Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Mar 30
2010

Pages Jaunes Buys 123People

Pages Jaunes Group, the French-based Yellow Pages company, has acquired 123people, a white pages search site that gets 40 million unique visitors per month. The Austria-based site has custom databases for 11 countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, USA and Canada 123People, was launched in Winter 2008 by i5invest, an …continue reading »

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 30
2010

eBay Rebrands Kijiji as eBay Classifieds (in U.S.)

More than a year after it became apparent that it would do so, eBay has finally killed the Kijiji brand in the U.S., and rebranded its efforts as “eBay Classifieds.” The rebranding, which does not impact more established Kijiji-branded sites in several international markets, is accompanied by a cleaner interface and some new features, including …continue reading »

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 29
2010

The Berry Co. Picks Yodle for Websites, SEO/SEM

The Berry Company, the SMB sales giant with 260,000 SMB clients, has partnered with Yodle for Web site creation and search engine marketing and optimization. The deal gives Yodle access to Berry’s 42 state reach and 885 print publications. Yodle, which is in something of a horse race with SMB resellers such as ReachLocal, WebVisible, …continue reading »

  • 1
  • 0
Mar 25
2010

Top Takeaways from Marketplaces 2010

BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces 2010 conference has just ended after two-and-a-half days of fantastic presentations from 49 speakers; top-level research from our BIA/Kelsey team; and really great evening events from MojoPages and Acxiom/Moon Valley (we’re talking fire eaters and San Diego Bay cruises). Thanks especially to the 375+ attendees who came from 13 countries to San Diego …continue reading »

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 25
2010

Marketplaces 2010: Groupon Founder Andrew Mason

Groupon Founder and CEO Andrew Mason talked about the roots of the “deal-a-day,” collective buying phenomenon and how he intends to protect has franchise against one hundred plus competitors during a keynote appearance at Marketplaces 2010 this week in San Diego. Mason noted that Groupon launched in November 2008 and now has 3.5 million in …continue reading »

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 23
2010

Marketplaces 2010 Coverage

Marketplaces 2010 is currently taking place in San Diego, and there is a ton of stuff going on. More than 375 people are in attendance, 49 speakers — everyone came — and the learning and networking is hot Full coverage of the conference is at The Kelsey-BIA Local Media Watch blog. There is also a …continue reading »

  • 0
  • 0
Mar 23
2010

Marketplaces 2010: Content Creators See Enhanced Ad Value

Content creators that seek to optimize millions of pieces of content for contextual vertical advertising were on full display at Marketplaces 2010 today in San Diego. Associated Content President and Founder Luke Beatty noted that his company was “the first crowd- sourced media platform” and now attracts 16 million unique visitors. Research done for the …continue reading »

  • 1
  • 0
  • Events

    ILM East: The Largest East Coast Local Show
    Boston March 26-28

    Keynotes
    Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman of the Board, Groupon +++
    Jason Calacanis, CEO, Mahalo
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, VP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, SpaBoom
    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Japko, CEO, Digital Sherpa
    Maria Kermath, Dir.,, New Tech, AT&T Advertising Sales
    Mark Josephson, SVP, AOL Local
    Charlie Kim, CEO, Next Jump
    John McIntyre, CEO, Pixelfish
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com

    Welcome

    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

  • Archives

  • Tag Cloud