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GeoSpot(TM) Deep Local Search Launches Nationwide on Web and Mobile

Posted on: Monday, 23 February 2009, 12:30 CST

FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoSpot, Inc. (http://www.GeoSpot.com), the location-based services (LBS) and information technology company today announced its highly anticipated nationwide GeoSpot(TM) Deep Local Search on Web and Mobile Web. This comes one year after GeoSpot brought the first-ever local search with time filter -- ability to search and only show results for businesses and points of interest (POIs) that are open now or at a user-requested time.

GeoSpot First-of-its-kind Local Search Service

The majority of local search services and internet yellow pages (IYP) display various business information including operating hours. However, other than business name and location, their data are not meaningfully structured and often display irrelevant search results or are not searchable at all.

In contrast, GeoSpot provides an unparalleled depth of richly-defined searchable business data. Users can search for a myriad of business characteristics such as what is open at a particular time, which establishments provide sought-out products or services, POI's affiliations and certifications (e.g. green-certified), accessibility, brands of credit cards accepted, products (e.g. organic food), facilities (e.g. public restrooms), recurring events (e.g. happy hours), and cultural and lifestyle characteristics (e.g. Spanish-speaking, kid-friendly or dog-friendly).

National Expansion

Since its beta release with limited San Francisco Bay Area-only data, GeoSpot has expanded its deep data coverage nationally. Today, GeoSpot's deeper and searchable content is available in major metropolitan areas and thousands of other cities all over the United States. Case in point, hundreds of cities now have 50% to 95% of its restaurants searchable by hours of operation.

"Early GeoSpot beta users in Northern California expressed their desire to conduct deep local search in cities that they travel to," noted Joe Chen, CEO of GeoSpot, Inc. "There is also a significant increase in requests from all over the country to expand GeoSpot's deep content to their regions. I am pleased that GeoSpot has achieved this major milestone and met the desires of users across America. We will relentlessly continue to increase the density of coverage everywhere and with greater depths."

Accessible from Wireless Devices

Similar to using GeoSpot service on standard web browsers, using GeoSpot on mobile phones is as easy as launching the mobile web browser and connecting to http://www.GeoSpot.com. No application download is required. GeoSpot service works on any browser-enabled phone including iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm, LG, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, Android- and Windows Mobile-based handsets.

Available to LBS Application Developers

GeoSpot's deep content and local search engine are also available for licensing by developers of LBS applications and platforms. These include manufacturers of mobile phones, personal navigation devices (PND), car navigation devices, wireless operators, and any location-based or map-based applications that can benefit from embedding a local search service in their offerings.

According to Dr. Egil Juliussen, Principal Analyst & Fellow of iSuppli, a market research company, "An early player in the market, GeoSpot is providing the in-depth POI and LBS data that will be needed for future growth of search-based mobile devices."

About GeoSpot

GeoSpot's mission is to provide advanced location-based information and search technology for the mass consumer market, and to empower LBS providers and application developers with a new generation of local search and exploration content and methods for the web and mobile phones. For more information, visit http://www.GeoSpot.com or check our blog at http://geospot-inc.blogspot.com.

GeoSpot is a registered trademark of GeoSpot, Inc. All other products and services mentioned are the property of their respective companies.

SOURCE GeoSpot, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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