Comments on: What Microsoft Could Have Been in Local Search http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/30/what-microsoft-could-have-been-in-local-search/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Curtis Sowa http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/30/what-microsoft-could-have-been-in-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-215665 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:27:20 +0000 #comment-215665 Some guy who used to work on Sidewalk wrote up a post mortem that sheds more light on what actually happened. See http://marketvelocity.blogspot.com/2007/02/sidewalk-insiders-view-of-why-how-it.html.

]]> By: Big Dawg http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/30/what-microsoft-could-have-been-in-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-2780 The RBOC Yellow Pages publishers had the opportunity to make this investment as well, but they opted to try to provide IYP on their own. If they had worked together from early on, they could have built an incredibly strong network. YellowPages.com, the best of the lot right now, has a long way to go to be an effective and competitive local search product.

]]> By: dave http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/30/what-microsoft-could-have-been-in-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2781 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-2781 Yellowpages.com’s site is worthless and needs to be completely revamped. No IYP has yet to set itself apart from the rest.

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