The Examiner’s Free Metro Model; 2 Million Uniques
In light of BostonNow’s closure this week (apparently for investment-related reasons), I’ve been mulling over the future of free metro papers in the U.S. The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is the week-in-blogging from TKG, in case you missed anything. Click below to read each post in full. Google's Street View Cameras Go Offroading Google announced today that it…
Krillion Research: Users Look for Products, Then Stores
The balance between merchants and brands is being shifted by the increasingly common use of enhanced “product locators,” which adds store locations, maps -- and frequently promotions such as coupons…
Does the Economy Hold a Silver Lining for Yellow Pages?
I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the Easter holiday talking with friends and family about the economy and how they are dealing with the budget crunch we are…
Talking Local at SES New York
SES New York is winding down and there has been a lot of attention paid to local -- much more so than in past SES shows. Specifically there was a…
Yelp Puts Funding in Play: A Conversation With Jeremy Stoppleman
To follow up on the recent post about Yelp's funding, I was able to sit down with Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman yesterday at the company's San Francisco headquarters. The company…
Newspaper Next 2.0: The ‘Local Info and Connection Utility’
I liked the 2003-2007 concept of a “local info hub.” The idea was to think beyond the original business boundaries of newspapers (and Yellow Pages). Now that concept has been…
Web.com Will Be New Name for Website Pros
Website Pros is taking the name of Web.com, a company it merged with in late September 2007. Company officials say the name change will occur by mid-2008. They note that…
Microsoft and Yahoo!: TKG’s Take
Today’s big news is Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo!. The $44.6 billion bid represents a 62 percent premium on Yahoo!'s closing stock price yesterday, which was affected by Yahoo!’s…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Holiday Week Recap
Posting (along with the activity level in the local search world) has been understandably light over the past few days. But a lot happened before that; here is a recap…