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WebOS business is getting crowded

According to this article, Jooce.com a new WebOS startup says 500 million people a day log on to the Internet from a cybercafe, and hence the entry of Jooce.com. Wow, that’s a good chunk of the worlds population sitting in a cafe, drinking chai and updating their facebook profile.

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Nantucket’s Only Surgeon

In the August 12, 2007 NYTimes article, a Dr. Timothy Lepore is profiled as the Jack of All Trades Medical fixit guy in the city of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Described as Nantucket’s only surgeon, he’s also the Nantucket’s medical examiner, school physician, football team doctor, Lyme disease expert and identifier of excavated Indian bones.

Real Estate Queen, Leona Helmsley who with her husband ran a $5 billion empire that included managing the Empire State Building died of heart failure today at her summer home in Greenwhich, Conn. Check out the all the New York, NY Helmsley listings right here.

If you live in California, you know about the state of Real Estate there. Chances are you know someone who has bought or sold Real Estate and maybe you wondered if they got the best deal? Often, getting a good deal depends on luck and your Real Estate Agents due diligence and experience. Luckily, you can find out about your California Real Estate Agent or Brokers qualifications online. You can submit a license inquiry here and check their public license information here.

According to this post, ad agency TMP Directional Media conducted an online survey with comScore that showed a parallel phenomenon in the service sector. The survey, which had 3,000 respondents, sought to capture consumer attitudes and behavior toward traditional local media (print yellow pages) and local search.

Here are some of the high level findings:

  • 82% of Local Searchers follow up offline via an in-store visit, phone call, or purchase, emphasizing the importance for marketers to integrate their on and offline information. Of these, 61% made purchases.
  • 33% of all consumers still consider print yellow pages as their primary source of local business info, and 90% feel it’s valuable because it gives more information such as accurate phone numbers.
  • The LS business grew 20% this year, 40% faster than general searches on Google, Yahoo, MSN and others.
  • Internet Yellow Page and local searchers are savvy and fairly affluent.
  • Nazar Mediterrean Deli is a Turkish restaurant and market located on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon, NY. You wouldn’t know it’s a restaurant when you walk in because the entrance leads you directly into the grocery area. The cooks located in the back take your order and grill your kababs as per your request. There’s also a selection of stews and cold appetizers that are really good. Try an order of labne and stuffed grape leaves along side your order of lamb adana kabab.

    According to this report by Inman, 52% of the 770 respondents said they planned to purchase search engine keywords. Featured listing ads and search engine optimization (SEO) services were at 48% and 42% planned purchases respectively.

    Our InYellow.com Real Estate section offers Featured Listing Ads for Real Estate organizations and Professionals. While keyword purchases are great, it comes with alot of risk for click fraud and is not maintenance free. Purchasing Featured listing ads is low risk as it is usually a flat rate, and is an effective marketing tool that does not require lots of work.

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    Introducing InYellow.com

    We’re very excited to introduce InYellow.com, a new startup launched to bring down Local Search to the Simplest Level. We’re going to make it easy for you to find the best Doctors, best Diners, best Florists and more in your Locality. Please visit us and let us know what you think about our platform.  We hope to receive your thoughts so that we can improve it and make it better.

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