Bringing more information and multimedia to specific geographies is an interesting area of local online media and is being done by PlaceBlogger (blogs), and TurnHere (video). Om Malik over at GigaOm has discovered that Yahoo is testing a new local...
Maybe it's Backfence (likely not), or maybe the truth lies in a low overhead aggregation model like Placeblogger (more likely), but it's clear that the need is there. In the wake of discouraging news from hyper-local destination Backfence.com (in...
Placeblogger: Searchable Directory for Local News Blogs - Blogs get their own localized search engine. Greetings & Introductions + Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Top Stories Since Our Last Report + Search Engine Watch Blog Recap + Our...
Placeblogger: Searchable Directory for Local News Blogs - Blogs get their own localized search engine. In This Issue =================== Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Membership Survey + Special Coverage from SES Chicago + Farewell...
Placeblogger: Searchable Directory for Local News Blogs Placeblogger.com launched its searchable index of local blogs, or "placeblogs. Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the Web.
Its apparent cash flow problems and layoffs could be telling, and a more sustainable hyperlocal strategy could be in an aggregation model like that of the newly launched Placeblogger. Hyperlocal destination site Backfence has lost its CEO and co...
Placeblogger was developed by Lisa Williams, who runs H2OTown with advice and support from Dan Gillmore's Center for Citizen Media, Jay Rosen professor of journalism at New York University and the author PressThink and Susan Mernit at Yahoo!
