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Weekly Wrapup - 7 March 2008

Friday, March 7th, 2008

LocalPoint News:
Reading Too Much Into It?
Localization 2.0
In the Company of Strangers
Industry News:
Online Video Advertising + Search Engines = Opportunity For Small Businesses
Yahoo! Maps Gets Upgrade, Local Businesses Benefit
Local Video Gets More Attention; SEO is Key

Weekly Wrapup - 29 February 2008

Friday, February 29th, 2008

LocalPoint News:
Dealing with Negative Reviews
Local Search in 2008
Think Local, Act Local
Industry News:
The Basics of Local Online Advertising
Google Falls as Fewer Search Users Click on Text Ads
Yahoo! Reveals (Some) Details About Its Ad Plans
Marchex and CitySearch Announce a Strategic Content and Advertising Partnership
Marketers Converge at Search Engine Strategies New York

Weekly Wrapup - 22 February 2008

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

LocalPoint News:
Where are the restaurants at?
MapQuest Still Owns 50% of Traffic to Maps
Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear?
Industry News:
Searches Jump 9% in January, Only Yahoo Loses Share
ad:tech Survey: Best and Worst Online Tactics, Budget Plans for 2008
GoFish Corporation Launches First Online Advertising Network Focused Exclusively on Youth Entertainment
Starting Conversations with Contact Pages

Weekly Wrapup - 15 February 2008

Friday, February 15th, 2008

For the week ending: 15 February 2008
LocalPoint News:
ACM Conference on Web Search & Data Mining
What’s in a Neighborhood Name?
Local Web Sites for Non-Technical Towns?
Where is Local?
Industry News:
Marchex Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results, Increases Stock Repurchase Program
Is Kijiji a Real Threat to CraigsList?
Microsoft’s Small Business Suite Tackles Webification Issue

Weekly Wrapup - 8 February 2008

Friday, February 8th, 2008

For the week ending: 8 February 2008
LocalPoint News:
Always Look on the Right Side
Solving pain = opportunity…
Y.M.C.A
Industry News:
What If Print Yellow Pages Become ‘Opt-in’?
CoPilot Taps Microsoft for Local Search
(Mobile Phone GPS System Builds in Search Results)
Mobile search: What are 600m Chinese mobile users searching for?

Always Look on the Right Side

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Burma Shave was one of the world’s first brushless shaving cream manufacturers. Burma Shave signs were precursors to modern billboard signs on America’s earliest roads, arranged like slide packs down the byway, each sign contained a line to some not‑so‑witty rhyme.
They were an interesting diversion from long drives, provided outstanding brand recognition, and began to […]

Weekly Wrapup - 02/01/2008

Friday, February 1st, 2008

 
For the week ending: 02-01-2008
LocalPoint News:
Guilt in the SEM Age 
 The Biggest Day of the Week for Local Content
Marchex and Idearc Media Announce Local Advertising Agreement 
The Comprehensive Myth 
The Omniscient Jerk
Industry News:
Search Marketers’ Wish Lists
The 411 on Local Search
Microsoft’s Takeover of Yahoo! from the Kelsey Group’s Perspective

Weekly Wrapup - 01/25/2008

Friday, January 25th, 2008

For the week ending: 01/25/2008
LocalPoint News:
Buying Local - Going National?
Human Search vs. Algorithmic Search - The Debate
Industry News:
Google Showing Renewed Interest in PPCall?
AT&T Advertising & Publishing New Strategy to Enhance Information Provided to Advertisers on Usage and Value of  Advertising Products
Local Search in Canada

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