Today and tomorrow, I'm at the TechCrunch50 show in San Francisco. The show is basically Michael Arrington's answer to the DEMO conference series in which companies get five minutes on stage to show off newly launched online products. The difference…
Closely related to our recent ongoing coverage of Google's offline media efforts (TKG client Advisory released Friday as well), the company has signed a deal with NBC Universal to further push ad buying through its Google TV Ads platform. Google…
Here are the highlights from the TKG blog last week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Mixpo Expands Channel Partners Local video production provider Mixpo today emboldened its pipeline into the elusive…
Local video production provider Mixpo today emboldened its pipeline into the elusive small-business marketplace by announcing four new channel partners. These include a number of traditional media channels that have online local search destinations, such as PegasusNews, SiliconValleyOnline and KGO…
Today's award for off-the-wall feature to get people to use an online service goes to Whrrl. The local social service is similar to the more popular Loopt in that it lets users keep track of where their friends are and…
The New York Times writes today about Google's efforts to court ad agencies as a source of new business. Not surprisingly, these efforts are being met with a fair amount of skepticism from agencies that have seen Google as a…
A new report from Net Applications shows iPhone usage to represent 0.40 percent of Web hits, down from a high of 0.48 percent last week. This is up from 0.19 percent in July when the 3G iPhone was first released.…
The official Google Blog has announced that the company will launch a new open source browser today called "Chrome." On a basic level, this is a logical move for Google, given that it could provide a more direct front door…
Here are the highlights from the TKG blog this week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Regulators Approve Netherlands Directory Consolidation The Dutch competition authorities today approved the planned merger between the…
Localeze biz dev head Gib Olander has a good piece in MediaPost in which he argues the need to refine local search marketing campaigns based on changing search behavior. In other words, the way people search and the terms they…
In what amounts to another vote of confidence from business and financial communities for self-serve video ad production, StudioNow has received $2.38 million in private equity. Funding came from existing investor Claritas Capital plus Clayton Associates. This adds to the…
In addition to our own coverage last week, here are a few good selections from others reporting on the TKG local sessions, in case you weren't able to be there: Aim Clear Blog Matt McGee Search Engine Roundtable (here and…
Just seven weeks after its introduction, the iPhone 3G will sell 7 million units. It took the first generation iPhone more than a year to reach that mark, and 3G models now surpass 2G model sales. As we keep saying,…
Newly launched automotive portal DriverSide announced today that it will acquire auto mechanic search site fairBenjamin. The acquisition is hoped to improve DriverSide's repair service data and estimates for common repairs, and possibly add new dimensions to its service based…
Here are the highlights from the TKG blog last week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Google Brings a Taste of Online to Traditional Media We've long known Google to be on…
We've long known Google to be on a path toward facilitating media buys across a cluster of offline traditional media. A clearer glimpse into this vision was given yesterday by Meredith Papp, product marketing manager at Google, during TKG's session…
Today at SES Steve Espinosa, director of product development for eLocal Listing, stressed the importance of video to gain better search rankings and conversions in local search results. Specifically, SMB videos on eLocal Listing have seen a 3.34 X increase…
At a pair of TKG-run sessions at SES San Jose, the value of good local data was a pervasive theme. This relates to the ongoing online-offline challenge in local media and search. The problem basically comes down to the inability…
Local.com announced today that it has reached a milestone of 5,000 businesses that have directly signed up for online advertising through its Local Promote subscription advertising service. Local Promote includes a landing page, call tracking, and premium placements within search…
Google once again took the top spot for consumer satisfaction among portals and search engines in the University of Michigan's quarterly study. Its score of 86 (out of 100) represents a 10 percent jump over 2007. This came during a…
