Local Search

In an effort to maintain fast-changing Points of Interest (POI) categories used in local search, Infogroup maintains a dedicated compilation team that utilizes specialized compilation methods for the POI categories.

POI refers to a location used by in-car navigation, local search, and GPS or mapping companies that provide consumers with information on a desired destination, or Point of Interest. End users look up Points of Interest along travel routes; POIs include shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, banks, golf courses and gas stations.

Infogroup is consistently chosen by top-tier search engines due to its superior compilation, verification and quality assurance processes that produce the highest-quality POI data for search applications. Infogroup data is used by the top 5 Internet search engines, 90% of in-car navigation systems in North America, mobile navigation, and Internet Yellow Pages.

Local Search verticals that use our data: 
 
  • Search Engines
  • Navigation / GPS
  • IYP (Internet YellowPages)
  • Local / Mobile Search
  • 411 / Directory Assistance
  • Social Networking
  • Real Estate
  • Newspaper / Classifieds
  • Telematics
  • Online Business Listing Management (CMR's & SEO/SEM)