Jupiter: Local Online Advertising Will Be Worth $8.9 Billion In 2012

There are now a range of local forecasts in the market, some more bullish and some more conservative. But all generally agree that locally targeted ads in search, display (including video), and classifieds are growing at rates faster than overall online ad growth. Recently Borrell Associates put out ...
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Jan. 18, 2008 at 9:31am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Marchex Issues Local Search Report, Starts Local Blog

Marchex, which recently acquired VoiceStar, launched 100,000 local search domains and is about to relaunch OpenList as a new, comprehensive local destination site, has issued a local report entitled "Unlocking the Potential of the Local Internet." The document is a very good overview of the ...

Sep. 12, 2007 at 8:51am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Local.com And Dueling Local Search Patents

A flurry of recently granted patents is starting to cloud the local search space. After being granted a patent for location-based search, Local.com this morning announced the awarding of another patent for an "ad supported 411 local search model." Local.com's stock shot up 52 percent on the ...

Jul. 2, 2007 at 11:11am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Local.com Acquires B2B Local Search Provider PremierGuide

Local search destination Local.com, which recently announced two local and mobile search patents, has acquired PremierGuide for approximately $2 million. PremierGuide is a white label provider of local search functionality and listings to third party publisher sites (newspapers and local TV affiliates ...

Jul. 19, 2007 at 1:08pm Eastern by Greg Sterling

Get Listed At Local Search Engines, Yellow Pages and Local Social Sites

Guide On HowTo Get Your Business Listed On Major Local Search Engines, Yellow Pages Sites and Social Local Networks from LocalType.com is a very comprehensive rundown to almost 50 places where you can submit your business for local inclusion. It is broken into three categories: local search engines ...
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Mar. 27, 2007 at 8:03am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

StreetAdvisor: Local At The Micro-Level

Maybe you've heard of "hyper-local?" Now let's invent a new term, "micro-local." That's what StreetAdvisor (spotted via Mashable) seems to be going for. A nice looking site in the now familiar "Web 2.0" style, StreetAdvisor seeks to make information even more local, down ...

Mar. 28, 2007 at 11:57am Eastern by Greg Sterling

How Sputnik Changed Local Search

Fifty years ago the Soviets launched Sputnik, and local search was forever changed. In 1957, telephones had dials. Televisions had dials. The Edsel was introduced. And gasoline was 31 cents per gallon. Searching for information meant going to the library. Dressed in suits or skirts, people literally ...

Oct. 22, 2007 at 7:24am Eastern by Chris Linnett

The Mother Of All SMX Local/Mobile Recaps

Did you miss our SMX Local & Mobile show in San Francisco last week? If so, no worries, as David Mihm has an excellent roundup of the highlights of the conference. Even though I'm obviously biased, I have to say the event was one of the best I've had the privilege and honor to be associated with ...
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Aug. 1, 2008 at 1:24pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Local Australian City Councils Abandon Use Of Google Earth To Monitor Building Permits, Unregistered Pets

... of privacy concerns: "Not trying to catch people out by spying on them and carrying out measures that destroy trust and privacy," said local Mayor Adriana Taylor. Rather they'll monitor compliance and rules violations the old fashioned way -- with people.

Sep. 29, 2008 at 9:01am Eastern by Greg Sterling

SMX East: What Are Your Local Questions for Google?

On day 1 of SMX East, I'll be moderating the "What’s New With Local Search Marketing?" panel. On that panel, among others, will be Eric Stein, Director of Local Markets for Google. Rather than describe the litany of standard tools and options for marketers, Eric has offered to answer my ...

Sep. 19, 2008 at 8:20pm Eastern by Greg Sterling