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Facebook Local is the social network’s stab at Yelp, Foursquare

Facebook’s new app lets people find nearby things to do and places to...

Tim Peterson | Nov 13, 2017 at 2:00 pm ET

Facebook has been building a range of commerce tools and capabilities, many of which are directed at local and offline...

Greg Sterling | Oct 16, 2017 at 8:45 am ET

Columnist Wesley Young looks at recent improvements Facebook has made -- and functionality being tested -- that may position the social media...

Wesley Young | Jun 19, 2017 at 1:21 pm ET

Unannounced desktop-only feature gives people the ability to find the highest-rated businesses in a given area....

Martin Beck | Dec 14, 2015 at 6:44 pm ET

Facebook continues to take baby steps toward offering a local search product. Yesterday the company announced Hello, a new dialer/caller ID app...

Greg Sterling | Apr 23, 2015 at 11:47 am ET

Facebook just launched its successor to Graph Search: Facebook Search. Facebook Search is the evolution of Graph Search and benefits from lots...

Greg Sterling | Dec 8, 2014 at 1:22 pm ET

Facebook has launched a new Places Directory, which is really an emerging local search site. Right now, it’s more accurately like...

Greg Sterling | Nov 12, 2014 at 1:05 pm ET