Comments on: Local is “over rated” – Local is “under rated” http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Is all search local? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/comment-page-1/#comment-205347 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Is all search local? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:21:51 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/#comment-205347 [...] a million niches which will come to local as the ROI becomes more obvious to each of them. As the granularity of local data increases and functional mobile technology proliferates, more and more business [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/comment-page-1/#comment-204867 Mike Blumenthal Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:40:17 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/#comment-204867 Geld

Europe certainly must come at local from a different perspective for social, political & historical reasons…You haven’t had a frontier and the Marlboro Man weighing on your collective conscience and have had to live in small, self sustaining communities longer. The impacts of the WalMarts of the world and the internet must be somewhat different.

No less need for local though, so I wish you the best with your sites.

Mike

]]> By: geld lenen http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/comment-page-1/#comment-204819 geld lenen Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:27:09 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/#comment-204819 This blog could come right from my heart. The whole idea of acting local is now coming into Europe, and soon we will launch special sites about ADSL, advices etc. with as added value; experiences, suppliers and so on are all locally linked.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/comment-page-1/#comment-203882 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:17:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/#comment-203882 Miriam-

Should you ask your husband for an iPhone for Valentines Day? No, not today. Tomorrow maybe you can ask him but not today. Today ask for something more tangible and more long lasting. :)

Mike

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/comment-page-1/#comment-203680 MiriamEllis Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:38:12 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/14/local-is-over-rated-local-is-under-rated/#comment-203680 Okay, Mike – this is MUCH longer than my response. You win :)

Everything you’ve said rings true with me.

Should I have asked my husband for an iPhone for Valentine’s day? This is what I’m asking myself.

The thing is, neither of us have cell phones. When we’re here at work, we pick up the phone. When we’re out, we don’t want to be reachable…that’s our break from work.

But…then I think to myself, mobile means I’d have Maps in the palm of my hand when we’re tooling around the countryside. That could be so cool…but getting lost is kind of fun, too.

Decisions, decisions.
Miriam

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