links for 2010-11-02

After a little more than two years of calling HyperlocalBlogger.com home, the sun has set and I’ll be shutting the blog down.

The reasons are simple, and some are probably obvious:

I’m simply too busy to keep the blog going.

The LocaLeads platform is based on the latest location based services (LBS) technologies and a lead qualification process that employs human operators to listen to the calls to verify the customer's intent to do business. Advertisers have access to a full digital dashboard online where they can review the qualified calls and monitor the results of their campaign directly. Additionally, LocaLeads sales representatives in over 30 states provide hands-on support to advertisers, walking them through every aspect of their web and mobile marketing campaign.

Hyves has nine million Dutch members, was founded in 2004 by Raymond Spanjar, Koen Kam and Floris Rost van Tonningen. In 2008, Endemol co-founder Joop van den Ende invested in Hyves to take what was reported to be between 20 and 30 percent of the company, which has expanded to offer payments and games.

In its announcement today the company emphasized that it offers a customizable lightweight widget, which it says will be most appropriate for most people. The new API is suitable for "partners with heavy-duty needs and who can devote a goodly amount of development time to work with the data."