A major benefit associated with R.H. Donnelley's $345 million purchase of Business.com in July was getting Business.com founder Jake Winebaum. RHD needed an Internet change agent, and Winebaum clearly fit the bill after having played that role at Disney and…
At the ILM:07 conference last week in L.A., we saw lots of great mapping demos from Google, mobilePeople, et al. But it was hard to nail down how maps and their related services (ZIP codes, neighborhood mapping and other spatial…
Aside from our own play-by-play of last week's eventful ILM:07 show, here is a roundup of others' coverage: Marchex LocalPoint GigaOm Andrew Shotland's LocalSEOGuide (more posts here and here) Forbes NAA Digital Edge Blog Sebastien Provencher's Praized (more posts here…
The closing wrap-up panel at ILM:07 included two seasoned industry observers, a high-profile technology developer, and a principal from conference co-sponsor Search Engine Strategies. Under the encouragement of co-moderators Matt Booth and Neal Polachek, each panelist sought to summarize some of…
Two pioneers in the local social space discussed their leading-edge approaches in a panel at ILM:07 today. First up was Mike Orren, president of Pegasus News. Like so many companies in the local online space, Pegasus has not followed a…
Allison Mnookin, VP of Intuit’s Small Business Division, gave a keynote address on Friday at The Kelsey Group’s ILM:07 conference that started with a recap of Intuit’s segmentation approach to the SMB market. (Kelsey conference regulars have heard an earlier…