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Local.com Relaunches Site, Brand

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Irvine-based Local.com , the provider of online local business search sites, said this morning that it is in a big relaunch of the firm's flagship site. According to the firm, it has reorganized its site to divide its site into vertical categories, particularly focused on the "household manager/soccer mom" category.

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Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Search Meets Social = Commerce.

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Henry Blodget Loves to Blog: The remaking of a disgraced Wall Street analyst

From the Venture Trenches

The site also has the backing of some prominent technology investors including Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of Amazon, who just sunk $5 million into company and joins the likes of Mark Andreesen and Allen and Company as co-investors. The average reader is on the site for approximately four minutes.

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Henry Blodget Loves to Blog: The remaking of a disgraced Wall Street analyst

From the Venture Trenches

The site also has the backing of some prominent technology investors including Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of Amazon, who just sunk $5 million into company and joins the likes of Mark Andreesen and Allen and Company as co-investors. The average reader is on the site for approximately four minutes.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. This is the first article from Jason L.

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