local search

Australia could be next to mandate a choice screen in a bid to break Google’s dominance of the search market. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is recommending it is give

The Australia government has said it will adopt a mandatory code to require tech giants such as Google and Facebook to pay local media for reusing their content. The requirement for them to share ad r

US regulators shouldn’t be sitting on their hands while the 50+ state, federal and congressional antitrust investigations of Google to grind along, search rival DuckDuckGo argues. It’s put

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...

Another antitrust fine for Google. India's competition commission has issued a 1.36BN rupees (~$21.1M) penalty on the search giant for abusing its dominant position in the local search market for onli

Google today is updating its app and mobile web experience in the U.S. to help web searchers more easily find things to do – like concerts, art exhibits, lectures, festivals, meetups, sporting e

Facebook is testing an enhanced local search feature that could see the social network creeping in on Google Maps, Foursquare and Yelp territory, TechCrunch learned and Facebook confirmed. Facebook us

Google today announced two major changes related to its mobile search results. The one you’ll probably notice first is that Google is removing the “mobile-friendly” label that highli

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 lea

Yandex, Russia's answer to Google, continues apace with its strategy to launch more products that stretch it beyond basic search. Today, it is tackling the business of local search with Yandex.City, a

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

Publishers and developers who want to include local search in their mobile apps have a new tool at their disposal — a software development kit from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sprylogics.com

<a target="_blank" href="http://centzy.com/">Centzy</a>, a local search startup which is putting prices, store hours, ratings and specials for convenience-oriented businesses online, is today announci

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.roamz.com/">Roamz</a>, a local search and discovery startup which has been struggling to gain traction as a consumer-facing service, is shifting its focus again. Th

<a target="_blank" href="http://centzy.com/">Centzy</a>, a local search engine which provides prices, reviews, hours, and ratings for nearby businesses, is today announcing its availability in the top

Roamz, a startup which recently relaunched its mobile applications with a new focus on local search (<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/21/serendipity-isnt-a-use-case/">as opposed to serendipitou

<a target="_blank" href="https://locu.com/">Locu</a>, an app that makes it easy for restaurants to update their menus, will debut its public API at the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-s

The UK housing market has been on shaky legs for a while now -- with tight lending conditions, unemployment and general consumer confidence all <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-10/u-k-ho

<a href="http://locu.com/">Locu</a>, a data-focused startup founded by MIT graduates and computer science researchers, is closing a seed round of over $600,000 from East and West coast investors, inc