Citysearch

Bob Sommers · #1 09-19-2008, 04:40 PM

Does anyone have experience with Citysearch? Is it a good value? Are there other local search sites that do a better job for the money?

Josh Sommers · #2 09-19-2008, 06:40 PM

I'm curious about this too

I wanted to throw this link into the mix too:
Local Search - The Best Local Search Sites- How To Find a Local Search Engine or Site

A few interesting local search links there.

Josh Sommers · #3 09-19-2008, 10:12 PM

Just ran across some cool things CitySearch is doing for restaurants.

Press Release:

Quote:

Citysearch Adds Menus to Restaurant Profiles
Users Can Now Access Tens of Thousands of Menus Nationwide on Citysearch.com through New Relationship with MenuPages.com

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - (August 14th, 2007) - Citysearch, a leading local guide and operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), today announced that users can access tens of thousands of restaurant menus on Citysearch.com through its relationship with MenuPages.com, the pioneer in menu search and discovery. Through the relationship, Citysearch users benefit from having the opportunity to easily review current menus online before selecting a restaurant.

"People come to Citysearch daily to find restaurant recommendations," said Jay Herratti, President, Citysearch. "The combination of menus, video, editorial and user reviews, and ability to place reservations makes Citysearch one of the most useful sites for discovering new restaurants."

"Partnering with Citysearch, the pioneer in the online restaurant guide business, was natural for us," said Greg Barton, CEO and Founder of MenuPages.com. "The combination of Citysearch coverage and services with MenuPages' comprehensive menu database will provide the best local restaurant discovery and selection experience for users."

This relationship is also a benefit to Citysearch restaurant advertisers because up-to-date menus help users choose restaurants, driving qualified traffic to Citysearch’s advertisers.

To find menus, simply visit restaurants on (City Guides by Citysearch) nd click on the menu icon.

You can view restaurant recommendations, reviews and more in your city by visiting Citysearch's premier city guide list: (Citysearch National Site Guide).

About MenuPages
MenuPages is the original and most comprehensive provider of up-to-date menu content on the web. In New York City alone, nearly a million discriminating diners each month search its fresh menus and 80,000 user reviews by neighborhood, cuisine, price, feature and dish, to select the perfect restaurant. MenuPages currently serves eight metropolitan markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C. and South Florida providing fresh menus for over 24,000 restaurants. MenuPages.com is an operating unit of Slick City Media.

Check out some of the traffic reports for these local search sites. Local Search is huge.

Alexa Ranks
CitySearch.com: 770
YellowPages.com: 643
Local.com: 2039
AnyWho.com: 4905
InfoSpace.com: 774
SuperPages.com: 788
411.com: 5874

thefreightguy · #4 09-22-2008, 08:03 PM

Hey Josh,
Once again you have pointed to an excellent resource to information on how to find things locally and more importantly (for me) the multitude of search engines for the local market and how to get listed on those. There's tons of information at this link. Thanks Josh!

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