Press & Blogger Information
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Company Description:
Praized Media, Inc. is the first distributed local search platform designed for bloggers and social media publishers to capture, aggregate and structure their community’s conversations about local places. Free to bloggers and community site publishers, Praized’s platform comes pre-loaded with over 17 million North American searchable business listings and seamlessly integrates with all types of editorial content. Praized’s platform is based on a distributed approach to ensure that each community delivers local results that are relevant to its users and also hosts a centralized database with its complete network of communities at www.praized.com, providing a unique, highly targeted social media based local ad network. Founded by a team of local search technology veterans and social media experts, Praized is based in Montreal and received funding from Garage Technology Ventures Canada in September 2007.
Press Releases:
September 3rd, 2008: Praized Media Named a Finalist in Red Herring Canada’s Top 50 Private Technology Companies
July 9th, 2008: Praized Media Introduces First Community-Focused Local Search Platform For Social Media Sites
June 25, 2008: Praized Media Powers Up For Launch, Announcing Partnerships with Yellowbook, Yellow Pages Group And Localeze
September 17, 2007: Web 2.0 Startup Praized Media Inc. Secures $1,000,000 in Seed Funding
Corporate fact sheet: Praized Media – Corp Fact Sheet- June 2008.pdf Logos:
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Recent Press Coverage:- TechVibes
- “Praized Media Also Shows at TechCrunch50”
- September 10, 2008
- Appscout
- “Praized Combines Social Ranking with Local Search “
- September 5, 2008
- Greg Sterling’s Screenwerk:
- “An example of Praized on a Newspaper Site”
- July 17, 2008
- Branchez-Vous:
- “Web 2.0: Montreal Critical Mass”
- July 16, 2008
- Mashable:
- “Praized Offers Websites Free Local Search”
- July 9, 2008
- VentureBeat:
- ““Yet more local reviews, with the launch of Praized“
- July 9, 2008
- Montreal Gazette (Roberto Rocha’s blog):
- ““Praized and the importance of community suggestions”
- July 9, 2008
Darlene Gannon
Concept Communications for Praized Media, Inc.
darlene@conceptpr.net
650.257.7616
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