Google Maps goes Vocal

Sahelia Datta has uncovered what appears to be a voice driven directory assistance service for Google Maps. She details both its strengths and its foibles. The number for this free service: 1 877 466 4411 (1 877 GOOG 411) Greg Sterling has an interesting analysis in his posting on Brands, User Experience and Mobile. He …

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Local Database accuracy

Greg Sterling had an interesting piece on local database accuracy What did they find? Shockingly, they discovered there was something wrong (minor to major issues) with 47% of the listings! That’s a remarkably large number. I was truly surprised. The discussion in the post is of equal interest and well worth a read. My experience …

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Local Search Continues to Gain According to comScore

“According to the study, 63 percent of U.S. Internet users (or approximately 109 million people) performed a local search online in July, a 43-percent increase versus July of 2005. Google Sites (30 percent) and Yahoo! Sites (29 percent) garnered the largest share of local searches in July. Microsoft Sites captured 12 percent of local searches, …

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Local Search

I have been working on Google and Yahoo local search optimization for awhile. It is an area that while not earth shattering in terms of traffic that they have generated it became clear to me that the importance to Google and Yahoo and the client was increasing and it would be a benefit to understand …

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