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May 11
2010

Center’d Launches The Deal Map; ‘Price, Location and Sentiment’

Center’d, the local/social events and city guide site, has consistently reported growing traffic. But in its three year existence, the site has never really found a niche that would set it apart from the competition. The site, however, has kept on hammering away at local/social trends, with a strong emphasis on sentiment analysis and local …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Shopping/Transactions

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Feb 4
2010

All-Star Lineup at Marketplaces 2010, March 22-24, San Diego

Marketplaces 2010 takes place just 7 weeks from now in San Diego (March 22-24). We are putting the finishing touches on the program, and have added MANY exciting new speakers in just the past few weeks. The event is totally dedicated to the higher value/conversion/engagement ethos of vertical media. For sure, this isn’t one size …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Money, Newspapers, Research, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media, Technology, Verticals, Video

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Dec 14
2009

ILM:09: Keynote from Yelp COO Geoff Donaker

Yelp has taken a counter-intuitive approach by taking a slow and expensive city by city rollout approach – and has apparently succeeded as it attracts 26 million unique visitors per month, up 40 percent from last year, and has planted community managers in 33 cities in the U.S. and abroad. Moreover, the site has an …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Sales Channels, Social Media

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Dec 14
2009

ILM:09: SMBs Benefit from More Competition to Google, Search Preferences

Yodle CEO Court Cunningham says that a major shift is occurring in SMB marketing as Google starts to give preference in rankings to merchant sites rather than to directory listings. “There are many, many more merchant sites” than there were a year ago, he noted on a panel at ILM:09 that also featured WebVisible CEO …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Video, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Nov 19
2009

‘Final’ ILM:09 Speakers Added (Twitter, AT&Ti, Euro Directories +++)

The ILM:09 conference Dec. 9-11 in LA is now just around the corner. We’ve handpicked 60 cutting-edge speakers, and we think we are onto something that is really important. I can tell you that signups have been great, too. Recent adds to the speaker roster include Twitter’s Anamitra Banerji and AT&T Interactive’s Greg Issacs, who …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Money, Research, Sales Channels, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Sep 10
2009

Sneak Peek: Interactive Local Media 2009 (UPDATED)

OK, we’ve got a solid nucleus for our Interactive Local Media event, which is Dec. 9-11 at our favorite hotel, The Century Plaza in LA. Here’s the registration info. The show typically attracts about 500 senior level execs, and is a living thing that evolves with the times. This year, we’ve got many great new …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Money, Newspapers, Research, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yahoo

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Sep 10
2009

Parking Data Ventures Teams with 6 Parking Cos

The next big vertical is…parking? Parking Data Ventures has been created to tackle all things parking. The five person, Baltimore-based service has created a database of 10,000 parking locations. It has partnered with six of the largest parking lot companies in the U.S. and Canada, and has info for 15+ other leading parking companies. It …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Verticals

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