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Local Onliner

Jul 30
2009

Diller: Vertical Search Represents Key Opportunity

A year since IAC’s spinoff of several businesses, IAC Chairman Barry Diller, during a 2Q earnings call, saw some bright spots, including ServiceMagic, which saw a five percent jump in service requests. Diller also expressed optimism that the company had strong opportunities in several key areas, especially vertical search, and extensive downloads of its iPhone …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Verticals

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Jun 10
2009

Diller: Local Remains in Infancy; Citysearch ‘Just 20% There’

IAC Chair Barry Diller, in an interview with Paid Content, noted that organizing local information remains a series of “impossible tasks.” “There are so many merchants, so connecting (local activity) into a service that gets you the things you want to know about all of those services in one place and then has the commerce …continue reading »

Categories: Yellow Pages

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May 27
2009

John Malone at D7: No Easy Answers for Local

Liberty Media Head John Malone, the man who conceptualized the “500 channel” universe and lead the cable TV revolution in the 1980s, told an audience at the WSJ’s D7 conference in Carlsbad,CA that he sees the need for local news and local advertising, but doesn’t clearly how to create a successful local product. ”What’s the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Local Search

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