Daily News: SMBs to Spend $83B on Digital Marketing Services, YP is Bidder for Yahoo, Speech Tech

Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. SMBs Will Spend $83 Billion on “Digital Marketing Services” This Year (April 19, 2016) LSA Insider: “According to a new report from Borrell Associates, US businesses will spend an estimated $613 billion this year […]
Speech Is the Next Frontier for Local Search — TalkLocal

Voice search is really picking up steam. In 2015, 60% of people who use voice search apps like Siri started doing so within the last 12 months according to research by MindMeld. Yet, so much of voice search is still about reading search results. With a promising market showing such strong growth facing such weak […]