A new look at the Classified Advertising Industry
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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Local.com has announced that they have renewed a multi-year deal with Yahoo to provide sponsored links on Local.com. The deal seems like a good relationship for both parties but its not clear how successful the Yahoo search marketing products have been. Yahoo has been steadily loosing ground to
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Local.com is in the news again with private stock issue worth $13M US today. The company issued 2,356,900 shares at $5.50 per share. The company will use the money to fund acquisitions, like the PremierGuide purchase last month, and expand its sales channel, defend its patent portfolio and for g
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The Sun-Times News Group in Chicago has launched a new Real Estate site for their classified listings. The new website allows consumers to search Real Estate listings from 90 classified listing titles around the greater Chicago area and 10 counties in Northeastern Illinois and Northwest I
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Local.com, one of the leading search engines in the US focused on the hyper local market purchased the PremierGuide business directory sites. As more and more companies chase the hyper local market we expect to see more consolidation between Directories, Search and Classifieds. These 3 services
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Autobytel has launched MyRide.com, a new Automotive with a more focused community experience. Car lovers can use video, audio, multiple pictures, message boards and even blogs to description their favourite cars. The site includes feature articles on popular automotive topics like Hot Rods and
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The Denver Post is reporting that their local TV station KUSA-Channel 9 has started looking at classified advertising. So far their only initiative seems to be to pull some ads onto their own site through a local search. You can see some of the results here: http://search.9news.com/sp?aff=102
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While not your typically Classified site but MLS.ca or the Multiple Listing Service cannot be ignored. The MLS.ca site ...
FreeAdLists.com has launched a free classified service worldwide. All classified ads are free and can be placed by geog...
In addition to providing a classified republishing system, Edgeio, has announced that they will provide a paid content d...
