Local Search News
Google Hotpot Getting 1 Million Ratings Per Month
13th April 2011
Google had introduced a new feature called Google Hotpot last November, through which users could rate and review the places which they had been to, along with the ratings of their friends. Recently published numbers indicate that the service is surprisingly popular. More »
Yelp Continues To Grow In Spite Of Google Threat
17th February 2011
Although Yelp is facing competition from the likes of Google, Groupon and LivingSocial, it continues to do well and grow in terms of the number of users and reviews posted on the site. More »
Foursquare Launches Business Pages
17th January 2011
Foursquare has recently launched a new feature known as Business Pages to help businesses market themselves through the local social network. More »
Google Cooks Up Hotpot Of Local Search
17th November 2010
Google has launched a new recommendation and rating tool galled Hotpot for Google Places, which is sure to give stiff competition to other local listings sites such as Yelp and Qype. More »
Facebook Takes On Local Social Networks With Deals
9th November 2010
Last week, Facebook held their Mobile Event during which they announced several new upcoming features. One of the most interesting among these was ‘Deals‘, a feature that could help local businesses get noticed by more users on Facebook. More »
Advancing Google Place Search
2nd November 2010
A new search feature called Place Search was introduced by Google last week. After a rather unobtrusive start, local search is now looking like it might drastically change the presentation of results for organic search. Is this being done at the expense of other search services? More »
3 Million Users On Foursquare
6th September 2010
Location based service, Foursquare, recently crossed a new landmark, when they reached the 3 million user mark in the end of August. More »
Facebook Places – Location Networking Service Launched
24th August 2010
Facebook has launched it’s much anticipated location-based netwrking service last week. The service, called Facebook Places, has been rolled out to users in the U.S.A. only for now. The service will be made available in other countries soon. More »
Bing Mobile Enhances Local Search
20th August 2010
Mobile search and local search are both gaining in importance. The convergence of the two is expected by many to be the ultimate use of mobile search. Bing mobile is working hard to ensure that they don’t miss out when that happens. More »
Bing For Business Launches In U.K.
18th May 2010
Bing is finally trying to catch up with Google Maps and the Google Local Business Centre by making it slightly easier for businesses in the U.K. to secure placement on Bing Maps. More »
Google Local Business Center Becomes Google Places
21st April 2010
Last September, Google launched the Local Business Center to help business owners to reach out to a larger audience. They have now renamed the service ‘Google Places’ in an attempt to help users understand the connection between Google and the Local Business Center. More »
Facebook To Allow Location Sharing
15th March 2010
The New York Times reports that Facebook is getting ready to allow location sharing between friends. More »
Yelp Turned Down Microsoft Too
11th February 2010
About two months ago, when Yelp turned down an offer from Google, there had been speculation that Yelp had received a counter offer from Microsoft. More »
Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal
21st December 2009
Last week it looked almost certain that Yelp would sign a deal with Google. However, sources now reveal that Yelp has decided to back out of the deal. More »
Google Real Estate Search In U.K.
9th December 2009
According to reports from the Financial Times, Google is planning to start a property portal on their site by early 2010. More »
Sources Of Local Business Information
19th October 2009
The results of the Annual Local Search Study conducted by TMP Directional Marketing and comScore have been released. Additionally comScore has also conducted a comparative study of media trends and consumer behavior regarding local search over the last 3 years. More »
Google Killing Directory Assistance Services
16th September 2009
For the last several months now, Google has been displaying a 10-pack of local business listings along with regular search results for most queries that include a location element in them. This has definitely affected the amount of traffic reaching local directories negatively. More »
Understanding Human Habits Through Mobile Phones
5th June 2008
A study report recently published in the periodical ‘Nature‘ proves that humans are creatures of habit. While this is certainly not news, what is surprising is the fact that mobile phones were used to prove this point. More »
Buses To Use Mobile Technology To Become Road Sensors
30th May 2008
Buses plying the roads in Berlin will soon be fitted with devices that will enable the buses to act as environmental sensors, cameras and GPS. This could herald a brand new feature for mobile local services. More »
Local SEO For Multiple Locations
17th September 2007
Chris Smith has written an extremely informative article for Search Engine Land’s Local Search Week. The article discusses how bricks-and-mortar companies with multiple stores, offices, hotels spread out across a city or region can optimise their site for local search. More »
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