Street Fight Daily: Yahoo’s Mobile Relevance, Target’s E-Commerce Future
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Angie’s List Sues Amazon Local (Indianapolis Star) The federal lawsuit alleges that Amazon Local executives and other employees got access to Angie’s List proprietary information by signing up as members of Angie’s and downloading provider profiles, member reviews and other information. The […]
Street Fight Daily: Angie’s List CEO To Exit, RetailNext Raises $125M
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… William Oesterle, Chief Executive of Angie’s List, to Step Down (New York Times)… RetailNext Bags $125 Million for International Expansion, Acquisitions (Wall Street Journal)… Local “Near Me” Searches on Google Surged 34 Times (USA Today)…
Street Fight Daily: Amazon Launches Home Services, Angie’s List Freezes Indiana Expansion
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon Launches Home Services To Sell Everything From An Oil Change To Piano Lessons (Verge)… Angie’s List Freezes $40 Million Indiana Expansion, Citing Anti-gay Law (Mashable)… Ten Red Flags On The GoDaddy IPO (Pando)…
Street Fight Daily: Angie’s List Shuffles Brass, Amazon’s One-Hour Delivery
\A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Amazon Brings One-Hour Delivery To NYC With Prime Now (TechCrunch)… Angie’s List Shuffles Brass, Names Third Tech Chief In Two Years (Indianapolis Business Journal)… Like Tinder, But For Creative Professionals: How Thumbtack Is Remaking The Gig Economy (Fusion)…
Street Fight Daily: Gannett Buys Rest of Cars.com, Angie’s List Struggles
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Gannett Buys the Rest of Cars.com for $1.8 Billion (Businessweek)… Why Angie’s List Is In Trouble (Time)… PayPal Taps an Outsider to Push It Into a New Era (New York Times)…
Street Fight Daily: Mobile Soars in Q1, Nokia’s Shopping Spree Continues
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Nearly $12B In Q1 Ad Revs, Mobile Likely Above 20 Percent (MarketingLand)… Nokia’s Here Buys Medio Systems To Push More Personalised Location Services (TechCrunch)… GoDaddy Financial Metrics Flatter Ahead of IPO (Financial Times)…
Openings and New Hires at Thinknear, Twitter and Verizon
Every two weeks, Search Influence’s Kelly Benish — who knows practically everyone in hyperlocal — covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry. In this week’s edition, new hires and jobs at Factual, Angie’s List, Local Yokel Media, Facebook, Mediative and hibu.
Street Fight Daily: eBay Aims at Angie’s List, Isis Expands Nationwide
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… eBay Debuts New Angie’s List Competitor And Local Service Provider Marketplace, eBayHire, In The US (TechCrunch)… Carrier-Backed Isis Mobile Payment System Rolls Out Nationwide (Verge)… Flush with Cash, NextDoor Adding 100 Neighborhoods a Day (Screenwerk)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Expands Wi-Fi Check-Ins, Angie’s List Cuts Prices
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Why Facebook Is Giving Out Free Wi-Fi For Check-Ins (CNet)… Cheaper Advice: Angie’s List Cuts Prices (Wall Street Journal)… In Test Project, N.S.A. Tracked Cellphone Locations (New York Times)…
Street Fight Daily: Groupon Bolsters Events, nCrowd’s Acquisition Spree Continues
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Groupon Bolsters its Offerings With SideTour Deal (Wall Street Journal)… Still Clinging To The Daily Deals Dream? One (Very Active) Buyer Temains (PandoDaily)… Why Consumer Reports Says You Can’t Trust Angie’s List (Forbes)…
Openings and New Hires at Topix, Angie’s List, Drawbridge, PlaceIQ and More
Every two weeks, Search Influence’s Kelly Benish — who knows practically everyone in hyperlocal — covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry. In this week’s edition, new hires at Topix and Local Corp., plus jobs at BuzzTown, Yahoo, Yext, WorldNow, and more…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Hits 18M SMBs, eBay Tests Local Marketplace
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Second Quarter Reveals Facebook’s Big Push for Local(Wall Street Journal)… eBay Is Testing A New Local Service Provider Marketplace In The UK (MarketingLand)… Angie’s List 2nd-Quarter Loss Narrows (Bloomberg Businessweek)…
Street Fight Daily: Revel Raises $10M; LevelUp: We’re ‘Android,’ Square is ‘Apple’
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Revel Systems Raises $10.1M To Help It Grow iPad Point-Of-Sale Business (TechCrunch)… LevelUp: We’re ‘Android,’ Square is ‘Apple’ (Local Onliner)… Why Angie’s List Hires an Auditor to Read its Business Reviews (Bloomberg)…
Why Social Recommendations Are Vital for Local Online Marketplaces
There can be little disagreement that building a word-of-mouth platform is difficult. But if social recommendations are the gold standard, why should we expect users to pick solutions that provide the convenience of scheduling and booking but lack the trust of word-of-mouth?