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Mar 13
2009

New AOL Chief Tim Armstrong is Big Champion of Local

Tim Armstrong, AOL’s new CEO, is a very big believer in local, with personal investments in a New York-area hyperlocal site (Patch) via his Polar Investments. Moreover, as head of sales for Google, he has frequently commented on his interests in developing local. Here’s a comment in the “about us” section of Patch (which is …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal

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Mar 12
2009

DriverSide, an Auto Maintenance Site, Picks Up $5.3M

Some VCs are betting that consumers are ready to adopt car maintenance information and solutions on the Web – especially as the bad economy forces them to hold on to their cars. Today, Allegis Capital, along with Catamount Ventures, said they are putting $5.3 million into DriverSide, a car site for consumers and car maintenance …continue reading »

Categories: Verticals

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Mar 12
2009

Schauer: Classifieds are Hyperlocal (and don’t forget it!)

Is it really so easy for the Facebooks and Wal-Marts of the world to use a national platform like Oodle or LiveDeal to successfully launch classifieds? Jay Schauer, a friend who runs Ad2Ad.com, doesn’t think so. (Among other services, Ad2Ad automates classifieds for community and college newspapers.) Schauer complains that “people seem to assume that …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds

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Mar 11
2009

Next Week! Marketplaces 2009

Next week’s big conference in LA, Marketplaces 2009, is likely to be something of a game changer. Great speakers, great signup list, great city and venue…and very hot topics. This time we’ve tinkered with the formula, a bit. In addition to talking with the speakers on our podium, we’ve asked many of them to participate …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Mar 10
2009

‘New’ LiveDeal Focuses on SMBs; Selling Off Many IYP Accounts

LiveDeal, under new management, has moved away from its roots in Yellow Pages and classifieds, and begun a strategic focus on high end SMB services. As part of its strategy, the company has been selling off many of its directory-related accounts, which CEO Mike Edelhart calls high maintenance, high churn, low yielding and declining. To …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Local Search, Sales Channels, Yellow Pages

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Mar 9
2009

Boston Globe Signs on With Yahoo Newspaper Consortium

Yahoo has announced the addition of The Boston Globe and St. Petersburg Times to its Newspaper Consortium, which now has 37 media companies with 796 newspapers. The announcement was timed for The Newspaper Association of America’s MediaXChange meeting this week in Las Vegas, where Yahoo holds a bi-annual summit. The consortium was initially envisioned as …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Local Search, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Yahoo

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Mar 9
2009

Kudzu Adds FaceBook Connect; More Integration with Cox Sites

Cox’s Kudzu, a local services ratings and review directory, announced last week that its implemented Facebook Connect. Users can now share their Kudzu reviews with friends by signing in via their Facebook account. Previously registered Kudzu users can also connect their Kudzu and Facebook profiles. Kudzu head Tom Bates told us that the site continues …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, HyperLocal, Local Search, Newspapers, Yellow Pages

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