Outside.in Expands Its Hyperlocal Search Capabilities

Oct 30, 2009 at 2:26pm ET by Matt McGee

While real-time search gets all the attention these days, there's also increased interest in hyperlocal search. Where real-time search answers What's happening right now?, hyperlocal search answers the question, What's happening right here? It's like local search on steroids, you could say. Outside.in has, for several years, been somewhat like a clearinghouse of hyperlocal information and services -- collecting and publishing local news feeds, and providing tools for local bloggers, for example. With its recent relaunch, Outside.in has placed itself squarely in the realm of hyperlocal se [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Top News

Battle Of The Augmented Reality Apps: Urbanspoon, Layar, Wikitude, WhereMark & More

Oct 15, 2009 at 9:57am ET by Greg Sterling

There seems to be an explosion of "real-time" search engines on the PC. The space is very new, still fairly open and in my opinion the tools and sites are not yet all that useful. Almost exactly the same can be said of "augmented reality" (AR) in mobile. From almost nothing about six months ago, there's now an explosion of AR apps for Android and the iPhone. They're cool, they're novel but most of them are not that useful as a practical matter. As I wrote previously, AR is a form of search. However the best AR apps incorporate more conventional methods of searching and discovery that don [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: Maps & Local, Google: Mobile, Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines, Top News

Shopping Site TheFind Relaunches As “Buying Engine”

Oct 14, 2009 at 9:11am ET by Greg Sterling

If Bing can brand itself "decision engine" as a strategy to differentiate  from the leading "search engine" so can shopping comparison site TheFind. The latter is now calling itself a "buying engine" as a way to emerge from the anonymous sea of shopping search sites out there. This morning a redesigned TheFind went live with a range of new features, including enhanced product search, coupon aggregation for 50 million products, review search, local inventory and beefed up information about online stores. Beyond a somewhat new look and feel, review search and coupon aggregation are the truly [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Search Engines: Mobile Search Engines, Search Engines: Shopping Search Engines

Marchex Releases Powerful SMB Reputation Management Tool With “Search Inside”

Oct 13, 2009 at 9:14am ET by Greg Sterling

Consumers care about online reviews; small businesses (SMBs) care about what's being said about them online. Most small businesses that are aware of the phenomenon of online reviews (and care) try to monitor those reviews by using a search engine or alerts with their business name. They also visit specific sites like Yelp or Citysearch to see what's being said about them. It's an awkward process that is time consuming, but increasingly necessary. Large corporations have had various "buzz tracking" tools at their disposal to monitor "brand chatter" but these have not been available for SMBs. [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Buzz Search Engines, Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines

Five More Search Tools You Should Know: Twitter Edition

Oct 12, 2009 at 7:30am ET by Matt McGee

It's time for another in our occasional series of search tool roundups, but this one is more focused than previous articles: Rather than look at a variety of random search tools, I'll introduce you to a handful of Twitter search tools that may have flown under your radar until now. You'll learn how to search the bios of other Twitter users, how to search deeper into Twitter's archives, and how to find jobs advertised on Twitter. But first, an interesting Twitter search tool with potentially serious local search implications. Schmap: Trending Restaurants & Bars The Schmap Picks: Trending [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Job Search Engines, Search Engines: Maps & Local Search Engines, Top News, Twitter

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