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Local Onliner

Aug 25
2009

MSNBC.com on Local: ‘The Game Has Changed A Lot’

MSNBC.com’s purchase of EveryBlock, the hyperlocal data gatherer, is seen internally as an important piece of the puzzle in building out local content and services. It is likely to herald in a revived focus on local by MSNBC.com, which remains a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC and is headquartered in Seattle (The cable network …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile

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Aug 17
2009

Microsoft, Advance in Yahoo Consortium-like Pact

Newspapers are down in the dumps. But they remain powerful forces in local. Accordingly, the search engines (Yahoo, Google and Microsoft) are now beginning to fight for partnerships with newspaper sales channels, which they see as one of the best ways to reach into large local advertisers, and a good way to geotarget display ads. …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Jul 1
2009

Great Idea for IAC’s New Sidewalk.com? Enter Contest

Citysearch Publishing head Kara Nortman reminded us today that Citysearch and IAC are set to do great things with the Sidewalk.com brand that it acquired from Microsoft in 1999. In the best spirit of Web 2.0, the company has announced a contest to get ideas from the public. The winner will receive $10K, a piece …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Mobile

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Feb 5
2009

Scott Moore Chooses Microsoft Over (His Own) Local News Startup

Scott Moore, who is back at Microsoft as GM and Executive Product of the U.S. content business after four years at Yahoo, told Paid Content that he had been hoping to launch an ad supported local news/info service. Apparently, Microsoft seemed like a safer bet.

Categories: Yahoo

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Jun 18
2008

Dulski’s New Thing: Events and Plans Front and Center’d

Is there room for a new, locally-oriented social network if it is more practical than Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn et al? That’s what Norwest Partners and Keynote Ventures are betting $6.5 million on with the launch this week of Center’d, formerly known as FatDoor. The service is headed up by former Yahoo! Marketplaces head Jennifer …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Mapping, Money, Newspapers, Research, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Jun 5
2008

Ballmer on Future of Print

In a new Washington Post.com video, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks on a wide variety of topics, including the future of print. “In the next ten years, the world of media companies will be turned upside down,” he says. “There will be no newspapers or magazines delivered in paper form. Everything will be delivered in …continue reading »

Categories: Newspapers

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May 6
2008

Yahoo!’s Michael Yang at Kelsey Seattle: Verticals Front-and-Center

If you believe at all in the “marketplace” vision of next generation commerce, it is hard to dispute that Yahoo! remains front –and- center as a verticals factory. This core strength of Yahoo!’s is especially important to note in the wake of Microsoft’s pullback from acquiring the company. What accounts for Yahoo’s focus on verticals …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Google, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yahoo

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