local search

Matches Searchers Turning to Big Engines with Local Service and Product Providers

Sherman Oaks, Calif. – March 23 2010 –To broaden local advertisers' opportunities while delivering the most targeted audience available, Advertise.com, a platform for search and display advertising, announced today it now offers fully managed local search marketing on the web's large search engines.

To Relaunch City's Best in 2010; Consumers Will Benefit from Geo-Targeted Local Content on AOL.com

NEW YORK, NY – March 17, 2010 – AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) today announced a significant expansion of its focus on local content that will complement its hyper-local offerings with the relaunch of City’s Best to major U.S. metro areas.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – March 17, 2010 -- GenieKnows Inc. (formerly IT Interactive Services Inc.), a privately held, Halifax-based Canadian search company today announced the release of its new social local community website: http://www.GenieKnows.com

The company provides local business owners with the ability to connect and engage customers who are searching and commenting on local businesses via the community element of GenieKnows.com.

Online Local Advertising Solution Across Web and Mobile; New Product Made Possible Through a Strategic Investment in OrangeSoda

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 8 -- Citysearch LLC, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today unveiled CityGrid Complete: a comprehensive online advertising solution for local businesses.

(Woodland Hills, Calif.) – February 26, 2010 – ReachLocal, Inc., a local online marketing company, announced today that it has acquired SMB:LIVE corporation, a developer of digital presence and reputation management solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

ChaCha increases its significant Q&A database with 15 million local business listings and maps available through Localeze

INDIANAPOLIS (February 24, 2010) ChaCha, a question and answer service, today launched new functionality and content on its ChaCha.com homepage that provides in-depth information about more than 15 million businesses across the country.

The listings are provided by partner, Localeze, a business listings identity manager for local search.

Local Online Advertising Provider Expands with New Organic Website Optimization Offering

New York, NY – February 9, 2010 -- Yodle, a provider of local online advertising, has announced Yodle Organic, a new offering specifically designed to help local businesses build their web presence and generate more website traffic.

Reports 135% Year-Over-Year Growth

New York, NY (February 1, 2010) – Yodle, a provider of local online advertising and lead generation services, announced today that it has completed a $10 million Series D funding round. The round, raised from existing investors, was led by JAFCO Ventures and joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth. The Series D funding round brings Yodle’s total financing to $38 million.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 29 -- Citysearch LLC, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI) , today unveiled CityGrid, a content and advertising network for local. CityGrid aggregates advertisers from multiple partners, enhances their listings' content, and distributes them through a pay-for-performance ad engine to a large audience through partner websites.

In December 2009, CityGrid aggregated more than 500K paying advertisers, enhanced listings and content for 15M businesses, and reached more than 100M unique users across 100 web and mobile sites.

IRVINE, CA, January 14, 2010 — Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a local search site and network, today announced the launch of the company’s new Events site and Red Carpet Evening at the Oscars® Giveaway.