Google, BellSouth partner on local-ad effort

Google has entered a multiyear partnership with BellSouth in which the carrier will sell ads through the search giant's AdWords program, according to a statement released Thursday.

The deal will let Google use BellSouth's sales force to reach small and medium-size businesses across a nine-state region in the Southeast, Sukhinder Singh, general manager of Google's local and third-party sales group, said in a statement.

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