Bayt.com, a major recruiting site in the Arab world, launches a battle with newspapers in the region by offering online classifieds in the property, auto and “stuff” categories.

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In Spain, it seems there is no shortage of startup challengers to top dogs Segundamano from Schibsted and Loquo from The latest: Canaldeanuncios.com from the company O. DETALLES S.L., located in Bilbao.

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The one-year-old SuperMedia (former Idearc) service provider SuperGuarantee, rather than being about spotting the “good guys” as it claims, is about finding the highest-paying advertisers. It’s a disservice to consumers; and it’s missing features, which make it less than all it could have been for SuperMedia as well. Online directory publishers can learn how-to and how-not-to lessons here. 

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Reply.com files registration statement with U.S. SEC for initial public offering

Social and searchable, the latest portal in the Travidia AdNetwork is focused on bringing revenue to newspapers through grocery store advertising

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Major relaunch of Tree.com due in Q2 2010; interactive and social, focused on major life decisions.