TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of blog posts from this week in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. OK, Here’s the Lineup for Seattle, April 30-May 2 It’s been a lot of fun putting this…
The Onion Covers Local Search
From the Friday afternoon humor department, The Onion has a funny article about the majority of Americans that can't locate a Payless Shoe store on a mall directory. I wonder what NearbyNow thinks of the data? ;)
OK, Here’s the Lineup for Seattle, April 30-May 2
It’s been a lot of fun putting this together -- a “who’s who” lineup for Kelsey's Drilling Down on Local: Marketplaces, which takes places April 30-May 2 in Seattle (a favorite city). This show, entirely inspired by the in-depth analysis…
Local Video Gets More Attention; SEO Is Key
Mixpo's Glenn Pingul has an interesting column in Search Engine Land today about online video's growing relevance as an ad vehicle for SMBs. He hits on all the main points, discussed here in the past, about video's benefits for local…
Seattle Times Co. Launches ‘Network Search’
One big takeaway from the NAA Marketing show last week in Orlando was that newspapers are ready to build up a zillion niche products that allow them to leverage their editorial talents. But not much progress, or even attention, is…
3-D Mapping News: Everyscape and TeleAtlas
3-D mapping company EveryScape has secured a $7 million B round led by Waltham, Massachusetts-based Dace Ventures. Similar to Google's Street View, the company stitches together 3-D renderings of street-level cityscapes. Unlike Google or any other mapping provider, however, EveryScape…
‘Local’ Surprisingly Prominent at Health 2.0
The smart “post Web” money is looking at health care (and green solutions), right? But based on Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare, a conference that took place March 2-4 in San Diego, the subject may no longer be search engines or…
Spot Runner Buys Weblistic, Pumps Up Local Sales Effort
Spot Runner has gone into the local reseller channel in a major way by acquiring Weblistic, a company headed by Ketan Shah (and whose president is Yellow Pages Commando Dick Larkin). The company has 50 employees and is headquartered in…
Krillion Powers Panasonic Product Search
Last week, Krillion took an evolutionary step by feeding its local product listings into TheFind.com. -- essentially becoming a data provider, in addition to a local product search destination. After talking with Krillion CEO Joel Toledano last week, it became…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from the past week on the TKG blog, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. 750 Newspapers Working With Google on Print Ads Program Google’s Print Ads program,…