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Google Shutting Down Local Business Referrals Program

by Ben Saren on Dec Mon, 2008 in Local Search

Back in August of 2007 Google announced their Local Business Referrals Program. A lot of people shook in their boots, others doubted any success. I suspected that it was doomed to fail.
I just don’t see Google coming into this space, sprinkling it’s Google fairy dust on the marketplace and voila – cracking the code. OK, [...]

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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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Mobile Evolution & Revolution

by Ben Saren on Jun Tue, 2008 in Gadgetry, New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture

When the first iPhone came out last year I stayed away mostly because of price, and because I was warned by numerous people, websites and blogs that a) any first generation device from Apple is for die-hards and early-adopters and b) it wouldn’t be enterprise friendly (e.g., no push email, no syncing, no Exchange support, [...]

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Doing this “Local” Thing

by Ben Saren on May Wed, 2007 in CitySquares, Locally Owned

Ali made a delicious dinner the other night; lobster ravioli with her own sherry sauce. It was absolutely delicious. I guessed that she handmade the raviolis all by herself, kidding of course (right?). She bought them at Dave’s Fresh Pasta, down the street. At Dave’s you’ll find homemade and handmade pastas – very high quality, [...]

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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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