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Local 1.0

by Ben Saren on Sep Wed, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

I believe that this local search thing is quite early, and to keep up with the Jones’ I’ve started to refer to it as Local 1.0. Hear me out here, because I’m diving deep.
Web 1.0 was a passive web, about adoption and about moving to an interconnected digital medium, and Web 2.0 is very much [...]

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Webcast: Localized Search

Webcast: Localized Search

by Ben Saren on May Wed, 2007 in Local Search, Networking, New Media and Web 2.0

I am a guest speaker in an Editor & Publisher webcast on May 22. If you can make the time, please join in. Details are as follows…

Stop the Presses! Localized Search is Changing the Newspaper Business

Discover How Your Company Can Take Advantage of This Evolving Model

for this FREE [...]

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Local Search Events

by Ben Saren on Mar Thu, 2007 in Networking

Just a few local search conferences and events I’m looking at attending in 2007. If you have any feedback or thoughts on these events, please don’t hesitate to send them along or comment here.

DDC2007: The Future of Yellow Pages
SMX Local & Mobile
SES Local

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Citysquares.com: Part 1

Citysquares.com: Part 1

by Ben Saren on Feb Tue, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Local Search, Locally Owned

Today I had a meeting with the founders of Spot Story, Aron and Matthew. I briefly met them at WebInno last week. It was at the end of the evening and the room was clearing out, they were still fielding questions and performing demos. We spoke for a couple minutes, exchanged business cards and promised [...]

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The Local Web is the Future of the Web

by Ben Saren on Feb Sat, 2007 in Local Search

It’s a funny coincidence. I was speaking with someone at a cafe the other day and I was amp’d up on caffeine. I mean, really amp’d up on caffeine. You know, like so amp’d up that I’m not really seeing what’s right before my eyes because the sun is bouncing around my enlarged pupils and [...]

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Fond memories of Sidewalk.com

by Ben Saren on Jan Wed, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Local Search

John Kelsey has a nice piece on The Kelsey Group blog about Sidewalk.com, and Steve Ballmer’s regrets of dumping it. I have to admit that it’s nice to finally see some acknowledgment by Microsoft that this was a mistake. Because that’s ultimately what it is. Sidewalk.com was a fantastic site back in the day. In [...]

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Newspapers and Local Search – what’s wrong??

Newspapers and Local Search – what’s wrong??

by Ben Saren on Jan Wed, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Local Search

A validating little piece on The Praized Blog today and Don Dodge’s blog about the Local Search space and if/why newspapers get-it. I could not agree more with this, as some of my previous posts might indicate (in more or less words).
Ultimately I think this comes down to two major issues with the papers. And [...]

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Local Merchants and Adapting to Change

by Ben Saren on Jan Fri, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Local Search, Locally Owned

A very interesting post by John Kelsey at The Kelsey Group. Very outspoken and candid reality check for small businesses, and I happen to think he’s right on the money here. I’m reminded of a conversation I had a couple weeks ago with a gentleman in New Hampshire, who was referred to me by a [...]

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Hyper-Local Going Mainstream

by Ben Saren on Jan Mon, 2007 in Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

I’m a loyal New York Times reader, both online but also their Sunday paper. It shows up on my doorstep every Sunday morning and I often look forward to sitting in the kitchen and reading the paper, while my wife makes our Sunday breakfast. Long after we’ve eaten I’m still sitting at the kitchen island [...]

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My Predictions for 2007

by Ben Saren on Dec Sat, 2006 in Pop Culture

Everyone (well not everyone) seems to have a forecast for 2007, as it pertains to everything – the new Internet (Web 2.0, if I may be so bold), technology, gaming, world peace, and politics. Well I’m going to join the masses and put my foot in my mouth. I’m writing this while in a rush, [...]

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