local search Archives - Startup Economist

Cospace.co Grows to Serve All Work Spaces – Austin’s Cospace Coworking Closes

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, the Cospace brand evolved to focus on serving entrepreneurs and professionals throughout the world as our web service continues to aggregate and promote work spaces; providing economic and real estate intelligence. In July 2012, we launched https://cospace.co to index and promote every work environment; connecting skilled professionals with the right place to work.

Published in Local, Startups, Vertical Search

No Comments

Can I Get an S? Can I Get an M? Can I Get an X?

Thursday, 02 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Is that grammatically correct? If S is a consonant, should it be “Can I Get a S?” an S? Who’s going? I couldn’t be more excited; the conference is expecting over 2,000 search marketing professionals, agencies, and marketers and I haven’t been to NYC in some time. Monday through Wednesday next week, the industry converges

agencies conference local search natural search organic search Paid Search Search sem seo smx smx east Vertical Search verticals

Published in Conferences / Events, Insights / Research, Search

No Comments

Local Search Engine Zvents Raises $24M

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Let me diverge from my usual contemplations to share with you some news about the company that keeps me busy, in a rare post about Zvents. Today, the local search engine announced $24M in funding, secured with Nokia Growth Partners, AT&T and NAVTEQ. â€œZvents has spent four years building a world-class local search service,â€ said

iyp Local local search local search engine navteq nokia Search zvents

Published in Local, Search, Startups

8 Comments

Universal Search by Vertical

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Can I take a moment and violate what is perhaps one of the more pervasive of the seven deadly sins? I recently had the honor of playing a role (albeit a bit part) in the release of the first blended vertical search technology. Monday, time based local search engine Zvents released Federated Local Search blending

blended blended results business listings Comparison Shopping federated federated results Local local optimization local search Search search optimization seo universal universal search Vertical Search

Published in Search, Social Media

2 Comments

Win a flip video camcorder from me (Zvents) at Search Engine Strategies San Jose

Thursday, 16 August 2007 by Paul O'Brien

I’m sure every one of you will be in San Jose next week at the McEnery Convention Center for Search Engine Strategies, the leading search optimization and marketing conference. Co-organized and hosted by respected search authorities Chris Sherman and Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Strategies is the leading forum for search and marketing information in an

events local search news Search zvents

Published in Conferences / Events, Search

No Comments

Marketing with Zvents – SEO and Shopping in One

Friday, 22 June 2007 by Paul O'Brien

The announcement has been made, not long ago I left HP to join the brilliant group of folks creating a remarkable event search technology at Zvents. Considering yourselves Mr. and Ms. America (not Mr. and Ms. Marketer), I’d be remiss (and not doing my job) to not mention that Zvents is where you want to

events local search marketing retail sales zvents

Published in Local, Search, Surplus, Web 2.0

4 Comments