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Citysearch is the essential local guide for living bigger, better and smarter in your city. Covering more than 75,000 locations nationwide, Citysearch combines in-the-know editorial recommendations, candid user comments and expert advice from local businesses to keep you connected to the most popular and undiscovered places wherever you are. Citysearch is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media and is headquartered in West Hollywood, California.

 

FACTS

  • Covering more than 75,000 locales and over 18M local businesses nationwide
  • Features Best of Citysearch, a nationwide competition that lets local businesses compete for user votes - and win the ultimate honor of being named best in the city! Various campaigns run throughout the year, including Best Restaurants, Best Nightlife, Best Spa & Beauty, Best Shopping, Best Hotels and Best Local Services
  • Available on all major mobile platforms, Citysearch has apps for iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm and iPad
  • Founded in 1996 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California

VISIT >CITYGRID

CityGrid Media is an online media company that connects web and mobile publishers with local advertising organizations by linking them through CityGrid®, its local content and advertising network. CityGrid Media owns and operates leading local consumer properties including Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon. CityGrid Media is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI). For more information, visit www.citygridmedia.com

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  • Owns and manages the largest local content and advertising network on the web, CityGrid, which aggregates more than 700K paying advertisers, and reaches over 140M unique users across more than 150 web and mobile partners (internal data)
  • Operates leading local properties including Citysearch.com, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon, as well has investments in leading provider of online search marketing services, OrangeSoda and the largest social network of local business owners, MerchantCircle CityGrid Media grew from the growth of the Citysearch, LLC business and was formed in June 2010. Led by Jay Herratti, CityGrid Media is headquartered in West Hollywood, California with approximately 400 employees nationwide.

Insider Pages is a place where people go to read and post reviews about the services that matter most to parents and homeowners such as doctors, dentists, contractors, veterinarians, pre-schools and more. The Insider Pages Doctor Finder, a tool devoted to making it easy to find a doctor, dentist or medical specialist based on the criteria most important to patients, has comprehensive profiles on more than 900,000 doctors and dentists and over 1.3 million ratings and reviews from patients. Launched in 2004, Insider Pages is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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  • Over 2 million consumer reviews nationwide
  • Features Doctor Finder, a tool that allows users to search for a doctor based on criteria such as specialty, insurance accepted, patient ratings, years of experience, board certification and record, and gender

Urbanspoon is a leading online local restaurant guide, aggregating restaurant reviews from across the web including newspapers, professional food critics, bloggers and diners. Urbanspoon allows diners to make restaurant reservations through its online booking service, Urbanspoon Rez. In addition, Urbanspoon offers restaurants a complete reservation and table management system built to run on the Apple iPad, Urbanspoon Rezbook. Urbanspoon is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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  • Over 9 million iPhone apps installed
  • Urbanspoon's popular mobile applications on iPhone, Android and Blackberry offer a well-known Slot Machine feature. Shake the phone and the Slot Machine spins, then recommends a good nearby restaurant
  • Available online or via iPhone, iPad, Blackberry or Android applications, Urbanspoon provides reviews for restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia