Leader of Washington Post’s Hyperlocal Effort Departs
You’ve got to figure if anyone is going to lead the local revolution in the newspaper space it is going to be The Washington Post. To me, the paper signaled…
Local Matters Gets Social, Continues Product Streak
Local search platform provider Local Matters has just acquired a Facebook application-in-progress from online real estate player Point2. The app will be called Neighborhoods for Facebook and will allow Facebook…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here are last week’s highlights from the TKG blog, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Merrill Brown and the Internet: Still the…
AgendiZe Brings ‘Contact Widgets’ to Local Listings
Local search software developer AgendiZe will announce an expanded partnership with Canada's Yellow Pages Group that will position new "contact widgets" throughout YPG's listings. The widgets will be available at…
Internet Yellow Pages Socialize
Canadian IYP Yellowpages.ca announced a Facebook application that lets users of the social network tap into local listings and share recommendations with friends. This includes (according to release): Find, rate…
Kelsey Seattle Next Week: Google, Avvo, Loladex +++
At long last, The Kelsey Group’s Drilling Down on Local: Marketplaces program is just around the corner. Our version of Coachella (or Woodstock) takes place NEXT WEEK, Wednesday to Friday,…
Will Social Be the Killer App for Mobile?
Michael Arrington scribes his vision for mobile social mashups in a TechCrunch post yesterday. He argues social networking could be the killer app of the mobile device, and one of…
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…
More on Loladex: A Conversation With CEO Laurence Hooper
If Facebook is really the next marketing platform, the guys at Loladex will have guessed right. The new rating and review company, formed by two alumni of AOL Search and…
Loladex Launches Today
Local/social search product Loladex launched this morning, currently built exclusively around a Facebook application. The application will specifically seek to tap into the trust inherent in a group of Facebook…