Skype + Directories?

Skype is probably best known as the alternative communication platform that provides low-cost long distance from almost any computer on the planet.  When Skype was bought by Ebay in 2005 the plan for Skype in the Ebay empire was anything but clear.  In the last 2 years Skype has continued to impro

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Metro France partners with AnnoncesJaunes.fr

Metro France is reporting a new partnership with AnnouncesJaunes.fr to provide housing listings into the Metro print publications.   The housing listings will be featured in a new section with a combination of editorial and classified listings.  The new section will feature 50 classified listings

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Mocca #1 in Singapore

Media corp is reporting, through its ChannelNewsAsia, that Mocca.com is now the most popular classified site in Singapore. The site received 7 million page views and 13,000 listings last month. This is a growth of over 700% in the last 2 months and Hitwise is reporting that Mocca.com receives a th

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Radio and TV looking at Classifieds

In the last year we've seen a steady increase of both Radio and TV companies developing classified business off of their websites.  The cost of setting up a classified site are so low now that its very practical to setup the site directly, or create a partnership to provide content.   Even if the

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Uk.Local.com Out of Beta

In a trend that seems to defy most Web 2.0 companies, Local.com has released the Uk.Local.com from beta.  Other online sites, most notably Google Gmail have stayed in beta for years. The Uk.Local.com has also launched with an updated search interface which lets users :  Sort results by r

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IQZone Partners with Daily Jolt

IQZone, one the leading provide of classifieds to mobile phones, has partnered with Daily Jolt to provide mobile classified to all of its 200+ university and college focused sites. The IQZone process to ad classified ads looks like a very easy 3 step process: Take a video or photo with your p

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Yellow Pages Group goes Light

Hot on the heals of the 2007/2008 print directory launch in Montreal,  the Yellow Pages group has launched a light edition for the Calgary market in Canada.  It would appear that like the full directory the light edition is being distributed to all homes in Calgary.   Also like the full director

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Using Events and Tradeshows

Jobloft.com latest blog entry about the National  Job Fair & Training Expo, reminded me that online classified sites often forget to use offline channels to increase their brand awareness.   Its great to see Jobloft, a relatively new online start-up, using events and trade shows to grow their

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SFGate.com Partners with Tulley Coffee

Editor & Publisher, a journal covering the Newspaper industry, is reporting that SFGate.com and Tulley's Coffee have engaged in a test program to provide LCDs in Tulley Coffee locations with free access to SFGate.com.   Access is currently limited to news updates but may include Classified Inf

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Google and Web Directories Recommendations

Over the past few weeks Google has been re-evaluating how to they rank different web directories, specifically those that are being used exclusively to get high search engine rank. For years its been a common strategy to get your web site listed into as many web directories as possible and use the

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