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Google Waze
Pro Features

Google Consolidates Maps and Waze Teams

Google revealed that it will combine Maps and Waze teams. Waze will live on as a standalone app but its 500 employees will now sit under Google’s Geo org, which includes Maps, Earth and Street View.

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Amazon

Amazon Gets Inspiration From TikTok

Amazon’s new Inspire feature is meant to drive eCommerce product discovery and purchases using TikTok-style videos. It takes shape in a short-form video and photo feed that’s meant to allow shoppers to find new products and ideas.

SMB SaaS Survey
Benchmark Bytes

Do SMBs Prefer Vertical-Specific SaaS?

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

eCommerce

Is Instagram the King of Social Commerce?

Data has come to light that validates Instagram’s strengths as a shopping channel. Specifically, Meta reports that more than 1 billion Instagram users actively engage with businesses. We examine strategic implications.

SMB SaaS Survey
Benchmark Bytes

How Many SMBs Consolidate SaaS to One Provider?

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

What's TikTok's Economic Impact on SMBs?
Pro Features

Can TikTok Blitzscale During a Downturn?

As TikTok continues to gain steam – and face bans by U.S. state governors – reports project it to ramp up its ad revenue dramatically. By dramatically, we mean surpassing Meta, Instagram and YouTube combined. We break it down.

Yelp Local Service
home services

‘Projects’ Deepens Yelp’s Role in Home Services

Yelp today launched a new feature that broadens its role in helping consumers execute home services projects. Known as ‘Projects,’ it helps homeowners not only find local service professionals but manage project lifecycles.

SMB SaaS Survey
Benchmark Bytes

How Many SaaS Vendors Do SMBs Prefer to Work With?

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

Financial Services Replicate the Retail Media Model | Localogy
eCommerce

Cyber Week Shopping Has Been Naughty and Nice

As you may recall, we started this week with a look at the early data that was available from Adobe Analytics on the surprising success of Cyber Week so far. Now, to end the week, we have more data from brand-focused digital commerce platform Forter.

YELP reviews
Pro Features

Yelp: What Makes Reviews Trustworthy?

In a fresh batch of survey data released today, Yelp poses the ultimate question: What makes reviews trustworthy? This is an ongoing area of optimization for Yelp, as it’s foundational to its core reviews product. We dive into the results.

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

eCommerce

Holiday Shopping Kickoff: The Numbers are In

After much handwringing over a softening economy’s likely impact on holiday shopping, the season has kicked off with favorable numbers. Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw strong activity levels according to initial figures from Adobe Analytics.

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.

Google Live View
Pro Features

Google Combines Local Search and Live View

Though it’s a mature product with a dominant market share, Google’s Maps updates seem to resemble the roadmap of a younger, hungrier product. Its latest update is to make its Live View 3D navigation feature more searchable.

houzz home service
Pro Features

Houzz Expands 3D Room Planning

Houzz has launched a new feature that lets home-service pros visualize finished bathroom projects. Using the new feature through a smartphone or tablet, pros can help homeowners visualize design choices on the fly, resulting in more confident design decisions.

SMB SaaS Survey
Benchmark Bytes

SMB Website and Single Source SaaS Preference

Benchmark Bytes is a series that examines Localogy’s original data on SMB tech deployment. Based on its recent Small Business Trends report, each installment drills down on a data excerpt and draws out meaning for Localogy Insider readers.

Amazon

Following Amazon, Google Launches Virtual Shoe Try-Ons

Shoes seem to be the new favorite product category for virtual try-ons. Following Amazon’s recent move to let users try on shoes through AR, Google has launched something similar this week. We examine drivers & dynamics.