Today at EADP, I had the privilege of participating on an analyst panel with Peter Buxton, Jesper Simonsen and Jim Easton. The panel, moderated by Kimberli Lewis and Michael Oschmann, was a lively discussion of global trends in the directory…
This morning at EADP, European Directories (EDSA) CEO Cornel Riklin outlined the company’s strategy to be the top provider of lead generation to SMBs in its markets. The path to get there includes offering leading local search platforms to consumers.…
Clemens Riedl, CMO of VZnet, Germany’s largest social network (yes, larger than Facebook across all age segments) spoke at EADP today about the ups and downs of holding that market position. The site counts 15 million unique visitors, with 80…
Following up on yesterday's post, days two and three from Prague continued with the march of thought-provoking presentations. Among them was Centrum Holdings, a Warburg Pincus-backed company that's one of the few pure-play digital entities in Czech Republic and Croatia.…
Local media companies have been experimenting with different models for hyperlocal. Some are publishing their own blogs; others are building relationships with specific bloggers. Others are partnering with aggregator sources. The New York Post has chosen the latter path, having…
Yellow Pages Group Canada announced today that it has released a new version of its popular iPhone app, including a new interface and, most notably, video. Other features (some existing) include: - Full access to merchant content, including video and…
BT Business is taking on search upstarts such as ReachLocal U.K. by launching BT SearchSmart. The service will provide a full range of search services for £74.99 per month ($123.30). There is an additional £100 setup fee ($164.42). Developed in…
Day 1 of the European Association of Directory and Database Publishers Congress being held in Prague, Czech Republic, was squarely focused on the pending and necessary notion of transformation. The congress was kicked off by EADP President and Mediatel CEO…
It doesn’t make much sense on the surface and is something of a head scratcher. But Adobe has agreed to acquire Omniture for $1.8 billion. The acquisition is described as an effort to jump-start Adobe’s Web site development and service…
The TC50 has concluded and the winners announced. Best in show went to RedBeacon, a local search start-up that I missed on Monday. More on that in a minute. The start-up competition has only been around for a few years,…
ReachLocal has taken sole control of ReachLocal Australia by buying out the 50 percent of shares held by Netus, an Aussie VC backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The buyout, at “an attractive multiple of Netus' original investment,” means ReachLocal,…
A company called BreakThrough just launched at the TechCrunch50 event. First appearing to be a sort of Avvo for therapists, it proved to be more than just a search engine. In a nutshell, it offers telephone and video conferencing (via…
Facebook has just announced from the TechCrunch50 stage that it has reached 300 million active users and is cash flow positive. It has reached the latter milestone in advance of its initial goal of first quarter 2010.
I'm at the TechCrunch50 show again this year looking out for interesting mobile and local companies and people. I missed yesterday when Yext, RedBeacon and a few other local startups launched -- more to come when i'm able to dig…
A few weeks back, in an Advisory, we released the following chart of the “Quarterly Revenue Index.” The Advisory was released the day after we got the final Q2 number filings from the different media groups. Our idea was to…
Hordes of vertical sites have been popping up and grabbing the geotargeted ads that could theoretically go to newspapers. In response, design and business consultant Alan Jacobsen -- who last year developed RealPeopleRealStuff, an online video classified site -- is…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. When Your Back is Against the Wall You probably remember Victor Kiam's famous commercials for Remington shavers from 1979…
Here is a valuable marketing lesson for Yellow Pages, newspapers and broadcasters. You probably remember Victor Kiam's famous commercials for Remington shavers from 1979 when he said on camera, "I liked the shaver so much, I bought the company." It…
OK, we've got a solid nucleus for our Interactive Local Media event, which is Dec. 9-11 at our favorite hotel, The Century Plaza in L.A. Here's the registration info. The show typically attracts about 500 senior level execs, and is…
At Mobilize ’09, Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha is announcing the latest Google Android Build known as Motoblur. It will enter the U.S. market through a new T-Mobile branded smartphone known as "Cliq" ("Dext" outside the U.S. through Orange and other…