In December Google rolled out AI-organized search results for restaurants, marking a significant shift in how users can discover their next local dining destination. While
Yelp yesterday announced Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings, including record net revenue and healthy income growth. Specifically, 2024 net revenue reached a record high of $1.41 billion. 2024 Net Income grew 34 percent to $133 million 2024, while adjusted EBITDA increased 8% to a record $358 million
vcita this week released a new AI-powered scheduling tool that’s meant to help SMBs manage their calendars and optimize workflow. The goal here is to offer tangible value in addressing real SMB pain points. It does this by automating a time-consuming function and lessening lost revenue.
Yext this week announced that it has acquired Places Scout. For those unfamiliar, Places Scout is a local SEO and location intelligence platform. Used throughout the local search universe, it can uncover insights about SEO and presence strategies, based on how and where businesses show up online.
In this edition of Localogy’s Local Radar, we examine newly funded companies Tive, Rounded & Karmen
This month, Google threw the SEO industry into a scramble when they started blocking LLM (large language model) and search scraping tools that didn’t have
Just in time for the Superbowl – one of America’s preeminent eating holidays – Chatmeter has released a new report that uncovers consumer sentiments around food delivery.
Google has returned to the idea of automatically calling local businesses on your behalf. Its new “Ask for Me” feature uses AI to call local businesses to inquire about simple questions
Yelp’s annual Trust & Safety report is out today. Every year, it reveals how Yelp’s local search and reviews engine works, including reliance on machine learning and human moderation to police deceptive reviews. As part of this exercise, it also quantifies its policy enforcement efforts around bad actors.
In this edition of Localogy’s Local Radar, we examine newly funded companies Pickpad, Hyperline, and Hippocratic AI
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ruling against fake reviews and review gating marks a significant advancement in consumer protection. GetDandy, a leader in review dispute
The lates retail media subset to come to our attention is grocery. Retail media revenue within the category is estimated at $8.5 billion.
Local SEO Guide’s SERP Summary, released this week, makes sense of a key component of Google Search: the results page itself.
You can now add another player to the social media marketing landscape: Threads. The company made it known this week that it’s starting to roll
In this edition of Localogy’s Local Radar series, we examine newly funded companies Hauler Hero, Aiwyn & OnPay
Local SEO plays a critical role in helping businesses connect with nearby customers and can help small to medium-sized enterprises compete more effectively with large
This week saw the latest clues in Meta’s beleaguered but potentially-promising spatial computing roadmap. Otherwise known as extended reality, we’re talking about the spectrum of AR, VR, and MR. These are often lumped into the gaming realm but have other endpoints, such as local commerce.
As we begin 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine the digital landscape, reshaping how brands connect with consumers and adapt to an ever-evolving commercial
T-Mobile has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vistar Media. For those unfamiliar, Vistar is a formidable ad network and adtech play in the digital out of home (DOOH) realm. This diversifies T-Mobile’s revenue mix and achieves some synergies with its core business.
Based on a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers conducted in September, a GoDaddy report signals that recommendations from family, friends, and colleagues are losing their potency, given the greater trust that’s now put in the influencer economy.
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