Local Internet advertising company, WebVisible—one of the first companies that focused on Local Search–recently announced that the company is shutting down. According to an email, which was sent to all the WebVisible employees, the company found itself in a debt load that was too much to overcome. Silicon Valley Bank foreclosed on its loan to the company and will be taking its assets and collecting all remaining payments. The employees of the company were informed of this on December 27, 2011, the last official day of operation for WebVisible.

According to Crunchbase, WebVisible, a leading name in local online advertising, was based in Southern California. Its advertising products were powered by its Geneva software, which bought advertising space across a variety of media to make sure customers (mainly small businesses) received effective local targeting advertising.

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