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Jan 12
2011

Goby: Go Mobile (and Go Social,) Event Marketers

Local consumers are looking beyond pure search when they are looking for family fun. That’s the unmet need that Boston-based Goby.com is trying to meet in its 350 category, events and family fun search site. The site is now reaching 500,000 unique visitors a month — double the number from our prior writeup of the …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Verticals

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Mar 15
2010

Goby.com: Search Engine Focuses on Local Events + Travel

Events are a vertical that cuts across many segments: travel, retail, sports, entertainment, education, dining, culture and others. Major players include specialists such as Zvents, Eventful, Americantowns.com and Center’d. City sites such as Citysearch and Yelp are active in the space as well. A new one for us is Goby.com, a venture-backed firm that comes …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals

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May 27
2008

Technology and My Trip to London and Paris

Travelling abroad and keeping your job is pretty easy these days with seamless smartphone access. But I noticed a few things during a trip to London and Paris last week that gave me some food for thought. London • The prepaid “Oyster” cards for public transport make it fun to hop on a bus or …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Mobile, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Video, Yellow Pages

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May 6
2008

AOL Reinvesting in Local Products

AOL may have trouble on several fronts, but it still gets millions of users and it intends to fully leverage them at the local level, per Chris Spanos, Director of Search Verticals, who was speaking at Kelsey Seattle. “Given its scale, local just hasn’t been getting fair share.” Spanos says the local products will be …continue reading »

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

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    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, SVP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com
    Dave Schappell, Director, Product Development, AmazonLocal

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    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Epstein, President and COO, Ad Marketplace
    Perry Evans, CEO, Closely
    Josh Fenton, CEO, GoLocal24
    David Hornik, Principal, August Capital
    Adam Japko, CEO, Digital Sherpa
    Maria Kermath, Dir., New Tech, AT&T Advertising Sales
    Mark Josephson, SVP, AOL Local
    Charlie Kim, CEO, Next Jump
    John McIntyre, CEO, Pixelfish
    Scott Maxwell, Sr. Managing Director, Open View
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Jeff Moriarty, VP, Product Development, Boston.com
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Steve Sherfy, Manager, Local and Mobile Search, Group M
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Jaidev Shergill, CEO, Bundle
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Karl Siebrecht, CEO, AdReady
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    John Valentine, VP, Scvngr/Level Up
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com
    Zohar Yardani, CEO, Main St. Connect

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    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

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