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In an interview with CkickZ News, Foursquare has officially denied that there are no plans for any data partnerships with Google, Yahoo, or Bing as reported by the Daily Telegraph. Read the rest of this entry »

How much do all the telephone numbers of Berlin weigh? The governing mayor from Germany’s capital could know the answer. Klaus Wowereit was given the honor of welcoming the newest edition of the printed phonebook for Berlin. Read the rest of this entry »

Just how user friendly are local search engines? This was proofed by Sonja Quirmbach, the search engine expert from the Deutsche Telekom, with Dr. Dirk Lewandowski, professor at the Hamburg University of Applied Scientists. Participants took Google Maps, Bing Maps, and the local search from T-Online under the scope. And the winner? Google. Here is the entry from Sonja Quirmbach:

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The city portal meinestadt.de has expanded its offerings to include local online marketing. With the new “regioBanner”, firms and service providers can now make their position in their region more prominent using eye-catching ads and palmary positioning. Read the rest of this entry »

The check-in service Gowalla released a special application from the iPad at the end of April. Whoever downloads the free software can now see exactly where their friends are and what they’re up to with the help of Google Maps. Read the rest of this entry »

City.com is a new search engine whose concept can be called an “all in one”. The maps from Google, the events from Yahoo!, and all of that available on Twitter and Facebook – but is this new service really all it makes itself out to be? Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter’s next try at the local search: the tweeting service announced a new feature at the Chirp-Conference in San Francisco, which is considered to be the first step to becoming a local directory – Points of Interest. Whether or not this will be a “local search tsunami” or the “Trojan horse of local search”, as predicted by Andrew Shotland from Search Engine Land, only time can tell. Read the rest of this entry »

Groupon is showing just how popular the combination of online-couponing with local search really is. The Chicago based newbie can definitely celebrate over a heavy chunk of cash from the Russians – namely $135 million. Read the rest of this entry »

The Google Model Your Town Competition is close to the finish-line. Five teams have made it through the global competition to the finals. Braunschweig is one of them. Users can now vote for their favorites. The winner gets cash and, of course, fame.

Just a few days ago, the Yellow Pages Groups revealed a new logo and redesigned their image to being a modern “meat-head”. (We report) Now, the Canadian mega-directory is being serious and is in the process of gaining more power in the market. Read the rest of this entry »