Local Links of Interest

More GoogleClick News: Influential Congressman (Very Publicly) Asks a TON of Interesting Questions (John Betelle – BatellMedia.com) Lots of interesting questions are asked of Google in the context of the Doubleclick merger. One that caught my attention: Please explain how Google uses the information or data described in Question 1(a) – (l), including, but not …

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Google Maps now promoting Google Maps

Google has done little forward facing promotion over the years so even when they use their own products to promote themselves it stands out.They have started promoting a full range of their map based products on the main map’s page. Previously business owners had to dig to find the button to the local business center. …

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Google, Local Search entrepreneurs & sleeping with elephants

Yesterday Greg Sterlng’s blog Screenwerk hosted an interesting guest post: Google should Power the Local Web by Daniel Bower, who is part of welovelocal.com in the UK. He eloquently argues that due to the complex nature of true local, Google should focus on providing tools for local rather than going after Local Search themselves. His …

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