CitySquares : Local Search on the Neighborhood Level
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Never a dull moment in local these days as I learn of new sites almost daily. I spoke this morning with Ben Saren, CEO of Boston-based Citysquares, another &#8220;hyperlocal&#8221; site focused on building out neighborhood listings and community. Right now the site only covers the Boston area but Saren envisions expansion and scaling.  We discussed all [...]
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Last week when Google came up with its Desktop Search, it promised to make finding files on our desktop a lot less painful. Knowing Google and its other services, I had little doubt that the new tool from their stable would be incredible.
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Users will see the coupons displayed with maps when they search on Google Local.
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Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Local Search Marketing: A Huge Untapped Market - Research: Do Keywords In URL Influence Your Rank? - Make All Your Keywords Plural? - How Do PPC Campaigns And SEO Compliment Each Other - World Without Search Engines - Does Adwords Have a Limit On the Number of Ads? - New AdWords Classifications Coming
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The quest for local information has increased during the past decades. This involves research in documents and publications in archives and libraries.
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Relevancy of results has been the dominant theme in my semantic search posts so far. And in this piece I will be discussing about SenseBot, a search tool that has the added feature of summarizing results. Very often, the intent of a user is to obtain brief information on a concept or a keyword. In [...]
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The search giant has added a new local search component to its news aggregation service. Now users can enter their address or ZIP code to see relevant local news results. While the enhancement won't win over Google users in major metro areas, it's a welcome addition to those outside the big cities.
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Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land points to a Google Blog posting that announces Google will be displaying local results with reviews and links to more detail in its OneBox position: From now on, you&#8217;ll see this every time you search for a place, business, or other local information. In addition to providing the basic contact [...]
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The search engine is good for more than just scouring the Web. It's also a powerful tool for the shadier side of online data collection.
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Residents wanting to meet their neighbors are doing so electronically through the Web site MeetTheNeighbors.org.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ask.com's search engine is sharpening its focus on local results in an attempt to make a bigger splash on the World Wide Web.
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New Scholar service promises next level of search engines.
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Local search site launches nationally, adding user reviews to implicit recommendations based on transactions in the neighborhood.
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Copernic Desktop Search does the work without Google's security flaws.
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Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: TrueLocal Launches Canadian Local Search Engine - The Video Void: Where Are All The AdSense Video Ads? - Here Comes Social Media Optimization? - Google Apps for Your Domain, and more.
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How the right tools can create a solid search strategy.
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Tips for improving the efficiency of job searches on the Web.