Halifax NS, October 7th 2009. Local business promotion just got easier. GenieKnows.com's local search platform, which displays millions of local businesses throughout the USA and Canada, today announced the launch of its Premium Listings  product for local business owners, which represents an effective form of online business advertising.

Halifax NS. August 27, 2009 The relationships between GenieKnows and local universities have historically been strong, but today they were made even stronger with the announcement by Honourable Marilyn More of the ‘Accelerate Nova Scotia’ program.

GenieKnows Local includes embedded mapping feature for webmasters to help users pinpoint real-world addresses and business locations on merchant websites.

Latest local search engine release includes landmark searching, tactile map zooming, and expanded social networking functionality.

GenieKnows has released a Halifax search engine which provides the city with a standalone website that includes a zone-based map, business listings, and related business information.

Localeze, the leading expert on local search engine business content management, announced today that it has partnered with GenieKnows.com to provide over 16 million U.S. business listings, including listings directly verified and enhanced by businesses, to GenieKnows’ local business directory search engine, GenieKnows Local.

GenieKnows.com and Stephen Noton have teamed up to help raise awareness and funds for Make-A-Wish Atlantic Provinces Canada to fulfill the wish of Britney, a New Brunswick child, to meet NASCAR racing driver Tony Stewart.

When Stephen Noton (Director of Search Engine Optimization with GenieKnows.com) registered himself and his 2008 smart car into the ‘One Lap of America’ race, he didn’t plan on telling anyone. “I have always be involved in cars and racing and the Cannonball was something that I wanted to do for many years” said Noton from the company offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

GenieKnows.com has been named in Progress Magazine’s 2008 Fastest Growing Companies list for the 4^th consecutive year.

GenieKnows announced today the lauch of updates to its Games and Health Search v1.2 verticals.