September 30th 2008
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Zvents, the site where you can discover things to do, has secured $24 million in funding from Nokia Growth Partners, AT&T and NAVTEQ. Nokia Growth Partners, is the growth capital arm of Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world’s leading mobile phone supplier; NAVTEQ, is the world leader in premium-quality digital map ...
July 15th 2008
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Local Search
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Paul Levine, former GM of Yahoo! Local, has joined Zvents board of directors as Zvents continues to grow both its network and innovative local search platform. His experience with local listings will prove invaluable as the platform continues to support local business as is done offline; by ...
Google is partnering with Nokia to offer Google search to Nokia mobile phone users worldwide. If you have a Nokia cell phone, you will be able to use Google to find relevant information.
The Google search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application. This integration will ...
January 10th 2008
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Local Search
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2008 is already off to a great start in the online media world, and local media appears to be getting more ad dollars. Lately, we are seeing a shift in some of the ad dollars going to new media platforms, especially with the increased importance of user-generated content and the ...
August 28th 2007
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Local Search
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Yahoo! Local and R.H. Donnelley are expanding their relationship. This new agreement gives local businesses more exposure on the Yahoo! Local and Yahoo! Maps websites. The agreement is a part of R.H. Donnelley's efforts to distribute their local advertiser content across their own network of websites as well ...
August 2nd 2007
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Local Search
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Kudzu.com, a search engine that's primary emphasis is on local business search, has won two Telly awards for two different tv commercials during the 28th Annual Telly Awards.
Kudzu.com is a local business search engine that attempts to connect ready-to-buy consumers with local businesses.
Two separate tv commercials, both of which promoted ...
Jeffrey Pruitt, Executive Vice Ppresident of iCrossing and President of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) has been named to the Yellow Pages Association's (YPA) Local Search Guide Advisory Board.
YPA, the trade main organization of the print and digital media industry (valued at about $14 billion in the United ...
Citysearch, owned by IAC, has agreed to acquire Insider Pages. Insider pages is a reviews-based local search company.
Insider Pages bills themselves as a site that "helps people find the best local businesses through recommendations from their friends, community, and expert reviewers. The site has more than 600,000 merchant reviews on ...
