If you haven't heard, Business 2.0, one of the last remaining "new economy" magazines of the bubble era (and a magazine I've written for), is likely to close its doors, and its owner, Time inc., is currently shopping for buyers.…
Click-to-call technology provider eStara announced today that it will integrate a lead generation feature to its Click Suite for Local Search Platform, known as Form to Phone. This will be primarily geared toward auto dealers and third-party auto Web sites…
Hyper-local neighborhood search site StreetAdvisor launched a series of features today that aim to make it more social. The Australian start-up launched in March as a place to share and comment on all things to do with your neighborhood. Today's…
InfoSpace's flagship mobile local search product, FindIt, is now available on the iPhone. I knew this would be coming soon, and it is a natural fit for the ease of use of the new device and its mobile local search…
In case you missed any posts last week, here are a few highlights. It's About the Money, Remember Last week, Local.com announced that it will acquire PremierGuide, a white-label local search solution, for US$2 million. I’ve read a handful of…
Fast moving product information Web site Krillion, recently written about here, today announced that it will add high-definition flat screen televisions to its millions of home appliance product listings. Its total product listings will now exceed half a billion. It…
In case you missed any posts this week, here are a few highlights. Click below to read each post in full. How to Kill the Competition It's tough to be in sales when the industry you are in is struggling,…
Summary As expected, Google has expanded its newspaper ad pilot program and has made it easier and more visible to AdWords advertisers. The program has shown success, as we noted back in December, and represents one of the many flanks…
ShopLocal CMO Bob Armour spoke at TKG's Drilling Down on Local conference in March during an online video panel to present some of the interesting things the company is doing to promote itself and the products you can find locally…
Summary Ad network Specific Media focuses on premium inventory across major Web sites for national brand advertising. But it also has some interesting methods for tracking the influence of branding on search behavior and some interesting implications for local advertising.…
Pegasus News announced today that the company will be acquired by Fisher Communications. The deal will bring Pegasus' online local and hyper-local content capabilities to Fisher's communities and existing properties – consisting of 19 television and radio stations throughout the Pacific…
In case you missed any posts last week, here is the TKG blog highlight reel. Click below to read each post in full. Summer Bookshelf: 'The Ghost Map' If you are looking for a great read, pick up “The Ghost…
Video ad insertion technology provider Adap.tv today received $10 million in series A funding from Redpoint Ventures and others. We've written about the company a few times in the past and are bullish on its dynamically placed inline video ads…
Vehix.com CEO Derek Mattsson announced at the company's annual summit that, starting today, it will officially be known as just Vehix. This is meant to signify its directions into many delivery mechanisms in addition to online. This includes mobile and…
In case you missed any posts last week, here is the TKG blog highlight reel. Click below to read each post in full. Interactive Newspapers? it doesn't take a journalism degree to note that 12 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth…
You may have noticed we have implemented a new blogging platform that has a richer interface and more multimedia capabilities, categories and other important attributes that have become standards in the blogosphere. Part of that transition, however, involves somewhat of a…
In case you missed any posts this week, here is the TKG blog highlight reel. Click below to read each post in full. Newspapers and Home Pages: Getting Personal Business 2.0's Erick Shoenfeld writes an exclusive on his blog on…
Business 2.0's Erick Shoenfeld writes an exclusive on his blog on the next version of the Pageflakes personalized home page. It looks to be a compelling and elegant product that should meet the rising demand for personalized features online. It…
The NewTeeVee blog has some interesting thoughts following comments made by Google's Marissa Mayer at the Searchonomics conference going on today. Google's free directory assistance product, Goog-411 (past commentary here), will assist in helping Google develop speech to text ability,…
A handful of official iPhone reviews from professional product reviewers came out today. The verdict: It lives up to the hype. There are still lots of possible flaws, such as slow speeds on AT&T's EDGE data network, but the overall…
