About Us

Ionadas (Gaelic): Ubiety; Locality; The condition of existing in a particular location.

That’s what “ionadas” means, and that’s what we do – “locate” our clients for their prospective customers, using the immense power of the Internet to boost their visibility as a business.

About Brian Combs

ionadas local founder Brian Combs has had no trouble getting noticed in his 17 years as an Internet marketing expert. Brian began his work with locally focused websites at Quadralay Corporation in 1993, creating one of the first “local-city” websites, Austin City Links. This innovative site, which won accolades from The Austin American Statesman, The Austin Chronicle, The Houston Chronicle, and Texas Monthly, was chosen as the “Best Local WWW Site” by the Austin Chronicle’s 1995 Reader’s Poll.

Brian went on to co-found Apogee Search in 2001, helping to build it into one of the largest independent full-service search marketing agencies in the United States. Brian’s national clients have included NPR, Cavender’s Western Wear, Golfsmith, the Olive Garden, The SCOOTER Store and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

In 2009, Brian founded ionadas local LLC in Austin, Texas with the goal of helping smaller businesses benefit from his wealth of search-marketing experience. ionadas serves a wide range of clients across the United States. We invite you to find out what these businesses already know – the true power of a targeted online marketing presence.