Tag: Local Search

Upgrading Local AdWords Ads to Location Extensions
Google is about to transition local business ads in advertisers' AdWords accounts to ads that are compatible with the location extensions the company introduced last year....
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Facebook Finding More Ways to Compete with Google
Apparently Facebook is not content with only taking over the web, but wants to get some penetration into the physical world as well. Taking a cue from another dominant company,...
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Businesses Should Know About These New Local Features from Google
Facebook made some of the biggest news of the week with th...
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Google Expands Tag Advertising for Local Businesses
Last week Google changed the Local Business Center to Google Places, and along with that change came some new features for local businesses. We looked at those...
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Google Adds to Google Maps Suggest Feature
Google recently launched Suggest for Google Maps in several countries, and has now expanded the availability of the feature to ten more domains. The feature has also gotten some...
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MerchantCircle, Demand Media Provide New Local Search Opportunities
MerchantCircle, a social network for local businesses, which boasts over a million businesses, announced an expanded partnership with...
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Google Maps Gets More Useful on BlackBerry
Google introduced a new version of Google Maps for BlackBerry devices today. There are quite a few significant features that come along with it. Search by Voice,...
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YellowPages.com Rebranded as YP.com
In local search news, AT&T Interactive has rebranding its popular YellowPages.com to YP.com. AT&T's Jamie Carracher tells WebProNews, "YP.com will replace YellowPag...
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Why MapQuest Should Be Considered in Your Local Marketing Mix
I don't think too many people will dispute the fact that location is buzz topic of 2010 so far within the online marketing industry. Big players in this space include Foursquare...
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Citysearch Has New Way for Local Businesses to Advertise
Citysearch recently announced a set of APIs to make all of Citysearch’s local listings content and advertising available to other W...
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Bing Talks Local Business Listings
In case you missed it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer...
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AlikeList Points Customers to Local Businesses Their Friends Like
As we've written about a lot lately, local search is continuing to evolve, and that evolution is not just coming from the biggest names in search. We recently had a discussion w...
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Local Business Search as Q&A
Human-driven Q&A search service ChaCha launched some new functionality this week for local businesses. Now users can access information a...
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Why Even Local Search is Becoming More Real-Time
As the web quickly becomes more mobile and social than ever, we see apps filling voids that were mostly left empty throughout the history of search and social media. People are...
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Google Suggests Competitors for Local Business Searches
Google is offering suggestions for "nearby places you might like" on Google M...
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