LSA 2013: CityGrid’s Finger Bets on Vertical Revival
Seven years ago, in 2006, we began evangelizing a vision of local media driven by vertical specialties. These would drive high value leads with better, more relevant searches. In this…
Seven years ago, in 2006, we began evangelizing a vision of local media driven by vertical specialties. These would drive high value leads with better, more relevant searches. In this…
To kick off Day 2 of our ILM West Conference, CityGrid's Jason Finger espoused the need to verticalize in local. This comes down to the fact that local is not…
IAC announced today that SeamlessWeb founder Jason Finger will take over as CEO of its CityGrid Media unit April 12. CityGrid Media includes the CityGrid ad network and Citysearch, Urbanspoon,…
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…
CityGrid Media has released a study it conducted via research firm Harris Interactive that suggests people are more likely to "like" a local business than write a review as a…
CityGrid, the local content and advertising network announced today its plans to team up with CBS Local Digital Media. The new partnership gives local businesses the opportunity to be featured…
Rating and review sites for things like dining, nail salons and events (i.e., Yelp) are inevitably going to battle it out with Google. CityGrid Media’s Insider Pages wants to go…
CityGrid Media (formerly Citysearch) will extend its paid base of 800,000 advertisers across thousands of neighborhood news pages, courtesy of a display advertising deal with Outside.in. The two companies have…
IAC’s Citysearch will keep its www.citysearch.com Web site and brand, and IAC’s local units will still be managed by the Citysearch team, but the local organization has been renamed “CityGrid…