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Local Onliner

Oct 21
2009

HelpHive, a Referral Site, Seeks to Rope in SMBs with Free Video

Smelling blood at the presumed decline of Yellow Pages, a number of sites have launched that provide leads to local service SMBs. You got Angie’s List on the membership side. And ServiceMagic, Tree.com’s DoneRight, Sears’ ServiceLive and a number of regional companies (i.e. RedBeacon, Fixr, LocalPrice) using some type of leads model. Now add HelpHive. …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Sales Channels, Verticals, Video

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Mar 30
2009

Booking by the Hour? Hourville Enters ‘Appointments’ Space

The local appointments space has a new entrant in the form of Austin-based Hourville. The startup, created by several friends from UT’s business school, premiered at SXSW. It lets users book anything by the hour, including services, rentals, classes and places. Users may use the service to “search locally,” “book and pay,” check out “profiles, …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Money, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Mar 5
2009

LocalPrice Tries to Compare Prices for Service Providers

There are many reasons why price comparisons for services aren’t generally done. (i.e. the difficulty of nailing down providers; price changes, the need for custom quotes in many categories). Generally, people should choose service providers on multiple criteria; not just price. But wouldn’t it be nice to get a cross-section of service pricing, like you …continue reading »

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

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Jan 29
2009

IAC’s ServiceMagic Buys Market Hardware

IAC’s ServiceMagic, a leader in delivering leads to services, has purchased Bethesda,MD- based Market Hardware, which provides websites and search engine optimization for 2,500 SMBs. Market Hardware, which has 30 people, targets “high online spend verticals” that closely mirror ServiceMagic’s base of 56,000 pre-screened professionals. Market Hardware has relationships with 40 associations in the segments …continue reading »

Categories: Sales Channels, Verticals

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Jan 27
2009

FixR Debuts: New Auction-Based Site for Services

FixR, a seven-person Boston-area site that bills itself as an “eBay for local services,” has launched. Developed with private funds, the site provides free listings for services and free bids for consumers, but expects to charge a “success” fee when consumers follow through and hire. It has a tagline of “things done, money saved.” The …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search

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