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DNAinfo Expands — As Does NYC’s Rep as Hyperlocal Incubator
With its expansion, DNAinfo joins a new class of hyperlocal companies — led by tech startups like Foursquare — that were spawned in New York City and now are in the process of scaling their products into other markets. New York (and Manhattan in particular) has become a hotbed of hyperlocal activity in recent years…
Foursquare, Groupon: Square Has You in Its Crosshairs
Square is on a roll. The company is now handling $11 million in transactions each day. The majority of those transactions are coming from small businesses who love the simplicity of the system. Square is not the cheapest way to take credit cards but it is probably the fastest. And part of that roll is the announcement of customer loyalty programs wrapped into their existing POS platform…
Local Quotables: Gary Cowan, Patrick Kitano, Clara Shih and more…
The best words about and around the hyperlocal industry. Don’t dismiss local newspapers’ brand equity with audiences, says Ron Blevins from hyperlocal agency Novus. Datasphere’s Gary Cowan notes that hyperlocal news only exists because of some great software platforms; Jed Kleckner from Delivery.com brings out the environmental benefits of hyperlocal; and the Journal Register’s John […]
Street Fight Daily: 11.18.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Yelp Files for $100 Million IPO (GigaOm)…
Major Newspaper Publishers Band Together On Social Shopping Portal (PaidContent)…
Patch Traffic Rides High on Local Elections and Hurricanes — But can a Drive-by Audience Be Enough? (Nieman Lab)…
#SFS11 VIDEO: Fwix CEO Introduces ‘Location Search Optimization’
At the Street Fight Summit last month, Fwix’s Darian Shirazi introduced the concept of “Location Search Optimization,” or LSO, a process for ensuring that your content is location-aware. Adding just a few meta-tags and other bits of data to your site can ensure that your content is found by location-based search engines…
Streets Ahead: Google Chat, and Instagram Reels