September 14, 2009 in Blog, Websites by admin

Market Watch 9/14/09

Youtube continues to expand the amount of data available about the way people found your video. Link Here Now you can see trends comparing the different methods a video was found over time.

Bing launches what some are calling “Visual Search”. Link Here Interesting visual.

Merchant circle is making waves with two new SMB related launches.  Link Here Descriptions from Kelsey Group blog:

Neighbors — not to be confused with Yahoo Neighbors, which also launches today — enables consumers to “follow” local businesses, Twitter style, for the latest promotions, coupons and announcements. Business owners can use the feed to communicate directly with their customer base and share information on deals and other things. Deals, especially, reflect one of MerchantCircle’s strengths, since its merchants use the service to publish thousands of coupons.

Answers is a consumer advice service, similar to ones we’ve seen with Yahoo Answers and vertical sites such as Avvo.com (lawyers) and Trulia (real estate). MerchantCircle’s idea is that small businesses will become more bonded to the service if they regularly communicate with potential customers. It says it has already had excellent response rate in a month of trials.

Mobile is local and local is mobile as the two continue to merge.  AT&T is running ads advertising local apps. Link here. More evidence. Link here.

Pop culture and the internet had a big weekend.  Serena Williams’ US Open outburst flooded Youtube Link Here while Kanye West’s outburst on the VMA’s flooded Twitter. Link Here

The Yellowpages.com app launches upgrades including the ability to watch video and supports for Pay Per Call. Link Here.