pa href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13736953@N00/3041763549/" title="The New Citysearch by Rafat Ali, on Flickr"img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/3041763549_424495e59a.jpg" width="261" height="500" border="0" align="right" alt="The New Citysearch" //aa href="http://www.Citysearch.com" title="Citysearch"Citysearch/a, the online local online guide which is part of IAC (a href="http://finance.paidcontent.org/paidcontent?Page=QUOTETicker=IACI" class="ticker" title="IACI"NSDQ: IACI/a), is undergoing its first major relaunch in about a decade; for now it is in a href="http://beta.citysearch.com/" title="beta, here"bbeta, here/b/a. Cognizant of tough competition from the likes of a href="http://www.Yelp.com" title="Yelp"Yelp/a (see Yelp's new a href="http://localonliner.com/2008/11/19/yelp-traffic-stats-suggest-broad-local-usage/" title="usage numbers here"usage numbers here/a) and other strong local sites, it has redone the entire site—adding all kinds of social features and granular local neighborhood level for search (from 140 local city guides to over 75,000 cities and neighborhoods), among other new functionalities. It is also launching a new mobile version, optimized for new handsets like iPhone and others, at m.citysearch.com. /p p The Facebook Connect platform is integrated through the site now, which means that users can log in using their Facebook ID and add reviews, so their activity would also show up in the social site's newsfeed, and hence be shareable with friends. /p p I spoke to bCitysearch CEO Jay Herratti/b about the relaunch, which he explained entailed redoing both the backend (CMS, ad serving, analytics etc) as well as the front-end user interface. Herratti joined Citysearch as president a year ago, and even though it did a a href="http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/01/iac-diller-local-tech-cx_rr_0502iac.html" title="redesign then"redesign then/a, Herratti said it became too cluttered. This relaunch reflects the lessons learned since then about what things worked and what didn't. The site has also tried to strike a balance between buser-gen reviews, its own editorial reviews, and owner descriptions/b, something that Herratti thinks will help cut down the noise factor prevalent with other sites, and give equal voices to everyone in the process. /p p The company has also integrated local service provider reviews from InsiderPages, a business it a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-citysearch-to-acquire-local-search-review-site-insiderpages" title="bought early last year"bought early last year/a, into the nevamped Citysearch, even though IP will continue to remain a separate site as well. Citysearch handles all of IP's sales, and Herratti told me the site has now become profitable with the lean operation. IAC sibling Evite, too, is in for a major relaunch sometime soon, so expect some more integration with that as well. On integration with other IAC brands like Ask and Match, he said they will be careful about trying to cram in everything in the site just because they can—something that IAC CEO Barry Diller has also soured on over the years. /p p As for the economy currently, with local small business and merchants probably pulling back on advertising, Herratti said that surprisingly October held up strong, but likely that November and December will be affected. Diller also echoed this in the company's a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earnings-iac-after-the-split" title="Q3 earnings call"Q3 earnings call/a earlier this month, when he said that Citysearch and Match businesses haven't yet seen any discernible impact. IAC doesn't break down Citysearch's revenues separately but Diller mentioned in the Q208 earnings call that bit will do over $100 million revenue next year/b. Despite that (and this admirable effort with the relaunch), competition will surely keep Citysearch on its toes. /p piCheck out the best business jobs in digital media. a href="http://jobs.paidcontent.org/"Go here/a for paidContent.org Job Board./i/p pa href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/pcorg?a=S7ntYU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/pcorg?i=S7ntYU" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?a=CyAVN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?i=CyAVN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?a=qyZaN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?i=qyZaN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?a=DU59n"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?i=DU59n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?a=XhIZN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?i=XhIZN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?a=GqdNN"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/pcorg?i=GqdNN" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pcorg/~4/457988857" height="1" width="1"/

pimg class="float_right" src="/~~/f?id=49232a6f796c7a4200801ffdmaxX=320maxY=282" border="0" alt="nyt-gadget-blog.gif" title="nyt-gadget-blog.gif" width="320" height="282" /The New York Times (NYT) is taking on the likes of AOL's (TWX) Engadget and Gawker Media's Gizmodo with a new gadget-focused blog, a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/"Gadgetwise/a. Like its tech-focused sibling a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/"Bits/a, Gadgetwise reads smart. And assuming it stays fresh, it will keep near-top placement in our RSS reader./p pBut hey guys: How about some more photos? A good amount of Gizmodo's attractiveness, attitude, and traffic comes from its art -- both gorgeous gadget photo galleries and wacky captions./p pWe don't expect the NYT's scribes to goof off as much as Gizmodo's. But in the case of this new T-Mobile digital picture frame -- a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/a-phone-call-worth-1000-words/"one of today's launch posts/a -- how about a single photo? (We've included one below.)/p pimg class="float_right" src="http://static.10gen.com/www.alleyinsider.com/~~/f?id=49232a73796c7a420080200c" border="0" alt="t-mobile-cameo.jpg" title="t-mobile-cameo.jpg" width="320" height="287" //p pEither way, another smart move by the emTimes/em' digital division. Assuming it finds an audience, more of this, please./p pstrongSee Also: /strongbr /a href="../../2008/11/ny-times-digital-head-schiller-bails-for-npr-ceo-job"NY Times Digital Head Schiller Bails For NPR CEO Job/abr /a href="../../2008/11/cash-crunch-at-new-york-times-nyt-400-million-due-in-may"Cash Crunch At New York Times (NYT): $400 Million Due In May/abr /a href="../../2008/7/whats-next-for-the-nytimes-online-widgets-iphone-apps-apis"What's Next For The NYTimes Online? Widgets, iPhone Apps, APIs, And More/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/VZ456LF8otURsmlgqwqoTaGkPmE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/VZ456LF8otURsmlgqwqoTaGkPmE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=F85H1VdG"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?i=F85H1VdG" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=d2B51PDM"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=qBXdXyNC"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=80" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=e6aalITA"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?i=e6aalITA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=crbPnlbx"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=131" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=Hr1xh3b1"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=336" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=5PVFUVAQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?a=xylmMFVa"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider?d=50" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~4/UeP4IZP8bls" height="1" width="1"/

pobject width="494" height="417"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PfDwks6tohMhl=enfs=1"/paramparam name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/paramparam name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/paramembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PfDwks6tohMhl=enfs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="494" height="417"/embed/objectSee this ad right here? It's the Zune's latest TV spot, which debuted last night during Heroes. Needless to say, it has a generic look that could be for anyone. (Personally, I thought it was another Blackberry ad at first glance). /p pThere is an alternative. And it was produced by Sibling Rivalry on spec (as in, it's NOT associated in any way with the Zune or Microsoft). The ad is shamelessly, sickeningly graphic without a real message that I can decipher. But I have a sinking feeling that I'll never, ever forget it...no matter how hard I try:/p pobject width="494" height="417"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X6Mi0Bw75GIhl=enfs=1"/paramparam name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/paramparam name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/paramembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X6Mi0Bw75GIhl=enfs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="494" height="417"/embed/objectSo what do you think. Ad one, or ad two? OK...that pun was unintentional, but it's way too great to delete./p br style="clear: both;"/ img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=ca5fe2398e048d9c468d7021885e0922" height="1" width="1"/ img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=ca5fe2398e048d9c468d7021885e0922" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=7bMZ2Opo"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=iHgy8aKv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=hgrRqXoI"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=hgrRqXoI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=GbzozbXo"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=GbzozbXo" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7eyf9_-TB2Q" height="1" width="1"/

Ultimately, it was a desire to play his brother, C.J., that led Xavier Henry, the top prospect in the Class of 2009, to Memphis.

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