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"LocalSearch: A Solved Consumer Problem" on @SEngineland: By http://bit.ly/Tweets2Delicious http://bit.ly/12frt9 10/28/2009

interesting story on SEL : Local Search: A Solved Consumer Problem http://bit.ly/2JigT2 10/27/2009

Why local search is NOT about improving FINDINGS - http://bit.ly/1RWnsW - Via @StefanW @SEngineland 10/27/2009

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Local Search ‘Solved’: Berk Speaks
Screenwerk — ... Last week I paraphrased Marchex’s Matthew Berk who told me over the phone that he thought local search, from a consumer perspective, was essentially a solved problem. He’s elaborated this view in a column today over at SEL: Put simply, major search engines do a good enough job of surfacing local listings and phone numbers to consumers who need a specific product or service at a moment in time. The rest of the local search “opportunity,” beyond the one or two review aggregator sites lucky enough to also pop up—is all a ...

Search Geek Weekly News Update; Google Social Search & More
Search Engine Journal — ... Local SEO YellowPages.ca Relaunches Site – Greg Sterling Local Search: A Solved Consumer Problem – Search Engine Journal Israel on Google Maps, Now in Hebrew – Search Engine Roundtable Merchant Circle: How are they profiting from your business name this week? – Mike Blumenthal Google Maps to Fix One Web Box Result Bug – Search Engine Roundtable ...