Roundup of my Groupon and daily deals coverage

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Start here

• Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

For businesses

• Daily Deal Providers May Be Violating Consumer Protection Laws
• Shop Talk: A conversation with a Groupon merchant
• A look at Groupon’s extremely lopsided merchant agreement
• A sample Groupon merchant agreement
• How daily deal companies could improve the merchant experience — and why they won’t
• Best practices for businesses considering Groupon, LivingSocial or Google Offers
• Shop talk: Square and Groupon
• 6 cases when it makes sense to run a Groupon
• Local restaurant tries do-it-yourself Groupon
• Maximizing the value of deals on Facebook and foursquare

For potential investors

• What are the most notable aspects of the Groupon S-1?

For consumers

• Daily Deal Providers May Be Violating Consumer Protection Laws
• Daily deals and personal social responsibility

My stories on TechCrunch

• Daily Deal Providers May Be Violating Consumer Protection Laws
• Why All The Daily Deal Hate?
• Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse
• Why I Want Google Offers And The Entire Daily Deals Business To Die
• Google Offers Is A Cheap Knockoff
• Groupon Was “The Single Worst Decision I Have Ever Made As A Business Owner”
• Why Daily Deals Are Becoming A Raw Deal

My series on local search

• Part 1: Local search is starting to get more social
• Part 2: How the battle for local search will be won
• Part 3: Google Hotpot a strong competitor to Yelp
• Part 4: Statistics on business and consumer engagement in local search
• Part 5: Foursquare 3.0 takes mobile ball to a whole new level