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CitySquares in the Wall Street Journal - Ben Saren

A seminal event will occur on Wall Street tomorrow morning. At precisely 9:30 a.m., Heath Clarke, the CEO of Local.com, will ring the NASDAQ opening bell. In so doing, he will essentially ring in a new theme on Wall Street: Local is the new black. In a report we will release tomorrow, Local.com is listed as one of the Top 3 fastest-growing local online advertising companies in North America. This is a remarkable feat in a year when ad sales are phenomenally depressed for seemingly everyone else. Yet Clarke’s company is seeing growth of 34% this year on revenues that are expected to top $50 million. - Ben Saren

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Fed up with seeing local small businesses being ravaged by the economic downturn, some people are taking matters into their own hands. They’re trying to reverse the fortunes of mom-and-pop stores by becoming more organized in “buying local.” - Ben Saren

After three and a half years running CitySquares, and after an additional six years running another company prior to CitySquares, I’ve learned quite a bit about starting a business and growing it. I had a bit of an epiphany a few days - I realized that I am in a quandary, caught between a rock and hard place, as a company founder, and especially as a founder running a funded company, actively on a board of directors, and working with investors. This has resulted in a new side project, a community that I am starting, along with a few others. This community is conveniently known as The Founder’s Quandary. - Ben Saren

There have been a number of signals that all point to the obvious direction of Google wanting to increase the granularity of local information world wide and thir desire to control that information themselves... - Ben Saren

According to the comScore study, local search grew 58 percent in 2008, significantly outpacing the 21 percent growth in overall U.S. core web searches during the same period. As local search grew, Internet Yellow Pages and local online business directories saw double-digit growth of 23 percent over 2008. - Ben Saren

Incidentally, this is a fantastic example of a brand listening to the conversation about them online. Not only did CitySquares engage in the conversation, they made a change to their product that benefits everyone. - Ben Saren

CitySquares began as a local search site for cities in the Northeast. Last year, they announced their plans for a nationwide expansion as data showed they were the fastest growing search site. They followed through, expanding to a trickle of cities and states along the way. Now, CitySquares is announcing that they have reached all 50 states in their expansion. There are 16,000,000 businesses now listed on CitySquares. - Ben Saren

Several business owners likened Yelp to the Mafia, and one said she feared its retaliation. - Ben Saren

This year, growth in the local-ad market -- which represents about a third of total online ad spending in the U.S. -- is expected to shrink, according to one key estimate, challenging the ad and media-buying shops that rely on the local Internet market. - Ben Saren

Do you want to rebuild our economy and revitalize your community? The 10% Shift wants to help you do just that. - Ben Saren

Diggity Dog, formerly Dogma, is Union Square's newest dog store! New owner and Certified Master Groomer, Lisa, is eager for special requests from pet owners, and to meet the Union Square community! Diggity Dog in Union Square is your one stop shop for dog grooming, doggie daycare and pet supplies. - Ben Saren

Facette is a suite of tools allows Delicious users to organize their bookmarks using facets. Facette offers a bookmarks browser that automatically organizes tags in a user's account. Facette also offers an enhanced version of Delicious' tagging tool. - Ben Saren

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Too many great filmmakers, musicians, designers, photographers, and painters have ended up with nothing; their creative genius denied, artwork stifled and progress limited. For too long the profit of art has been put before the work of art. Talenthouse is the world’s creative community online for music, film, fashion, art, and photography--fusing cutting edge technology with the timeless beauty of artistic expression. Talenthouse is the home for all artists, for all time. - Ben Saren

CitySquares get a profile on Merchant Circle! - Ben Saren

From Bread & Puppet's performance at Boston's BCA on Jan 29, 2009. Photos by Ben Saren - Ben Saren

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Overall online ad spending in the US was up almost 13 percent compared with Q2 2007, but down slightly (0.3 percent) from Q1 2008. Online ad revenues for the - Ben Saren

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Great site for tips on using your Mac and downloading desktops and icons. - Ben Saren

My favorite scene ever from any Flight of the Conchords episodes! LMAO - Ben Saren

CitySquares' CommuniTee Art Program on Boston's Channel 5. - Ben Saren