Why focus on local Australian search?
I’m Peter Newsome and like Michael, I’m also a co-founder and contributing writer for Start Listing.
Locally focused search has been around for a number of years, both internationally and here in Australia, but there has never been a greater focus on local search than now. This was recently re-enforced when Google formed a partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s company, News Corporation (owners of TrueLocal) earlier this year. More details here - Google and News map out web deal.
Whilst the larger players are gaining press coverage, there are still a lot of smaller, high quality business directories that have been embracing Australia’s booming local online search market without all the accolades.
At Start Listing, we don’t discriminate - it doesn’t matter whether you’re as big as Google or a much smaller niche directory - if it provides benefit to the Australian Search Market, we’ll be reporting on it.
We also encourage feedback from all our readers - so please, don’t be shy to add comments and let us know what YOU think.
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Hi, you might be interested in the following review I’ve written http://australiansearchengine.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/business-directory-review-and-comparison/
Yes, it could be seen as biased, since I own one of them, however, the document is open for anyone to make any adjustments or additions.
Cheers