Can Google win at Local? That is the $39 billion advertising question. Just as Google’s AdWords fueled billions can readily drive a multi-billion dollar takeover of the online display advertising ...

Google plus was announced at the height of the social media fever pitch, a year before the Facebook IPO tanked and a year after the Arab Spring showed the power of a connected population. There was ...

For a small-business owner, the sheer number of places to list a business and attempt to reach potential buyers can be overwhelming. Listing your business in a database like Yellow Pages, Yelp or ...

The worldwide Yellow Pages industry is valued in excess of $100 Billion, according to “Global Yellow Pages™ 2005: The Kelsey Group’s Outlook & Forecast.” Earlier today, I signaled Google Search ...

Once upon a time, every business wanted a Yellow Pages listing. The Yellow Pages were the primary way that consumers had to find a business. Today, the internet has changed all that, with Google, Yelp ...

Yesterday David Mihm was pointing out on Twitter that Google had created a number of new city sites or portals. They appear to be the phoenix rising out of the ashes of Hotpot. As I wrote yesterday on ...

In the brave new world of “SoLoMo” there are an increasing number of sites and mobile apps competing to help you choose a local business or lead you there. In addition to Google Maps, Yelp and ...

Way, way back in the olden days, people wrote on typewriters, watched just five TV channels, and put sugar in their coffee. There was no such thing as gluten-free, eco-friendly, satellite radio, or ...

Ruban notified me on Twitter that he is now seeing the yellow ad label back in the Google search results near the AdWords ads. Google has done away with the yellow color for the ad label back June ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Yellow Pages Group, Canada's largest phone book publisher, said on Tuesday said it had a deal with Google Inc. to market its customer advertisements on-line through Google ...