Events

Press Coverage of the Marchex Adhere Launch

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Here’s a list of some of the e-ink out today regarding the new advertising channel, Marchex Adhere and the new marchex.com:
Coverage
ClickZ - Marchex Brings Ad Platforms Together
MediaPost - Marchex Takes On Google With Text Ad Network
SearchEngineLand- Marchex Creates AdHere: National-Local PPC Ad Network
Greg Sterling’s Screenwerk - Marchex Unveils ‘AdHere’ Network
SearchEngineWatch.com - Marchex Consolidates Ad Platforms
The Kelsey […]

SMX Advanced Seattle Recap

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

SMX Advanced Seattle Recap
Search Marketing Expo just completed the anniversary show of their first conference, one year ago, on Seattle’s lovely waterfront convention center at Pier 66. Despite the unfavorable weather, the general reception of the event was very positive. Whether or not the topics discussed were actually advanced, or if the SEO sessions were […]

Weekly Wrap Up - Industry News, 30 May 2008

Friday, May 30th, 2008

 Winning the Local Search Battle
Yahoo!’s Frazier Miller to Keynote SMX Local & Mobile
Buses To Use Mobile Technology To Become Road Sensors
Vertical Networks: So Close But Yet So Far
Obama Spent Most of $3.5 Million This Year on Google

Google Opens Google App Engine
Razor Selects Where 2 Get It’s Buy Online/Buy Offline Product Locator
Impact of Local […]

Kelsey conference, Drilling Down on Local ’08 - Recaps

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The three day Kelsey conference, Drilling Down on Local ’08 was by most accounts a success.
Among the blogs commenting on the conference are Kate Kaye’s “Random Notes.”
Peter Krasilovsky’s comments, “Yahoo!’s Michael Yang at Kelsey Seattle: Verticals Front-and-Center,” excerpted from the advisory written for Kelsey Marketplace clients.
And Andrew Shotland’s blogs containing live updates from the event.
Kelsey […]

Weekly Wrap Up - 28 March 2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

LocalPoint News:
 Can Newspapers Be Saved? by John Keister
Call-Based Advertising: A Key Extension to Local Search by Russell C. Horowitz
2008 Perspectives on the Local Internet - Excerpt 2 by Libby Waldo
2008 Perspectives on the Local Internet - Excerpt 1 by Libby Waldo
Local Search and Video: A Match Made in NYC by Matt McGee
Industry News:
Business Week Creates […]

SES - 2008 Retrospect

Friday, March 21st, 2008

SES is winding down today, and as I read through blogs from search engine land, search engine gurus, Kelsey Group, etc I am pleased to see that the buzz of local is catching on.
We had a huge turnout at our booth this year, good enough to consider one of those big booths with water fountains, […]

Kelsey ILM Coverage: Facebook Pitches Local Story

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Facebook VP of Product Marketing and Operations Chamath Palihapitiya shared a powerful message for local advertisers today at ILM: We’re as big as the US newspaper audience, we’re doubling every six months, and you can setup a homepage in five minutes and reach our users for free.
In addition, the message to the big three search […]

Kelsey ILM Coverage: Tidbits from the Analyst Overview

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

During this session Kelsey analysts Neal Polacheck, Matt Booth, and Peter Krasilovsky spoke about their recent 3 week excursion around the world with a “simple” mission of answering a couple key questions regarding online local advertising. Some of these lingering questions included:

What is Google doing with local?Is Yahoo! back on track?
Portals, friend or foe?
Can […]

Thoughts from SMX

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Am just back from SMX Local & Mobile in Denver. Chris Sherman and Greg Sterling put together a pretty fantastic show, with content that balanced high-level industry insight with discussion of pretty detailed tactical issues, as well.
The day 1 keynote was by Michael Jones, CTO for Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Local Search. It […]