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	<title>Comments on: CitySquares Acquires Yokel, a Site for Local Retailers</title>
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		<title>By: Peter Krasilovsky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Krasilovsky]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;This came in from CitySquares CEO Ben Saren...&lt;/em&gt;
 
Hi Peter, thanks for posting this. Nice to talk to you this morning. I&#8217;m really excited about this acquisition and equally excited about having Scott Randall involved. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of knowing Scott for a few years now and arriving at this point is the result of that synergy. We plan to maintain the integrity of the Yokel brand and website and offering. We also plan on dusting the code off and getting our hands in there and leveraging it for its core purpose, but also for other types of content aggregation on CitySquares &#8211; shall I say, less consumer/business related content and more real-world community content. We&#8217;ve got a lot to do in the next few months. Also, the Local Product Search opportunity still seems so nascent to me so I can&#8217;t but feel like we have a good jump on it. We&#8217;re bouncing a few other ideas around, and welcome anyone&#8217;s perspectives on local product search, SMB retail etc etc.

Thanks again Peter! See you in March.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This came in from CitySquares CEO Ben Saren&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Hi Peter, thanks for posting this. Nice to talk to you this morning. I&#8217;m really excited about this acquisition and equally excited about having Scott Randall involved. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of knowing Scott for a few years now and arriving at this point is the result of that synergy. We plan to maintain the integrity of the Yokel brand and website and offering. We also plan on dusting the code off and getting our hands in there and leveraging it for its core purpose, but also for other types of content aggregation on CitySquares &#8211; shall I say, less consumer/business related content and more real-world community content. We&#8217;ve got a lot to do in the next few months. Also, the Local Product Search opportunity still seems so nascent to me so I can&#8217;t but feel like we have a good jump on it. We&#8217;re bouncing a few other ideas around, and welcome anyone&#8217;s perspectives on local product search, SMB retail etc etc.</p>
<p>Thanks again Peter! See you in March.</p>
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