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LocalPrice Tries to Compare Price for Service Providers

There are many reasons why price comparisons for services aren’t generally done. (i.e., the difficulty of nailing down providers, price changes, the need for custom quotes in many categories). Generally, people should choose service providers on multiple criteria, not just…

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Spotzer Rolls Out New European Market

Netherlands-based Spotzer has launched its online video product in Sweden with partner Lokaldelen i Sverige AB, which is a local print and online directory player that competes with the market leader Eniro. Lokaldelen is a unit of European Directories, which is…

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Yelp Has PR Problem Re: Reviews and Practices

Five-year-old Yelp has been something of a phenomenon, and is a preferred rating and review directory for millions of people online and mobile in 24 cities. In December, comScore pegged its traffic at 7 million visitors, up from 2.8 million…

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MapQuest Enhances Business Search Features

MapQuest announced a series of tools today that let advertisers place themselves along the routes that are generated when users plot driving directions. These are new features to MapQuest's existing Business Locator, which let users choose different types of businesses…

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Kijiji Poised to Change Name to ‘eBay Classifieds’

There is a certain magic with coining a far-out name that really sticks, like “Google” or “Yahoo.” Apparently, the new folks running eBay Classifieds, however, don’t think that “Kijiji” has made the grade. Kijiji, which is Swahili for “village,” is…

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The NY Times Goes Hyperlocal With ‘The Local’

The New York Times has largely steered clear of local business advertising since its unsuccessful foray into local sales in the late 1990s, when it was working with Zip2. But now it is clearly reviving its local advertiser push. Last…

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