Archive for the ‘Local Search per PC’ Category

Inspired by the idea of what the were missing in their own neighborhood, Florian Eisenmangel, Simon Jacobs and Maximilian Stelzl have developed a new platform: with Spoovel.com, the start-up aims to give a meeting point for all deals, sales promotions, events, and all small and big things in the neighborhood for users and retailers to meet, according to the site. Read the rest of this entry »

As announced at the end of February by Groupon is now becoming reality: in the first half of 2012, the location-based group discount service will be introducing new deals in Europe, this including Germany, as quoted by Groupon founder and chief Andrew Mason in Wirtschaftswoche. Read the rest of this entry »

Snipon.de, which launched last year in October, has now ended ist Beta phase. What makes this portal so special: users can search for local deals offered by local businesses as well as trans-regional deals in online shops. In addition, prices from various dealers can be compared so that users can find the cheapest provider. Read the rest of this entry »

Already 85 percent of consumers use the internet to search for local businesses, 16 percent of all users every week. This is one of the results of the current “Local Consumer Review Survey 2012″. Additional findings of the survey: consumer trust in online customer ratings has raised by ten percent in the past two years. About 72 percent of the surveyed found online as well as personal recommendations to be important, according to Myles Anderson, founder and chief of BrightLocal.com, a company specializing in local marketing, which conducted the survey on Searchengineland. Read the rest of this entry »

Those who conduct a search by google.com can now pull up their most recent searches including results on the go with a single click. After say, conducting a search on a PC for information about a certain location, users can pull up this data on their Android or iPhone in their next search on Google.com, including directions or relevant information about the location, all by clicking on the “Recent” icon, according to Junichi Uekawa in the company’s mobile blog.

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The local online prospect service KaufDA has apparently discovered a new means of making profit: the “Consumer Information Portal”, as the company calls its platform, will immediately begin offering the “kaufDA Brand Booster”, which specializes in advertising location-based brands. Read the rest of this entry »

Just about three weeks ago, the geo-location service Foursquare launched its “Explore” feature for the online version, offering users personalized, location-based recommendations for various businesses all over the world. Now the service has updated its mobile application, bringing many of these “Explore” features to the iPhone and Android smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

The local marketing service Balihoo for the US market has called local web to be a continuously growing ecosystem in the online-media, raising awareness of regional businesses and aiding with growth in profits. Over one trillion dollars of US retail numbers can be linked with the internet, making the local web one of the most important sources online, according to a study from the GroupM Search and Kantar Media Compete. Read the rest of this entry »

After two years, Microsoft has finally ended the test phase of the German search engine Bing. From the end of January, users have been able to use all features as well as those provided by the local search service Bing Maps. Read the rest of this entry »

The location-based check in service Foursquare recently expanded its “Explore” feature to its web-based version, providing users with personalized recommendations for bars, museums, or other locations. Now users can also look at the menu of about 250,000 restaurants in the largest cities of the US. The data is provided by the startup SinglePlatform, according to the company blog.
The menus will be available for the desktop feature Explore, on foursquare.com, and on m.foursquare.com, and app integration is on the way. In addition to the various meals served at restaurants, some also display prices.