"Local Search" Blogs & Blog Posts

Entrepreneurs take a long journey when naming their brainchild, comparable to a parent naming their own flesh and blood. There are many reasons behind naming...

 Google Maps on Android is getting an upgrade today that will make the app, often used for getting directions or accessing business information, a better guide to local restaurants, too – at least in select cities. With an expanded featur...

 Once upon a time, in the days of yore -- meaning, in hyper-fast-forward Silicon Valley, five years ago -- there were things you could count on, evident truths on which you could rely, cornerstones on which you could construct your mental model...

There are plenty of tools available to make searching for a new apartment easy, or at least easier than running around looking for "for rent" signs. Last week we asked for your favorites , then took a look at the five best apartment search to...

Looking for a new apartment or rental used to mean combing neighborhoods looking for "for rent" signs and sifting through newspaper classifieds. Now you can take your search on the go, or do it on your laptop or tablet. Here are five of the b...

Web/iOS: It's hard to find great new restaurants and cool things to try, but personal recommendations can go a long way. With Hiplist, you can create to-do lists for places you want to try and ones you already like, share them with friends, and get r...

Internet search engines are changing our lives in unprecedented ways. In 2005, Google announced the release of a new product, Google Gulp, a drink which could optimise a person’€™s use of their search engine through allegedly stimulating ment...