Yext has partnered with Italiaonline, the country's largest digital media company. The partnership will bring Yext's powerful technology to Italian businesses via IOL Connect, Italiaonline's new service, which allows businesses to manage their location data online. By joining forces with Yext, Italiaonline will help businesses improve their searchability on any of the 100+ maps, apps, search engines, and directories in Yext's PowerListings Network — including Google and Facebook.
"Together with our partner Italiaonline, we're excited to put hundreds of thousands of Italian small businesses on the map," said Howard Lerman, CEO of Yext. "Using the Yext Location Cloud, they will be able to manage their location data online easily and in real time, reaching more customers and driving more visits."
The partnership between Yext and Italiaonline comes at a critical moment in Italy, as mobile search continues to gain dominance throughout the world, and as the country's ever-growing Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) community increasingly demands a one-stop-shop for making real-time location data updates.
"IOL Connect is an integrated digital location system that, thanks to the partnership with Yext, we are proud to launch exclusively for the Italian market," said Antonio Converti, CEO of Italiaonline. "Being found on the web is essential, especially for local businesses. We now have a powerful tool — together with our sales network and local ties — including over a thousand agents and a hundred media consultants specializing in digital marketing."
Yext is rapidly expanding its European integrations and network, partnering with leading digital platforms and directory services throughout the continent. This latest expansion comes on the heels of several new product launches, including the Healthcare Location Cloud in the US, as well as a partnership with Snapchat to make sponsored Geofilters easy.
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For more information, check out Italiaonline's press release.
