YPG of Canada has greatly boosted traffic and repositioned itself as a center for local applications by opening up its data via an open API (Application Program Interface). YPG Director of Business Development Darby Sieben, speaking at DMS ’11 in…
Matt Booth kicked off a session at DMS ’11 with some BIA/Kelsey data on SMBs' perception of value for the many things offered to them in search advertising services. Above SEO assistance, keyword selection, site traffic reports and the usual…
AT&Ti Deals are now in Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles, and will likely be launching deals offerings in 10 markets by the fourth quarter of 2011, according to AT&Ti VP of Business Development Todd Rose, who was speaking at DMS…
The walled garden approach may be history, as too many consumers are cut off from access. But companies still want to control customer activity, and will now pursue more of an “open garden” approach, suggests Halogen Media’s Peter Horan, a…
Today at BIA/Kelsey's DMS conference, the evolving local merchant was dissected by MerchantCircle founder Ben Smith, Halogen Media Group Chairman Peter Horan and Reply.com CEO Payam Zamani. SMB savvy is accelerating as a function of the business owners' role as…
Infogroup's president/CEO, Clare Hart, was the kick-off headliner at DMS ’11 and shared her vision of the SMB space as it relates to the rapid transformation in small businesses' use of new tools and features in online commerce. Hart argues…
Google Wallet is out with its first video ad, starring none other than George Costanza. For those familar with the famous exploding wallet bit ("The Reverse Peephole" episode), this is perfect fodder for a Google Wallet spoof. This also isn't…
Around here, we're prepping presentations, briefing speakers and packing boxes. Tuesday begins DMS 2011, and it's looking good. We're not doing a mobile SuperForum, as we usually do at our big shows -- that format will be reserved for great…
We’ve liked the idea of an ad network that makes it easy for place bloggers, local news sites and others to combine their audiences for advertisers wanting to target on a hyperlocal basis. The Sacramento Press has been working on…
This is the first time since it started that I wasn't able to attend TechCrunch's Disrupt conference (formerly TC50). But I've been able to watch some of it, as TechCrunch intelligently offers a live stream of all the sessions, powered…
One of the questions we have about the deals space is, how social is it really? In early days, with demos leaning toward college-educated women, deals were very social as subscribers referred deals to each other in return for a…
James Sanders, head of Channel Partnerships, Google Asia Pacific, will keynote the first day of ILM Asia, a conference that BIA/Kelsey and ADPAI are jointly producing Oct. 25-26 in Singapore. The event will attract directory publishers, as well as new…
Google’s march into local reached another milestone today with the acquisition of Zagat, a major international provider of high-end restaurant and lifestyle reviews in 100-plus cities. Zagat remains a major player in a reviews space it pioneered in 1979. In…
Sometimes, you reach a point where you think all the newspapers should just combine their audiences and online advertising efforts and be smart, big, technologically savvy and competitive with everyone else. Like the combined effort on Cars.com, for instance. That’s…
Two signficant leadership changes have occurred in the global Yellow Pages industry over the past few days. In Canada, Yellow Media CFO Christian Paupe has resigned to "pursue other interests." His departure is effective immediately. Yellow Media, a leading print…
EMarketer is out with a new report that claims 1 in 10 mobile users are redeeming coupons. That's not a lot but for all the reasons we explored in our recent mobile deals report, it's projected to grow quickly. EMarketer…
Marchex announced a new partnership with CityGrid today that will expand the Seattle company's call advertising business to local websites such as Citysearch, Urbanspoon and Insider Pages. CityGrid Media will place Marchex's national and local advertisers in relevant call placements…
Groupon has postponed its IPO roadshow and is re-evaluating the timing of its IPO on a “week by week” basis, according to The Wall Street Journal. To us, the delay is not really a surprise. The company has been hit…
I’ve been intrigued by AmEx’s sponsored ads on Facebook promising $5 off for a $20 purchase at Whole Foods. So I signed up for AmEx’s program, which is a JV with Foursquare. Signing up for the program is a little…
Interviewed by Marc Benioff at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference that took over San Francisco last week, Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt espoused our new favorite topic, SoLoMo. "The next generation of leaders and start-ups to emerge will involve mobile,…
