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Local.com Powers Local Search for A.H. Belos Press Enterprise
Wednesday 10. June 2009 - Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search site and network, today announced that The Press Enterprise has selected Local Connect, Local.coms private label local search solution, to power local search on www.pe.com.
The Press Enterprise is a subsidiary of A.H. Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), the nations ninth largest media company. The Press Enterprise (www.pe.com) is the largest newspaper in Inland Southern California with an online audience of over one million visitors.
“Online search is a key way in which our community gets information, and we are committed to providing visitors to our site with the best possible user experience including direct access to local business information. We are also committed to providing local advertisers with access to these searching consumers,” said Ginger Neal, vice president multimedia & GM of niche publications, The Press Enterprise. “After reviewing the solutions available, we concluded that Local.coms local search platform best fit our needs for a feature-rich, SEO-friendly local search solution. We look forward to working closely with Local.com to expand our online audience and grow our local online advertiser base through local search.”
“After a thorough review process, we were pleased to be chosen by The Press Enterprise to power their local search directory,” said Malcolm Lewis, senior vice president and general manager, private label, Local.com. “We are looking forward to driving significant incremental traffic and online advertising revenues for their website via our powerful local search solution.”
According to The Kelsey Group, 61 million local searches are conducted online every day. Local.coms Local Connect private label platform allows qualified regional media publishers to add a local search business directory to their websites within a few days and at no cost. Once deployed, Local Connects unique SEO-friendly architecture can quickly drive new traffic and new online advertising revenues through local search. Local.com has the largest network of independent, private label local media properties in the U.S. based on the number of partner sites¹.