One of the sites we own is Local Moa. It is a New Zealand local search we did as a bit of a test-bed for some implementation techniques. I recently got an email from a visitor of that site. To quote: hi, I would like to order chicken thats 1 box of boneless chicken breasts [...]
Recently the three leaders in the online local search field (Yelp, InsiderPages, and Judy’s Book) have gotten a lot of attention. With them (and ultra-niche sites like BackFence) laying off people left and right, the trumpet has started to sound. Local search does not work! What a load of poppycock. Local search does work. Hiring [...]
The local market has started to heat up. As Google and Yahoo and MSN go searching for the next ‘big thing’, a lot of focus has been put on local search. This focus is not necessarily good when you are one of the smaller guys, trying to compete in this very space. One company that [...]