Canpages acquires GigPark to make social recommendations

CANPAGES, the Canadian local search firm, has announced it is acquiring GigPark, the social recommendations platform.

The announcement comes just a week after Canpages announced that it had acquired Texas-based ypOne Publishing's PhoneGuide print and online directories in Ontario.

The deal will see Canpages integrate user recommendations into its online local search platform, and add a social media layer to its online and mobile products. The acquisition will also allow Canpages to incorporate GigPark’s functionality and content into its ImmersiFind platform - the online search and SEO-enabled publishing technology that it licenses to 15 directory companies around the world.

Canpages publishes more than 80 local telephone directories throughout Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Yukon. In under a year, Canpages says it has expanded its reach from 2 million to 8 million homes and businesses across the country, and claims its website Canpages.ca receives more than 3.5 million unique visitors every month with their local search requests.

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