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ReachLocal's Zorik Gordon On Daily Deals

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Earlier this week, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal (www.reachlocal.com), which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, announced a deal to buy daily deals site DealOn.com. You're entering into a fairly crowded area, what's the value that ReachLocal adds here? Zorik Gordon: We're excited about the acquisition.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara: the home of the clicks (and the calls)

Eric Greenspan

The problem however is when you visit an unreputable site and purchase products recommended by someone who is neither an expert nor has any experience with the offered products. To generate phone traffic, we tried ReachLocal. Be careful out there as many have perfected this process and they are your competition.