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Google to Offer Embedded Maps for Webmasters
A simplified way to “embed” Google Maps is apparently coming from Google next week, according to this story, in the Sydney Morning Herald: Google will...
AOL Launches AOL Mobile Search with MovieFone, CityGuide & Mapquest Content
AOL has launched a beta version of their new AOL Mobile Search product which takes advantage of AOL properties such as Moviefone, MapQuest and AOL...
Exploring the Potential of the Google Maps API
For all the criticizing I do of Google, they’ve really hit upon a gold mine with Google Maps and in particular, their development of the...
Google Discontinues Google Maps Click to Call
Google has discontinued its Click-to-Call feature for Google Maps which the company says was a long running experiment. This feature was a long-running experiment, and...
5 Quick Ways To Optimize For Local Search
So you recently went to search for your local small business site and wondered why three other similar businesses came up before yours? The answer...
Google Plus Box Patent and Potential Issues
Bill Slawski over at SEO by the Sea wrote an interesting post about the Google patent application for their new “Plus Box” feature in the...
Yahoo Real Estate Improves HomeValues : Zillow & Yahoo Answers
Drawing partly on its relationship with Zillow, Yahoo! is launching an improved “HomeValues” section as part of Yahoo! Real Estate. It’s also integrating more community...
Google Neighborhood Search
Trulia has it, Yelp has it, Ask.com has it (there may be others) and now Google has it: neighborhood search capability. The benefits and rationale...
LocalGuides.com : Local + Social + Vertical
Google has taken up so much “shelf space” with coverage recently it’s hard to get to much else with any depth. But there are lots...
Google’s New ‘Lat Long’ Blog
John Hanke, Director Google Earth & Maps, announces the new blog: As web mapping (dare I say “the geoweb”?) matures, we’re finding that we have...
Yahoo oneSearch Mobile Search Expands to Europe & Canada
Yahoo’s oneSearch beta, their user friendly mobile search offering which has changed the way that I search via my mobile phone, is expanding into Canada,...
Citysearch Updates & Adds Video
Today, IAC’s Citysearch becomes the first major local search consumer destination to add video on any kind of scale (note the qualifiers). In addition to...
Google Local Business Center Address Verification II
Last December Google introduced the Local Business Center and allowed businesses to provide their address, phone numbers, website, offered services, business hours, accepted payment methods,...
Yahoo! Maps Adds New Print Formatting
From the Yahoo! Maps and Local Blog: Based on a lot of user input, the latest update we’ve made to the Broadband version of Yahoo!...
Yahoo Mobile Publisher Services Launch
Last week Yahoo introduced their oneSearch mobile search experience for the majority of cell phones which offer Internet access. This week, Yahoo is working to...
MapQuest : Send Maps to Cell Phone
One reason I use Yahoo Maps is its ability to send directions to the mobile phone via text messaging, a feature which I along with...
Yahoo oneSearch Expands, Sets Standard for Mobile Search
Yahoo! today announced that it has expanded the reach of its Yahoo! oneSearch service beyond Yahoo Go users and to all US mobile web users....
Local.com Now Distributing SuperPages.com Ads
Local.com and Idearc Media Corp. today announced a distribution agreement that allows Idearc to place its Superpages.com advertisers’ content on Local.com. Superpages.com’s advertisers will receive...
Putting An End To Supplemental Hell Because Of Site Moves, Site Restructure Or Big Site Launch
Loren’s post and Matt Cutts comment about sites being de-listed from Google because of down-time and also some discussions about problems with site moves from one...
AskCity vs. Citysearch : IAC Local Search Properties
There’s something of a dance going on between the new AskCity, which got huge amounts of coverage since launch a week or so ago, and...
Local.com Adds Holiday Shopping Guide of Local Retailers
Local.com has debuted a new online gift guide to make it easier for consumers to shop for holiday gifts in their area via Local.com, here’s...
TrueLocal Offering Local Search Content Syndication to Publishers
Tomorrow TrueLocal, the local search engine, will be launching their XML services which will allow publishers to syndicate TrueLocal search results to their sites, blogs,...
Local Search and Importance of Location
Bill Slawski has an extensive post about a new Google patent application pertaining to local, which factors in other information in determining location ranking vs....
Ask.com’s AskCity Launches: Local, Events & Mapping Interface
Today Ask.com has launched its highly anticipated new local search & mapping offering, AskCity. Considered in part to be a replacement for CitySearch, but much...
Google Local’s New Head is Real Estate and Newspaper Classified Expert
Google Local’s New Head is Real Estate and Newspaper Classified Expert Peter Krasilovsky at Local Online has the scoop and background info on Sam Sebastian,...
Searching for Beer in Chicago : Local Search Gets Bent
Searching for Beer in Chicago : Local Search Gets Bent Talk about niche vertical search, the Chicago.com local vertical search engine is getting even more...
ShopLocal & the ‘Offline’ Future of Online Shopping
ShopLocal & the ‘Offline’ Future of Online Shopping I have seen the future of online shopping and it’s ShopLocal. Okay, so maybe that statement is...
Family Watchdog Sex Offender Search
Family Watchdog is run by the National Coalition of Victims in Action. It uses a local map search to display sex offenders in specific areas.
Local.com Offers Local Search Service for Regional Sites
Local.com Offers Local Search Service for Regional Sites Local.com is now offering a new service for local publishers – LocalConnect, which is a private label...
TrueLocal.com’s TrueTarget Local Search Advertising
TrueLocal.com’s TrueTarget Local Search Advertising After having their Local Search advertising service on hold while the system was retweaked, TrueLocal.com has relaunched their TrueTarget advertising...