http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ A forum about Hyperlocal en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:26:27 +0000 http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/hello-from-oxbury-media#post-36 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:34:23 +0000 jasonmawer 36@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Hi everyone, just a quick introduction I am from Oxbury Media </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/how-will-you-cover-the-general-election#post-33 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:54:54 +0000 hyperlocalrob 33@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>There will be a General Election within the next 4 months or so, and for me, like many local site publishers, this will be the first opportunity to give local coverage to an election campaign. In some areas there are council elections on the same day too. I can only imagine there will be a huge increase in the amount of stuff to publish from the various candidates' campaigns. So I thought I would start this post as a space to share ideas, thoughts and questions that may arise from covering an election campaign.</p> <p><strong>Online Q&#38;A</strong><br /> It seems fairly logical to approach candidates and ask if they will take part in questioning. What's best - live chat format or by email? Same questions to all candidates or different? This also creates an opportunity for readers to get involved in submitting questions?</p> <p><strong>Real life hustings</strong><br /> An idea I had was to try and organise a proper, real life hustings between the candidates. This would be a real local service and be a great offline profile raiser for a site too. Could be expensive though, and will need a competent person to run proceedings. Would provide a lot of content for a site and creates opportunity for video / audio content too.</p> <p><strong>Impartiality</strong><br /> What, if any, issues surrounding impartiality will affect hyperlocal publishers?</p> <p><strong>Extremists</strong><br /> We all remember the controversy that surrounded Nick Griffin's appearance on BBC Question Time. If you are reporting on the campaigns of local candidates, will you also include candidates with extreme or controversial views?</p> <p><strong>Advertising</strong><br /> Will local political parties prove to be useful advertisers at the time of an election, and should you start soliciting ads soon? Or better not to alienate readers and steer clear of political ads?</p> <p><strong>Election night</strong><br /> Would you goto the election night count itself (if it is indeed on election night - apparently many places are trying to opt for the following day this time)? </p> <p>Got any thoughts of your own on these topics, or additional ideas and questions to do with covering an election? </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/hyperlocal-domains-for-sale#post-29 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:50 +0000 QualityNonsense 29@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Hello All,</p> <p>Got a load of hyperlocal domains for sale. Details below:</p> <p>* BecktonPark.com<br /> * BowChurch.com<br /> * FriernBarnet.com<br /> * GipsyHill.com<br /> * TottenhamHale.com<br /> * HendonCentral.com<br /> * NottingHillbillies.com<br /> * CheapoLondon.com<br /> * RoyalBorough.com<br /> * BCNproperty.com<br /> * ChelmsfordProperty.com<br /> * EastSussexProperty.co.uk</p> <p>Interested? Drop me a line <a href="http://www.qualitynonsense.com/contact">here</a>.</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Richard </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/oodle-api-access-to-6m-uk-classifieds#post-24 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:51:06 +0000 dunlopd 24@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Oodle.co.uk is the UK's largest index of classifieds advertisements, indexing not only commercial listings but private party ads as well, providing an unmatched diversity and comprehensiveness.</p> <p>Sites can enhance their own classifieds inventory or launch their own classifieds marketplaces selling everything from Cars to Pets, Tickets to Sports equipment by using our API, details at <a href="http://developer.oodle.com." rel="nofollow">http://developer.oodle.com.</a></p> <p>Its free to use and sites keep 100% of the revenue from the display ads on the pages as well as 50% of the revenues generated from the clicks they generate.</p> <p>Interested - then contact <a href="mailto:duncan@corp.oodle.com">duncan@corp.oodle.com</a> or call Duncan on 0777 926 2121 </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/new-touch-local-api#post-23 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:55:09 +0000 danielm 23@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Hi,<br /> My name is Daniel Mermelstein and I am a product manager at business directory touchlocal.com( <a href="http://www.touchlocal.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.touchlocal.com</a> ).<br /> We have just made available an API to our content. Details of our API can be found at <a href="http://www.touchlocal.com/developers" rel="nofollow">http://www.touchlocal.com/developers</a> .<br /> Initially, our API can be used to retrieve business information for category+location searches as well as reviews for those businesses.<br /> It can also be used to retrieve special offers around a given area.<br /> Please have a look and let us know what you think. There is an API discussion forum at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/touchlocal-api/topics." rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/touchlocal-api/topics.</a><br /> Look forward to hearing from you! </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/harrogateorguk#post-22 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:10:42 +0000 hyperlocalrob 22@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Harrogate.org.uk was recently listed on Sedo as having been sold for £1100. Nice price for a geo .org.uk I'd say.</p> <p>Spotted via Acorn Domains<br /> <a href="http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/sold-domains/53894-harrogate-org-uk-1100-a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/sold-domains/53894-harrogate-org-uk-1100-a.html</a> </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/tube-updates-api#post-16 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:02:56 +0000 hyperlocalrob 16@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>There's some nice widgets available from TFL to carry live tube sevice information on websites at <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/widgets/," rel="nofollow">http://www.tfl.gov.uk/widgets/,</a> but I've just found this API which looks very cool.</p> <p><a href="http://tubeupdates.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tubeupdates.com/</a></p> <p>The guy is scraping the info from TFL and making it available by REST (XMl over HTTP) which means it can used in more flexible ways than just a widget. Nice, I will have a go with it soon. </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/west-seattle-blog#post-13 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:41:03 +0000 RayFromManchester 13@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Here is an interview with the owner of a profitable hyperlocal site, West Seattle Blog which I thought was quite interesting..............</p> <p><a href="http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2008/12/26/building-community-around-neighborhood-news-an-interview-with-tracy-record-of-west-seattle-blog-part-1-of-2/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2008/12/26/building-community-around-neighborhood-news-an-interview-with-tracy-record-of-west-seattle-blog-part-1-of-2/</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2008/01/01/monetizing-neighborhood-news-more-from-tracy-record-of-west-seattle-blog-part-2-of-2/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.angelaconnor.com/2008/01/01/monetizing-neighborhood-news-more-from-tracy-record-of-west-seattle-blog-part-2-of-2/</a> </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/some-suggestions#post-11 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:26:50 +0000 RayFromManchester 11@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>There are really only two or three ways of monetising hyperlocal websites. These are on site advertising and establishing a free / premium business directory. Everything else is just a variation on this. </p> http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/topic/first-post#post-2 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:35:54 +0000 hyperlocalrob 2@http://forum.hyperlocal.co.uk/ <p>Hi - this is the first post to this embryonic forum dedicated to hyperlocal matters. There's conversations happening all over the place about hyperlocal, so this forum might be completely superfluous, but it felt like a useful place to host a discussion.</p> <p>As for me, my name's Rob and I run a few local websites under the Hyperlocal.co.uk banner, most of which you can find listed and linked to at <a href="http://www.hyperlocal.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.hyperlocal.co.uk</a> </p>