My latest project, the re-make of Sacramento.com, seems promising. Google is not the only player who can "do" local search...

SureWest Directories and The Sacramento Bee Launch New Local Online Destination for Sacramento; Sacramento.com to Provide Listings and Information: "SureWest Directories and The Sacramento Bee Launch New Local Online Destination for Sacramento; Sacramento.com to Provide Listings and Information

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2004--Integrated communications provider SureWest Communications (Nasdaq:SURW) and The Sacramento Bee, the second-largest newspaper in Northern California, today announced an agreement to make SureWest Directories the exclusive online yellow pages provider for Sacramento.com, a web site of The Sacramento Bee. This is the first partnership between a telephone company and a newspaper in the emerging 'local search' category.


'This type of integration between newspaper and directory content is a first,' said Greg Sterling, Program Director of The Kelsey Group's Digital Directories: Interactive Local Media advisory service. 'It's a bold move that should offer a very rich local search user experience.' "