Local Search | Jennifer Lind

New Citysearch + Google Maps

The Kelsey Group posted news today from Citysearch. iPhone has a new web browsing tool called Mapmash that combines Google Maps and the business profiles found on Citysearch.

The tool can be found at: http://mapmash.googlepages.com/citysearch.htm

It works much the same as many IYPs in that you type in a location, a category, and narrow down to the type of service you are looking for. You will then see a map with location points, which click through directly to the Citysearch business profile.

This service would only work for paid advertisers on Citysearch as free listings do not utilize the business profile.

Yellowpages.com Speech Recognition

MacRumors posted news that AT&T is testing the first speech recognition application on the iPhone. For example, on Yellowpages.com, you would say the city and state and the category of service you are looking for to retrieve your results instead of typing it in. It is definitely a great feature that would get you faster results. The only drawback is that you still need to hit navigational buttons so it is not completely hands free. Though it’s a great start!