Tech Soapbox
Blog URL http://www.techsoapbox.com/
Located Toronto, Ontario Canada
Tags technology, computers, web 2.0, local, local search
My place to talk about technology, local search, and web 2.0.
Latest Blog Posts
- LBS.com sels .. on Oct 15, 2009 in Local Search
LBS, aka location-based service, just sold for a cool $33,001. The new owner is hiding behind privacy, but I wonder if a local mobile site is on its way.
- Facebook & Twitter Integration on Oct 6, 2009 in Ranting and Raving
Integrating Facebook & Twitter logins on your site are not newsworthy. I’m looking at you every single local site out there.
- This is just Plain Cool on Sep 8, 2009 in Local Search
Pixel art movable map of Beijing. Plus hover over any building and you get its name. Where is the NYC-equivalent? UPDATE: A New York version - but I really question their alignment of up/down on the screen.
- Neal Polachek’s Repair Story on Aug 28, 2009 in Local Search
Nice little story on how Neal used the internet to save himself ~$250. What kind of stood out to me though - Neal used Repair Pal to find out how much a new starter would cost - he really used to the site for research purposes, not for the actual tra...
- Neal Polachek's Repair Story on Aug 28, 2009 in Local Search
Nice little story on how Neal used the internet to save himself ~$250. What kind of stood out to me though - Neal used Repair Pal to find out how much a new starter would cost - he really used to the site for research purposes, not for the actual tra...
- RSS is your friend you damn fools on Aug 9, 2009 in Ranting and Raving
I’ve been talking about shifting away from local search to local - and it boggles my mind how wasteful local is. My favorite example are blogs for businesses. Say I like Cafe X nearby. They have a blog (or even a website). They realize that get...
- Local Search vs Local on Aug 5, 2009 in Local Search Making the Monies
I’ve changed my tune before - particularly that reviews are overrated and recommendations are the future. But even more importantly - I’m realizing that the problem is that we are focusing too much on local ’search’ and too li...
