Comments on: MSN to offer local-search service

Service integrates mapping and satellite images to help consumers pinpoint nearby stores and restaurants.

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MSN to offer local-search service are NOT alone.

While everyone are talking about how to get the local advertisers to favor their media their is actually one company that has done it already. That company is http://www.NTRSource.com utilizing the technology of AdCalls. After having downloaded the AdCallsCommunicator you will not only be able to search for local advertisers, these advertisers display ads will actually show up right in front of your eyes while you are speaking thru your virtual FREE cell phone. That's right the small cell phone look alike is virtual in design and a very powerful delivering system that while you are talking for FREE to any telephone in the US and Canada small ads from local advertisers are scrolling across the screen. It features FREE VoIP, FREE Coupons and Special Offers, a FREE search engine 100% permission based and soon to come FREE Movies. Many retailers are enjoying this FREE luxury giveaway to all their clients or customers due to the fact that it is possible to get the virtual cell phone's faceplate "skin" in the company's color and with their own logo as well as slogan mounted right there in front on the faceplate, this is what you call Branding at it's best.
Imagine having your LOGO on everyone's desktop in the neighborhood or better yet, who do you think your customers are going to call when they are in need of your product or service after having stirred at your logo, seen your 15 seconds FLASH commercial every time they need to make a FREE telephone call, every time they open up the AdCallsCommunicator to search for anything or just watching all the professional designed display ads featuring special offers in many cases only available thru this new media? you guessed it right, YOUR COMPANY" and imagine to KNOW in real time how many times your ad has been shown, knowing who actually clicked, forwarded or printed out your special offer. Imagine to finally be in charge of your own advertising and knowing whom your customers are by name, zip code, area code and their email address, imagine how it must be like to be in charge and all this for only a fraction of what you would pay anywhere else.

We will take on any company as long as the price is right and who would say no to FREE. As a matter of facts with more than 18,000 daily downloads these numbers should be an indication that http://www.NTRSource.com are doing something right.
Go get yours today. "The World Is Calling for FREE"

[ntrsource]

MSN to offer local-search service are NOT alone.

While everyone are talking about how to get the local advertisers to favor their media their is actually one company that has done it already. That company is http://www.NTRSource.com utilizing the technology of AdCalls. After having downloaded the AdCallsCommunicator you will not only be able to search for local advertisers, these advertisers display ads will actually show up right in front of your eyes while you are speaking thru your virtual FREE cell phone. That's right the small cell phone look alike is virtual in design and a very powerful delivering system that while you are talking for FREE to any telephone in the US and Canada small ads from local advertisers are scrolling across the screen. It features FREE VoIP, FREE Coupons and Special Offers, a FREE search engine 100% permission based and soon to come FREE Movies. Many retailers are enjoying this FREE luxury giveaway to all their clients or customers due to the fact that it is possible to get the virtual cell phone's faceplate "skin" in the company's color and with their own logo as well as slogan mounted right there in front on the faceplate, this is what you call Branding at it's best.
Imagine having your LOGO on everyone's desktop in the neighborhood or better yet, who do you think your customers are going to call when they are in need of your product or service after having stirred at your logo, seen your 15 seconds FLASH commercial every time they need to make a FREE telephone call, every time they open up the AdCallsCommunicator to search for anything or just watching all the professional designed display ads featuring special offers in many cases only available thru this new media? you guessed it right, YOUR COMPANY" and imagine to KNOW in real time how many times your ad has been shown, knowing who actually clicked, forwarded or printed out your special offer. Imagine to finally be in charge of your own advertising and knowing whom your customers are by name, zip code, area code and their email address, imagine how it must be like to be in charge and all this for only a fraction of what you would pay anywhere else.

We will take on any company as long as the price is right and who would say no to FREE. As a matter of facts with more than 18,000 daily downloads these numbers should be an indication that http://www.NTRSource.com are doing something right.
Go get yours today. "The World Is Calling for FREE"

What do people really want from local search?

It?s interesting to see how all of the search engines are putting satellite imagery and mapping at the forefront of their local search announcements. While these capabilities may help get more consumers to use local search capabilities (especially in categories where location is critical, like checking to see if that restaurant really does have a great water view and isn?t too close to the train tracks), I doubt in most instances it's a consumer's first priority when conducting a local search. I?m not necessarily interested in the fact that plumber A is .2 miles closer to me than plumber B. I think people want answers to a few basic questions: what businesses are in my local area, how can I get in touch with them, and are they any good? It's this last piece which seems to be somewhat of an afterthought with most online local search but is arguably the most important.

I'm working for a venture-funded company called Judy's Book which sees qualitative information from trusted sources as the *primary* ingredient in local search. Our starting point is enabling friends and groups to swap information about local resources. This benefits consumers because it helps them more efficiently locate good businesses (after all, you can?t hack your friends). It helps small businesses because it offers them a very simple value proposition that they understand: building a better relationship with customers whose positive word-of-mouth already drives so much of their business. We feel it's this simplicity, rather than glitzy features like satellite images, that will deliver true consumer value and will finally encourage small local businesses to make the leap online.

What do people really want from local search?

It?s interesting to see how all of the search engines are putting satellite imagery and mapping at the forefront of their local search announcements. While these capabilities may help get more consumers to use local search capabilities (especially in categories where location is critical, like checking to see if that restaurant really does have a great water view and isn?t too close to the train tracks), I doubt in most instances it's a consumer's first priority when conducting a local search. I?m not necessarily interested in the fact that plumber A is .2 miles closer to me than plumber B. I think people want answers to a few basic questions: what businesses are in my local area, how can I get in touch with them, and are they any good? It's this last piece which seems to be somewhat of an afterthought with most online local search but is arguably the most important.

I'm working for a venture-funded company called Judy's Book which sees qualitative information from trusted sources as the *primary* ingredient in local search. Our starting point is enabling friends and groups to swap information about local resources. This benefits consumers because it helps them more efficiently locate good businesses (after all, you can?t hack your friends). It helps small businesses because it offers them a very simple value proposition that they understand: building a better relationship with customers whose positive word-of-mouth already drives so much of their business. We feel it's this simplicity, rather than glitzy features like satellite images, that will deliver true consumer value and will finally encourage small local businesses to make the leap online.