Local Matters Destination Search Platform Powers R.H. Donnelley´s ChicagoB2B.com Site
DENVER, Colo., May 15, 2006 - Local Matters, Inc., a provider of software and media services that enable Yellow Pages publishers and 411 service providers to expand their traditional service offerings, today announced that its local search platform, Destination Search™, has been selected as the platform to power ChicagoB2B.com, a regional business-to-business site operated by R.H. Donnelley.
R.H. Donnelley used Local Matters Destination Search platform to give the Chicago business community a local search and shopping marketplace that allows users to organize and save content from local search results. Additionally, users can make side-by-side comparisons of search results for evaluation purposes, save the results and map their locations. These features are designed to allow the user to make better choices based on relevant data and find services that match their business needs more effectively.
“We are delivering local search solutions that are designed to empower our Yellow Pages clients to play a leading role in the evolving local search market, ” said Perry Evans, CEO, Local Matters. “R.H. Donnelley´s new ChicagoB2B.com website was designed to deliver improved consumer search services and is intended to provide additional advertising and other revenue opportunities for R.H. Donnelley and its local advertiser customers. ”
About Destination Search
Destination Search assists Yellow Pages publishers in establishing technologically advanced, content- and feature-rich local search and shopping directories. Destination Search portals powered by Local Matters´ technology enable users to search a broad database of local content with consumer-focused, decision-support activity-planning and other tools. Destination Search portals designed by Local Matters feature a well-structured database of local business information, a highly targeted local search application and an array of consumer shopping and planning tools.
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About Local Matters
Local Matters, Inc., with more than 40 customers in 18 countries, provides specialized technology products and media services that enable Yellow Pages publishers and 411 service providers to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the local search market. Local Matters´ products and services are designed to enable its clients to deliver improved online and voice-based local search services, creating expanded advertising and other revenue opportunities. Visit the company at
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