Marchex Expands Mobile Search by Buying Jingle Networks
Marchex announced today that it would pay up to $62.5 million in cash and stock for Jingle Networks, the 1-800 FREE411 ad supported service. With the addition of Jingle Networks,…
ILM West: Change in Culture, Sales Force and Products Evolve Dex
Dex One Chief Strategy Officer David Sharman shared with us today some of the key challenges the longtime traditional directory publisher is facing as it evolves its business into the…
Marchex Announces New Digital Call Ad Opp With CityGrid
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…
Amping Up Pay-Per-Call Advertising: A Conversation With Marchex
We recently blogged about Marchex's acquisition of Jingle Networks, a move to own a platform that monetizes mobile voice search. Recently we were able to get a bit more color…
Ring Ring … Ring Ring … Call Measurement Platforms Take Off
We’ve seen a marked increase in the number of inquiries we’ve been getting from clients regarding the use and implementation of call measurement platforms. We have long believed that the…
Directory Assistance: Moving Beyond 411
Voice search has been put on the map over the past few years with the advent of free directory assistance service providers, not to mention Google (Goog411) and Microsoft (Tellme) entering…
DA and Voice Search Roundup
A lot has happened so far this week with directory assistance and voice search providers. Call Genie yesterday launched a new product suite. This includes three platforms that let DA providers, Yellow…
TKG's Mobile Forecast By the Numbers
As part of the mobile forecast we released last week, we thought it would be interesting to show a little detail about the ad-sponsored directory assistance portion of the forecast.…
TKG’s Mobile Forecast By the Numbers
As part of the mobile forecast we released last week, we thought it would be interesting to show a little detail about the ad-sponsored directory assistance portion of the forecast.…
Mobile Forecast
As part of the mobile forecast we released last week, we thought it would be interesting to show a little detail about the ad-sponsored directory assistance portion of the forecast.…