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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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Jul 14
2009

Maponics Adds Zip Code Data to Neighborhood Info

Maponics, a provider of polygonal neighborhood boundary data based on both GIS and sociological data, is launching a suite of services that match the data with zip codes. The Norwich,VT-based company, which has around 30 staffers, says it is now tracking 66,000 neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada. Customers for Maponics data include Google, Trulia, …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Mapping, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Oct 16
2008

Eventful CEO on $10 Million Funding, Mobile, and Ticketmaster Deal

Eventful, which competes with Zvents for leadership (and affiliates) in the fast changing local events marketplace, has just completed a new $10 million C round lead by Telefonica Capital. Also participating are alumni investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. In all, $19.6 million has been raised. CEO Jordan Glazier notes that the company …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile, Money

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Aug 25
2008

LA Times Unit Seeks Share of Real Estate Transactions

Real estate advertising revenues will give way to transaction revenues, at least in SoCal, as The Los Angeles Times Media Group teams with several partners to launch ZetaBid, a new site that will display and auction foreclosed homes and other properties. The other partners are London-based GoIndustry-DoveBid, an auction specialist, and CataList Homes of Hermosa …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Newspapers, Verticals

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Apr 22
2008

Kelsey Seattle Next Week: Google, Avvo, Loladex+++

At long last, The Kelsey Group’s Drilling Down on Local: Marketplaces program is just around the corner. Our version of Coachella (or Woodstock) takes place NEXT WEEK, Wed. to Friday April 30-May 2 at The Westin in Seattle. We think it is the first conference exclusively dedicated to the development of local online marketplaces. It …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile, Newspapers, Research, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Technology, TV/Radio, Verticals, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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