A Conversation with ZipLocal

Yesterday I had the opportunity to catch up with Elaine Kunda, CEO of newly launched (beta) Canadian local search site ZipLocal. The site currently covers Toronto and Montreal, but has 1.3 million Canadian business listings in 45 cities, which it…

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Yellowpages.com Joins MoLo Pack

Yellowpages.com today joined the ranks of local search providers that have an SMS-based mobile local search application. Similar to Google SMS and Yahoo! Mobile (and one from Starbucks), any cellphone user can send a business name or category in a…

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Closing the Gap With Maps, Revenues

Map-centric directories from the likes of Google and Microsoft, enhanced with satellite and 3D imagery, are absolutely fascinating. They're also increasingly functional, with all kinds of searchable links. But is it really clear that they are the future of directories?…

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Oodle and iPoste Team Up

Classified aggregator Oodle has offered to integrate its listings into community site iPoste. The press release doesn't mention if listings will flow in the other direction, but they should based on Oodle's aggregation model. Classified aggregation is all about in/out…

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EStara Brings Click-to-Call to Singapore

EStara announced this week that it will power the new click-to-call functionality of Yellow Pages Singapore's online directory, www.yp.sg. YPS is the largest directory publisher in Singapore and its online directory is the most trafficked online business directory there, according…

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EPrize Adds Games for SME Sites

EPrize, a Michigan-based promotions fulfillment company that typically works with the likes of Proctor & Gamble and others, is pushing hard to add its games and sweepstakes promotions to small-business Web sites. The "Caffeine" product can get users to register…

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Local ’07: Peter Horan, IAC

Peter Horan, IAC Media and Entertainment's new head from About.com and other companies, says he's a "guy who has to run Web sites for a living and sell stuff," so he takes "a very pragmatic view. Visionaries and consultants aren't…

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Local ’07: Nick Grouf, Spot Runner

Spot Runner, the high-profile video production house and media buyer for small businesses, is winning some big deals with national players that want to provide solutions for partners and affiliates and also target locally. During his Day 1 keynote at…

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Yell for Sale?

It appears Yell Group may be the target of an unnamed private equity group hoping to pursue an LBO of Yell, which is the leading YP publisher in the U.K. and Spain and the largest U.S. independent publisher through its…

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