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Google Maps Offers New Views & Collaboration Features
Working in a library where I am subjected to the random, erratic questions of library patrons, I’m a pretty avid user of Google Maps. From...
Local.com’s Search Technology Gets a Patent
Local business finding search engine, Local.com gets to have its local search technology patented to several companies which are part of its LocalConnect Platform. These...
Microsoft’s Live Search 411 : Voice Activated Search Results
This week Microsoft launched their voice activated local search service, Live Search 411, which harnesses the technology behind Microsoft acquisition Tellme to deliver local, maps,...
Google & Immersive Media End StreetView Technology Relationship
Immersive Media, the company which developed the initial technology for the Google StreetView initiative for Google Maps, has sent out a press release stating that...
Idearc Acquires Switchboard.com from Infospace for $225 Million
The local search land grab continues as today Idearc, the parent company of Verizon and Superpages.com, has announced the purchase of Switchboard.com and other local...
Yahoo to Launch HackDays’ MapMixer
Yahoo is launching a new feature of its Local Maps which lets users interpolate a non-Yahoo maps into an existing Yahoo Maps to come out...
Idearc Buys LocalSearch.com for $3.3 Million
Is it my imagination or is there a massive local search land grab in action between companies like Idearch, Marchex, Dex and Local.com? Idearc Media...
Superpages.com Adds Merchant Comparison Feature
Superpages.com today launched a compare merchant feature which allows users to compare up to eight business listings through a dynamic, customizable drag-and-drop tool. The new...
3 Reasons Yahoo! Local Search Can Dominate Google
This week has been filled with news and commentary regarding Yahoo’s release of the new Yahoo! Local. The enhanced system integrates a number of new...
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...