David Kaplan
Jun 3, 2010 12:00 AM
Local guide network Citysearch LLC will now be known as CityGrid Media, as the IAC (NSDQ: IACI) unit looks beyond its flagship site, which will remain unchanged. While a change in nomenclature is fairly mundane, the shift from Cityseach to CityGrid, which up to now was the site network’s local…
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Tameka Kee
Dec 7, 2009 12:01 AM
The rush to incorporate real-time status updates has even hit IAC’s Citysearch. Starting today, business owners will be able to create and manage their Twitter accounts directly from a Citysearch page. A restaurant, bar or health clubs’ most recent three tweets will show up alongside their ratings, reviews and other…
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Tameka Kee
Sep 25, 2009 3:18 PM
Type the name of a local restaurant into the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) search box, and one of three options are most likely to show up above the fold: A link to the restaurant’s homepage, a Google Maps module showing the restaurant’s location, or a Yelp review page. Often, the SEO-friendly…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 25, 2009 2:27 PM
Sidewalk.com is being revived again, this time as a mobile and Web app. Citysearch, part of IAC (NSDQ: IACI), has owned the domain for a while now, ever since Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) sold its stake in 1999 to then Ticketmaster-Citysearch, but the domain has been redirecting to Citysearch.com homepage for…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 29, 2009 8:20 AM
Online restaurant guide Urbanspoon is now part of the IAC (NSDQ: IACI) portfolio, adding more local flavor to the mix with Citysearch. The acquisition was announced this morning with the company’s Q1 earnings but actually took place Feb. 13; no financial details were disclosed but IAC has been vocal about…
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Tameka Kee
Apr 27, 2009 5:09 PM
Citysearch’s November relaunch came with everything from Facebook Connect compatibility to a new Smartphone-friendly mobile site. But users aren’t exactly gobbling them up. In just a year, local review site Yelp has grown to attract nearly the same size audience as its larger, better-funded rival—and the latest stats from Compete…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 31, 2009 1:32 PM
In a bid to attract more small-business advertising, News Corp.‘s MySpace is launching MySpace Local, which lets members of the social network rate and comment on small businesses in their communities and share the ratings with their friends. The basic business directory will be provided by IAC-owned Citysearch. The service…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 19, 2008 12:00 AM
Citysearch, the local online guide which is part of IAC (NSDQ: IACI), is undergoing its first major relaunch in about a decade; for now it is in beta, here. Cognizant of tough competition from the likes of Yelp (see Yelp’s new usage numbers here) and other strong local sites, it…
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David Kaplan
Feb 14, 2008 12:21 PM
AOL (NYSE: TWX) and online local guide network CitySearch, owned by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), have formed an advertising and content-sharing partnership. AOL’s local online directories get CitySearch’s more established reviews and wider listings, while advertisers on CitySearch gain increased reach via AOL’s network. And, if it works as intended, both…
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