The Yellow Pages ‘Keyword’ Version

I read with interest a recent post by Jennifer Osborne on Search Engine People regarding how Millennials fundamentally search for products and services differently as compared with those 30 years old and older. One of the fundamental differences Osborne points out: Millennial Brains…

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Fresh Produce or Google?

Quick, what industry gets the highest customer service quality ratings from U.S. adult consumers, according to an August 2007 Harris Interactive poll? No. 1 is supermarkets with 92 percent giving them a good rating, No. 2 is online search engines (84…

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More Retailers Lack Brick-and-Mortar Locations

According to a recent Direct Marketing Association survey, “The absence of a brick-and-mortar store is becoming prevalent among retailers, since 41 percent of survey respondents don't have a physical store.” This is quite a surprising finding and certainly has significant ramifications…

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AdReady: Think Banners, Not Video

When it comes to small businesses on the Web, is it really only about video? AdReady, a new Seattle-based company started by Classmates.com alum and backed by Madrona and Bain Capital, thinks banners are really where the impact is. Local…

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ELocal Listing Launches Video Ads

Local search based marketing specialist eLocal Listing today became the latest in a growing wave of companies to offer video advertising to SMBs. As pointed out in last week's post "Universal Search Paves the Way for Local Video," an opportunity…

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Google Builds Logo out of Legos

In case you haven't seen it yet, Google's home page today commemorates the 50th birthday of the Lego block. These custom logos for various holidays and anniversaries are always interesting (particularly the one shown on Louis Braille's birthday in 2006).…

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Superpages and Marchex form Distribution Deal

          Idearc Media announced today that Superpages will feed ads into the Marchex advertising network, Enhance Interactive. This clearly increases distribution for Superpages, thus strengthening the value it can provide its advertisers. For Marchex it's also a win, in that…

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EveryBlock Puts a New Spin on Hyper-Local

New hyperlocal content aggregator Everyblock has launched in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. By bringing together locally oriented blogs, reviews and images, it joins the ranks of outside.in, Placeblogger and (more recently) Topix. Specifically, it scrapes and supplies geotagged…

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Quebecor World Declares Bankruptcy

The Canadian printing company Quebecor World has filed for bankruptcy protection and secured US$1 billion in emergency financing. Quebecor's predicament reflects some of the stresses taking place in traditional print media, which will only get worse in the next year…

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