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PRZOOM - /newswire/ -
Orlando, FL, United States, 2009/12/04 - Guias Local, Inc. on December 7, 2009, will release the second version of their bilingual, non-yellow page local search, GuiasLocal.
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After a very successful Beta launch of El Paso, TX, including testing of search metrics yielding over 32,000 visitors in a two week test period. GuiasLocal.com will give a sneak peek of enhancements to El Paso of what is to come on the full launch in 2010.
Quote from Vice President Tiffany Evans, “The initial Beta version launched on November 02, 2009 included our most basic version of GuiasLocal.com. Guias Local, Inc. would like to thank all of our visitors for your support. Based on your feedback in Version 2.0, you will experience a better way to search, along with offering more value than just a yellow page site. Our goal is to create the best bilingual, local search in history and we appreciate your help and interest.”
Additional cities will be available for search in early 2010 when the full launch of GuiasLocal.com is scheduled, as well as Private label and mobile versions.
Local search marketing is growing at a rate of 17 percent according to Forrester Research. GuiasLocal.com knows the true value is in becoming a brand and an information provider not just a local search. As an information provider, GuiasLocal.com will be implementing the following: Private label (powered by GuiasLocal.com), Apps, API’s, licensing, desktop, mobile, and business packages. Hispanics are the largest growing minority in the United States. As well, given that almost half of Hispanics speak only Spanish at home, products that offer easy directions and a bilingual user interface will gain faster adoption. What's more, one-third of Hispanics feel that Spanish-language Web sites enhance their user experience — a clear message for online retailers and marketers. Why not offer the consumer the opportunity to search in both languages?
GuiasLocal.com offers Hispanics a choice, their choice of which language to search in.
Guias Local, Inc., recently added dotcom veteran, Tom Herman, to its board. Tom has been guiding GuiasLocal.com strategically in money raising efforts. You may remember Tom from the movie, Startup.com. The film followed e-commerce website govWorks.com and its founders, Tom and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, from 1999-2000 as the Internet bubble was bursting. Under their leadership, govWorks raised $60 million in venture financing from firms such as the Mayfield Fund, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the New York City Investment Fund, Hearst Corporation, Sapient Corporation and Vignette Corporation. Tom brings over 15 years of start-up experience leading technical strategy, software architecture, fund raising and mergers and acquisitions of technical assets.
About Guias Local, Inc.
Guias Local, Inc. (guiaslocal.com) is the largest non-yellow page, bilingual local search in the United States with 200 major cities. Based in Orlando Florida, Guias Local, Inc. focuses on bringing consumers accurate and simple to use, local search in both Spanish and English via the Internet and mobile platforms.
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