UKNM: Re: UKNM Local Focus Sites

[sally krumholz]

In terms of integrating general info about the city and local vendor

reviews, IMHO the city guides do a fair job of it. Check out:


CitySearch - http://www.citysearch.com

MSN Sidewalk (although I believe this has now been sold to CitySearch) -

http://www.sidewalk.com

Digital City - http://www.digitalcity.com


CitySearch I do know goes around to local vendors and sells them templated

pages and advertising space. They also do reviews (some paid for) and

mention some vendors in their features. 


Yahoo also has some local city guides but in the US only I fear. And some

of the larger sites have a local thrust but lacking small advertisers.

Example: http:///www.about.com 


Good luck,


Sally


in reply to:


Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:14:23 -0000

From: James Bromley <

Jamesthe-nrg [dot] co [dot] uk

>

Subject: UKNM: Local Focus Sites


Can anyone give me opinions or examples of well executed sites that

focus on a local audience?


I believe this area has been tainted by low budget advertising led

directories, newspapers that replicate part of the copy from their hard

offering(no interaction)and local ISP's who have assembled local

businesses around their non promoted, now traffic free(!)urls.


"Local" on the Internet, it has to be said, is rarely credible, yet the

opportunities to link people who are within tangible travelling distance

of each other is a gold mine waiting to be found (at least outside

London).


Finally, as someone who has sat and earwigged for the past 12 months

since taking a "career adjustment" from new media, a warning; don't even

think about the traditional stuff, if you are on this list you have been

infected for life!  It pulls you back in.


James Bromley

the-nrg.co.uk 


Sally Krumholz

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