
SOCi 100M ARR, PlacerAI Funding, YELP Earnings and X Super App
The past week in Local news SOCi hit a major revenue milestone, PlacerAI secured new funding, Yelp reported record earnings, and new evidence that X

The past week in Local news SOCi hit a major revenue milestone, PlacerAI secured new funding, Yelp reported record earnings, and new evidence that X

In Yelp’s Q2 earnings, it reached record net revenue and strong net profit at the high end of its outlook range. Growth was fueled primarily by its core advertising revenue stream, with particular strength in home services.

Location Intelligence leader Placer.AI announced this week that it raised $75 million. This gives the company a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, up from the $1 billion valuation assigned in its series C round in 2022.

Local SEO is a crucial strategy for any brick-and-mortar or service-area business looking to attract nearby customers and compete effectively in the local search market.

App researchers have found experimental code for a “Payments” button in the X navigation bar. What does this mean for our ongoing speculation that X is building a super app?

“I think that everyone knows that we’re in sort of an AI bubble in terms of the amount of demand that’s out there for the

Publicis Groupe has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire influencer marketing company Influential. Publicis will drop $500 million on the deal, which signals confidence in the influencer economy.

SOCi, the CoMarketing Cloud for multi-location businesses, announced a notable milestone in its evolution as a business: $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). This

The past week in Local news was highlighted by Yext’s acquisition of Hearsay Systems, Google’s geospatial maps animations, Chatmeter’s 2.0 Surveys, and SMB data from

Yext, Inc., the leading digital presence platform for multi-location brands, has completed its acquisition of Hearsay Systems, a global leader in digital client engagement for

Just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Google has brought its signature geospatial animations to the city. We examine drivers & dynamics.

At SIGGRAPH 2024, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang imagined together a day when every small business would have a virtual assistant in the form of embodied avatars that support customers. We shoot holes in the idea.

All is not well with Cameo. That’s the app where you can get lesser celebs like disgraced former member of Congress George Santos to record

Localogy analysts participated in a live presentation and panel last week hosted by website platform Duda. We have the biggest takeaways and on-demand video for Localogy Insider readers.

In Episode 86 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, my co-host Mike Boland and I examine the meaning behind recent data showing that AI-focused

Chatmeter announced today that it’s releasing version 2.0 of its Surveys product. One of the features nested within its Pulse AI: Signals platform, Surveys lets multilocation businesses gather customer insights.

My colleague Mike Boland and I have remarked many times in our discussions on Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast that one of the notable

This week in Local was highlighted with news about summer Yelp updates, Apple Siri new intelligence, Precisely updated tool, plus, Fizz, a new social media

Thought you had local SEO figured out? Earlier this week, Krystal Taing of Uberall noticed Apple had launched a Web version of Apple Maps: The news was also covered

Apple Intelligence will uplevel Siri, answering our question of whether Siri gets killed or gets a brain transplant. How exactly will Siri improve? We go down the list.
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