MySpace and Citysearch partner for MySpace Local
MySpace and Citysearch have partnered for the launch of a local business directory called MySpace Local. The new site lets MySpace users review, search, and share content about their favorite businesses, while leveraging Citysearch’s stockpile of local business directory info. Though MySpace Local is currently… Continue Reading
Roundup: Xbox defects rise, Windows Live Messenger comes to websites, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Joystiq reports rising Xbox 360 defects — Errors with the E74 code have been rising since the New Xbox Experience update on Xbox Live, according to a survey.
Windows Live Messenger adds chat to websites – In the words of TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld, “AIM,… Continue Reading
Facebook to Google: my Connect is bigger than yours
Facebook and Google have both opened services to the public today that intend to let you easily access any web site using versions of your pre-existing online identity. They both intend to help you find friends on other web sites to interact with, thereby making… Continue Reading
Revamped Citysearch brings Facebook to local listings
Citysearch, the local listings and review site owned by media conglomerate IAC, is unveiling a test version of its new site today as it tries to stay competitive with up-and-comers like Yelp, as well as the increasing amount of local information available from Google, Yahoo… Continue Reading
CitySquares finds funds for “hyper local” info
CitySquares Online, a website that allows users to find detailed information about their immediate neighborhoods, brought in a first round of funding from individuals Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Jonathan Kraft, whose Kraft Group owns the New England Patriots.
The Boston-based company says… Continue Reading
Citysearch, Merchantcircle connect their local business services
Citysearch, an online guide service about local US businesses, has partnered with MerchantCircle, in an effort to hold their own in the increasingly competitive area of local reviews.
The move comes as Citysearch is under attack from newer, fresher sites like Yelp, which offers reviews about… Continue Reading
Citysearch snaps up Insider Pages in local search race
Citysearch, the division of IAC focuses on local reviews of restaurants and other services, has acquired the struggling local review start-up, Insider Pages.
The purchase (amount undisclosed) comes at a time of increasing competition in the race to deliver a compelling local search services. Citysearch’s parent,… Continue Reading
Local review site Yelp raises $10 million from Benchmark
Yelp, the Web site offering user-generated reviews of bars, restaurants and other places, has raised $10 million in venture capital from Benchmark Capital.
We recently mentioned Yelp’s wave-making with its parties.
Yelp, like other recent Internet companies, is challenging incumbent sites like Citysearch by developing a… Continue Reading
Taking Washington seriously
Silicon Valley can be a smug, protected place, and along the leafy streets of studied Palo Alto, quite conducive for dreaming up lines like “do no evil.”
What happens when your platform outgrows this place? We learn that Google has retained the services of DCI Group,… Continue Reading