Tag Archives: local search

Wed 10th February 2010
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Success Story: Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC - Company brings multiple revenue streams to domain names. In December I wrote about Octane360, a startup that promises to bring new monetization options to domain names. I’m happy to report that the company is delivering on its promise. The company’s bread-and-butter is monetizing long tail geo domain names, such as CityDermatologist.com or CityPlumbers.com. The company creates a small directory web site on each domain name. But unlike many other domain development ... read more ...
Tue 24th November 2009
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Google Awarded Patent for Local Search Integrated with Whois - Google gets patent for integrating local contact information with search results. Google has been awarded U.S. patent 7624101 for “Enhanced Search Results”. The enhancements are related to Google’s local search capabilities, including returning a result for a business that includes a phone number, address, and map. You’ve probably seen these search results at the top of a Google results page: The patent describes a system that captures phone and address ... read more ...
Fri 11th July 2008
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YouTube Goes Geo - YouTube adds local search functions. Video site YouTube is releasing a new feature to let people find videos tagged with a particular geographic location. Why is this relevant to domainers? Well, I’m sitting here in the Admirals Club in Austin getting ready to board my flight to the Associated Cities GeoDomain Expo in Chicago. At the conference I’ll see a hundred people who are big believers in “local search” and are betting big on the future of local search. Local ... read more ...