Are you ready for local search? (Small Business E-Commerce Link Digest)
Use of local search continues to grow. This week's links look at trends worth watching.
The numbers projected for mobile search - critical to local marketers - are staggering. One estimate projects local companies will spend $5 billion (US) in 2008, while another estimates 55…
SearchEngineLand reports Idearc Media - the publisher of Verizon's phone books , and the owner of Superpages.com - acquired the domain LocalSearch.com and have made a "...strategic investment in AmericanTowns.com."…
OK, so the US lags other countries in use of the mobile web. Still, the flip side is that 35% of US mobile usage is for something other than calls.…