Local Search
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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...