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Grand Theft Auto Maker Sues Chicago Transit Authority

The publisher of the popular video game Grand Theft Auto IV, Take-Two has sued the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for removing ads promoting the game.Take-Two sued the transit authority in Manhattan federal court, saying the CTA violated its right to free speech and contractual rights by removing ads for the game from the transit system.

Google Transit Adds Chicago's Info

Thanks to the cooperation of the Chicago Transit Authority, Google Transit's coverage now includes the Windy City.  Chicagoans seem to be pretty pleased about the development.

Craigslist Successfully Defends Against Chicago Lawsuit

A 2006 lawsuit by the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights against Craigslist over real estate postings containing discriminatory language failed to establish the classifieds site's liability.

Price Or Convenience? Maybe Both

Last month Nielsen Online released the results of survey suggesting that online shoppers prefer the convenience of online shopping as their main reason for participating. This month, another survey says that price is the most important factor.

SES Round-up

Jolina and Mike had a great time at the Search Engine Strategies conference in Chicago. Not only is it the windy city, but a festive, cold and snowy one too by the sounds of it.

SES Chicago: Finding Balance In SEO

Crafting a site involves people with different focuses and skill sets. Allowing them to run free instead of working together is a recipe for disaster.

SES Chicago: The I-word, Discussed

If you want to build up investment interest in your SEO/SEM firm, you have to make your company compelling enough to separate capital from capitalists.

SES Chicago: Sitemaps Discussed

Webmasters can face a number of issues, and may hope that sitemaps can cure the bulk of them.  So a panel at SES Chicago weighed sitemaps’ pros and cons.

SES Chicago: Usability & SEO

At the SES session Usability & SEO: Two Wins For The Price of One the speakers focused on building both user friendly sites and search engine friendly sites. SES Chicago returns, and WebProNews is on hand to bring you reports and videos from the Windy City.  Enjoy our coverage this week.

SES Chicago: Tips From YellowPages.com

Everything can come together in Yellow Pages listings - these are what get some people to make purchases.  So this puts the Yellow Pages in a rather unique position, and Charles Stubbs, the CEO of YellowPages.com, discussed what he’s learned in the industry at SES Chicago.