Tag Archives: hyperlocal

CitySquares: Looking for Partners!

by Ben Saren on Jul Fri, 2007 in CitySquares

There’s been so much excitement at CitySquares for the past few months, and the dust is finally starting to settle. Well, that’s true for me only. Now that Bob has chosen to go the Drupal route, and has hired our new engineer Justin Leider, we’re on our way towards building and launching the new and [...]

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Hyperlocal: More Than News

by Ben Saren on Jul Sat, 2007 in CitySquares, Local Search

Back in December I posted a piece up here about what hyper-local is (hyperlocal, hyper-local?). I just reread it and I giggled a couple times, because my perspective on hyperlocal has evolved greatly.
With the recent news about Backfence shutting down, there’s been an awful lot of chatter in the blogosphere about this “hyperlocal” space. The [...]

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Backfence, No More. And?

by Ben Saren on Jul Thu, 2007 in Local Search

Anyone who’s been watching the “hyper-local” space (more than just hyper-local journalism) has been keenly aware of Backfence. They were probably the first Internet company to raise a significant amount of money and then try and build a business around hyper-local journalism. Many thought it would work, many thought it wouldn’t. The first time I [...]

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Doing this “Local” Thing

by Ben Saren on May Wed, 2007 in CitySquares, Locally Owned

Ali made a delicious dinner the other night; lobster ravioli with her own sherry sauce. It was absolutely delicious. I guessed that she handmade the raviolis all by herself, kidding of course (right?). She bought them at Dave’s Fresh Pasta, down the street. At Dave’s you’ll find homemade and handmade pastas – very high quality, [...]

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The Local Web is the Future of the Web

by Ben Saren on Feb Sat, 2007 in Local Search

It’s a funny coincidence. I was speaking with someone at a cafe the other day and I was amp’d up on caffeine. I mean, really amp’d up on caffeine. You know, like so amp’d up that I’m not really seeing what’s right before my eyes because the sun is bouncing around my enlarged pupils and [...]

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Hyper-Local Going Mainstream

by Ben Saren on Jan Mon, 2007 in Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

I’m a loyal New York Times reader, both online but also their Sunday paper. It shows up on my doorstep every Sunday morning and I often look forward to sitting in the kitchen and reading the paper, while my wife makes our Sunday breakfast. Long after we’ve eaten I’m still sitting at the kitchen island [...]

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Local and Hyper-Local

by Ben Saren on Dec Mon, 2006 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

Local is, of course relative. But as it pertains to the Internet, local can really only mean one thing – what’s close to me. OK, OK, “close to me” is also relative, but still, all things pertaining ‘local’ herein refer to local Internet search and resources. Boston.com could be considered in the ‘local space’ as [...]

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