While I’m not American, I have plenty of friends and family there. I used your site to look up the name of a college a friend attended back in the early 2000s. When I didn’t find it, I had a quick ‘google’ (for me, Ecosia search) and found that the college in question had in fact closed down a while back after doing some dodgy stuff and getting a large fine.

Thanks for the adventure 😊

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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Tara Calishain
Sent: Monday, 7 July 2025 6:51 AM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Local Search America: Search the Web by DMA

Hey y'all,

Today I finished creating Local Search America, a new way to create
specific search spaces for authoritative institutions in American DMAs
(Designated Market Area, essentially a metro area.) It's available, free
and free of ads, at https://searchtweaks.com/ls/<https://searchtweaks.com/ls> .

Enter a city and state and Local Search America identifies the television
stations and government agencies which serve that area as well as the
institutions of higher education in that area. Up to 25 of those sites can
be bundled into a Google search (using Google’s site: operator.)

If you'd like a little more overview on how LSA works, there's a writeup
here:
https://www.calishat.com/2025/07/06/local-search-america-search-the-web-by-dma/<https://www.calishat.com/2025/07/06/local-search-america-search-the-web-by-dma>
.

Hope it's useful,
Tara
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