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Oct 14
2009

iAte: Sorting Twitter for Dining Tips

If people repeatedly mention a restaurant or dish on Twitter, odds are it’s going to be because they like it, right? One or two mentions might be trashing it. But 20-30 will likely go the other way. That’s the Grayboxx-like logic behind iAte, a new rundown of Twitter mentions (with a cool name). The site …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Social Media, Verticals

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Aug 6
2009

Inman SF Connect: Yelp COO Geoff Donaker

Yelp COO Geoff Donaker, subbing at the last minute for a “very ill” CEO Jerremy Stoppelman, told an Inman SF Connect audience that Yelp’s base of 24 million + unique “Yelpers,” seven million reviews and “thousands” of advertisers represents a rich opportunity for any vertical small business – including realtors. Although Yelp takes a horizontal …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Social Media, Verticals, Video

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Jul 28
2009

ServiceMagic, Meredith Team on Targeting Women

Women have become a prime target for service referrals. The appeal of Angie’s List’s premium gated community is largely oriented around them. Now ServiceMagic is ramping it up. The IAC company, which recently launched an ambitious TV campaign, has announced a new partnership with Meredith Corp. that integrates a ServiceMagic widget (“find a pro”) with …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Verticals

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Apr 17
2009

Intuit SMB Services Buys BooRah, Will Add Reviews

Intuit has purchased BooRah, a ratings and review site, and will add its functionality to the Intuit small business platform, which has also incorporated the old StepUp ecommerce site and Homestead website construction services. The companies aren’t talking much about the deal, which closed yesterday. BooRah recently changed strategy, moving away from a reliance on …continue reading »

Categories: Mobile, Shopping/Transactions

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Mar 3
2009

Yelp Has PR Problem Re: Reviews and Practices

Five-year-old Yelp has been something of a phenomenon, and is a preferred ratings and review directory for millions of people online and mobile in 24 cities. In December, ComScore pegged its traffic at seven million visitors, up from 2.8 million a year before. It also has gathered a library of five million reviews, which are …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Nov 19
2008

Angie’s List Gets $18 Million in New Funding; $66 million Raised in All

Angie’s List, the premium, user-paid directory of local business reviews, announced today that it has raised $18 million in new capital from Lighthouse Capital Partners. The site has now raised $66 million in total, including $13 million in 2006 from Battery Ventures, White River Ventures and Aquent, a Boston-based staffing firm. In 2008, the site …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Money

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Nov 19
2008

Yelp Traffic Stats Suggests Broad Local Usage

Yelp is often dismissed as a bar and restaurant site for recent college grads in San Francisco. But site usage released by the company suggests that it has rather broad usage, and shouldn’t be so readily pigeon-holed. The site also says it had 15 million uniques in October, up 200 percent from the same period …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Research, Shopping/Transactions

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