahoo! and the newspapers are banking big on AMP’s success. Indeed, it has been […]
Newspaper Deal to Sell ‘Featured Listings’ for Zillow Launches
June 23, 2008 – 1:35 pm
To all the skeptics who thought that Zillow’s deal with newspapers would never roll out…..next week, The Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Richmond Times Dispatch are selling featured listings for Zillow at the same time as they are placing their classifieds.
More newspapers will be added each week. The participating newspaper […]
MerchantCircle: 5,000 Paying Customers
June 20, 2008 – 5:26 am
MerchantCircle, which is partially owned by IAC, is apparently beginning to make some headway in selling search oriented services to small businesses. It reports that it has achieved a base of 5,000 paying customers, who buy services costing $30, $60, $100, and $250 a month. “Most of them are coming in at the lower end” […]
Trulia Selling Realtors Unlimited Self-Serve Ads
June 19, 2008 – 1:08 am
The frontiers of Web based, self-serve advertising moved (a little) today, as Trulia introduced Trulia Pro, a new “starter” package for Realtors that provides unlimited “featured listings” and “Spotlight Ads” that Realtors use for branding. Trulia claims that its featured listings capability boosts views by four-to-seven times.
Trulia Pro enables Realtors to place their ads on […]