Street Fight Daily: Apple Preps Geofencing, Postmates Raises $80M
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Apple Inventions Hint at Next-Level iOS Geofencing Features (Apple Insider)… Yahoo’s New Mobile Browser Search Results Are Better Than Its App (Search Engine Land)… Postmates Raises $80 Million in Push Toward $1 Deliveries (Wall Street Journal)…
Street Fight Daily: Instagram’s Location Search, YP Spins Off Print
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Instagram Update Adds Search By Location, Revamped Explore Section For Trending Photos (The Next Web)… YP To Spinoff Print Yellow Pages Business, Stay Focused On Digital (Marketing Land)… Here’s What Facebook Wants Mobile Ads to Look Like (Recode)…
Street Fight Daily: Square Eyes IPO, Thumbtack’s SEO Struggles
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Square Expected To Go Public This Year (Forbes)… Thumbtack, A Startup Backed by Google, Returns to Google’s Graces After SEO Hiccup (Re/code)… Dunkin’ Donuts CMO Discusses the Risky Move to Mobile Loyalty (AdAge)…
LBMA Podcast: ‘Buyable Pins’ From Pinterest, Zopper Raises $20M
On the show: Samsung & Jurassic World offer Best Buy exclusive content; Alibaba tests new QR codes for a nifty idea; Periscope’s map view; Google’s connected fabric Project Jacquard; Geotraq’s patent for Cell-ID module; Facebook Messenger turns off location; Baidu invests in VisionMedia…
Street Fight Daily: Apple’s New Software, Facebook Hands Out Beacons
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… With New Software, Apple Looks to Bring Together Local Search and Commerce (Street Fight)… Facebook Is Handing Out Free Beacons to Retailers (Recode)… Google Capital-Backed Thumbtack Hit With Manual Action For Unnatural Links (Search Engine Land)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Rethinks Location, Yahoo Kills Maps
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Messenger Updates Location Sharing. Is Uber Integration Next? (Recode)… Yahoo Maps Hits A Dead End, Shutting Down End Of This Month (Search Engine Land)… Google Says It May Unverify Inactive Local Business Listings (Search Engine Land)…
#SFSW15: How Pinterest, Twitter and Nextdoor Think About SMBs
A new generation of social media giants are betting big on Main Street. During the morning session of Street Fight Summit West in San Francisco, representatives from Twitter, Pinterest, and Nextdoor discussed programs designed to engage small businesses within local communities for future generations of the web.
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Replaces Local TV, Small Retailers Ignore Search
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Pew Study: When It Comes to Political News, Facebook has Become Local TV for Millennials (Nieman Lab)… SMB Retailers Love Digital Media, But Have Disconnects With Paid Search (MediaPost)… Urbanspoon Folds Into Zomato Following Acquisition (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s Local News Play, Uber’s Latest Lawsuit
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Publishing For Local News Outlets Could Arrive ‘in The Coming Months’ (Columbia Journalism Review)… Lawsuit Claims Uber Co-founders Stole Idea for Ride-Sharing App (Fortune)… Zuckerberg To SMBs: Facebook Pages Are Still The Best Way To Reach Consumers (Fortune)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Adds Calls, Macy’s ‘Digical’ Strategy
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… These New Facebook Ads Come With a Call Button to Ring Up Businesses (AdWeek)… Macy’s Embraces a ‘Digical’ World (AdAge)… Google Continues Debranding Local – Google Maps App Becoming Local’s Forward Facing Brand (Blumenthals)…
Street Fight Daily: Verizon Buys AOL, Facebook Tests Search
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion (New York Times)… In Hint of Ambition, Facebook Tests Search Engine to Share Links (Wall Street Journal)… After Several Public Google Maps Hacks, Google Forced To Suspend Map Maker To Prevent More Fake Edits (Search Engine Land)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Inks Maps Deal, McDonald’s Adds Delivery
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook And Nokia Quietly Ink Deal For Here To Power Maps On Mobile, Instagram And Messenger (TechCrunch)… A Struggling McDonald’s Introduces Delivery in New York City (Mashable)… Google Lets You Bookmark Local Places From Search Results (Search Engine Land)…
Street Fight Daily: McDonald’s Beacon Strategy, Yelp Stock Plummets
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… McDonald’s Beacon Strategy Pushes In-Store Conversion Rate To 20% (Mobile Marketer)… Analysts Lower Price Targets as Yelp Stock Tumbles (MarketWatch)… Leaked Lyft Document Reveals a Costly Battle With Uber (Bloomberg)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s 40M SMBs, Secret Shuts Down
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Says There Are Now 40M Active Small Business Pages (TechCrunch)… A Founder of Secret, the Anonymous Social App, Is Shutting It Down (New York Times)… Retailers Too Focused on ‘Hyped’ Tools (RetailDive)…
Street Fight Daily: Amazon Enters Local Travel, Facebook’s Coming Algo-Change
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon Travel Launches New Brand, Amazon Destinations (Skift)… Facebook Is Making 3 Big Changes To Its Newsfeed Algorithm (Business Insider)… $47B Of Local Ads Programmatic By 2019 (NewNewsCheck)…
Street Fight Daily: Google’s Coming Mobile-geddon, Yelp Wins in Court
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Google is Making a Giant Change This Week That Could Crush Millions of Small Businesses (Business Insider)… Court Prevents Yelp from Turning Over User Data (Hill)… Foursquare Turns To Location Data For Revenue, Joining Crowded Field (Marketing Land)..
Street Fight Daily: Google Eyes Local Services, Square Adds Marketing Tools
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Google Wants To Send You A Plumber (BuzzFeed)… Square Is Using Customer Data to Create Targeted Email Campaigns for Brands (AdWeek)… Groupon Mulls Selling Off Checkout Software Business (Recode)…