Archive for the ‘General’ Category

The US American product search Milo is launching for the Android and will officially make the status of location-based service. The server describes itself as the market leader for local online shopping. The new mobile application is the “only app in the Android Market to search the inventory systems of local stores in real-time and tell on-the-go shoppers what’s currently in-stock where, and who has the best local price”, according to a press release. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, so it doesn’t directly have anything to do with the local search theme, but we’ve just fallen in love with this article form Mashable. It lists typical sounds that are embedded in the minds of the children of the digital generation – from AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail”, the Nokia ringtone, to even the start up melody for Windows. Not only can you hear the sounds, but you can also hear the designated designer for each of them was inspired. Who could have thought that there are people that are living off their work creating the Intel jingle? It’s only logical that the Finnish are also involved in this…Here’s the article. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »

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 »