agency

Finding Growth Markets: A Conversation with SearchMas

The media and tech worlds are filled with hidden stories about founder journeys, go-to-market wins and pivots. As analysts and industry watchers, we’re fortunate to get an inside look at some of those stories, which we recently did with Search Mas.

Apple

Apple Brings 3D Maps to Denmark & Greece

The mapping wars continue to heat up as Apple Maps accelerates its feature rollouts to catch up with the dominant Google Maps. Its latest move is to bring “Look Around” and “Detailed City Experience” to Denmark and Greece.  

As Instagram Retreats, TikTok Emerges As a Shopping Destination
Pro Features

Is TikTok Moving into Search Marketing?

TikTok is getting into paid search. Known as “Search Ads Toggle,” the new program offers a paid search option for brand marketers to get in front of TikTok users for the first time.

AI

Why Did Snowflake Scoop Up Neeva?

Something happened last week on the same day that my colleague Mike Boland and I were recording episode 23 of Localogy’s This Week in Local

Google

Wix Dives Deeper into Search Marketing

Wix is boosting its bundle. Its recently-launched ‘Google Ads with Wix’ lets its website customers create Google search ad campaigns, right within the Wix platform.

Generative AI

Big Tech Blitzes AI, Part I: Google

The AI land grab is underway. This could be seen in the past week alone, when Google and Microsoft held major events where AI took center stage. We unpack takeaways in this two-part series.

google
Augmented reality

Google Lens Gets a Boost

Google has taken the latest step in this campaign to introduce Google Lens to the world at scale: its desktop homepage. You can now find the Google lens logo on Google’s homepage, right next to the voice search icon

Yext Search in AWS
Pro Features

Yext Search Joins AWS Marketplace

Yext has established a new distribution channel for its search product: AWS. Specifically, Yext Search is now available in the AWS marketplace for users to easily add it to their enterprise software mix. We examine drivers & dynamics.

Pro Features

What’s a Super Bowl Ad Really Worth?

In the spectrum of advertising that maps to the consumer intent funnel – from awareness to action – one outlier is Super Bowl advertising. Given an average price of $6.5M for a 30-second spot, what will that get you elsewhere?

Place Rewind

Place Rewind: Yext’s Quest for Answers

Those who follow Yext know that it is on an ongoing quest to answer consumers’ questions directly. Its Answers line of products eschews the common search paradigm of link-based results. We discussed with CDO Christian Ward at Localogy Place.