Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM), a striving search engine, will be a featured presenter at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference being held at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. The conference will begin today and run through March 20, 2008. The US website and local search network attracts millions of visitors each month. The company serves both the US and UK markets.
This morning, Local.com announced twelve new license agreements for its local search Patent No. 7, 231,405. The company also announced the expansion of the Local Connect search network that publishes business information on over 570 regional media sites. Local.com’s Local Connect search network surged past a record 4.7 million monthly unique visitors in February 2008, up from just under 4 million in January.
“We’ve made great progress across our network business – licensing our patented technology, increasing the number of participating sites in the Local Connect network, and increasing the volume of traffic through those sites via improved search engine optimization,” said Malcolm Lewis, Local.com vice president and general manager, private label. Businesses advertise on Local.com with subscription, pay-per-click, banner and pay-per-call ad products. They also have a mobile service as well, providing local search results via mobile phones and other devices.
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