Street Fight Daily: Facebook/Foursquare?, MapQuest’s mqVibe
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce and technology.…
Will Facebook Buy Foursquare Next? (ZDNet)…
Groupon Accounting Problems Put Spotlight on Board (Reuters)…
Consumer Trust in Online, Mobile Ads Grows (NetNewsCheck)…
Street Fight Daily: LivingSocial Delivers, Facebook Check-ins
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
LivingSocial Launches Takeout and Delivery Service (Wall Street Journal)…
Facebook Is Redefining Checkin Numbers for Pages (Mashable)…
Groupon Scheduler a Foot in the Door for Other SMB Services (ScreenWerk)…
Street Fight Daily: Groupon Scheduler, $2.5M Funding for CityMaps
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
CityMaps Nabs $2.5M To Render Your City Social, One Block At A Time (TechCrunch)…
Groupon Scheduler Rolls Out in Beta as Part of Larger Tech Ambitions (AllThingsD)…
How Community News is Faring (Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism)…
Three Years After Its Launch, Foursquare Works to Become a Business
Three years ago this morning, Foursquare launched what one pundit called its “where-am-I-now app” at SXSW – the name did not stick. Since its launch, the location-based service has attracted over 20 million users and upwards of 750,000 merchants, has outflanked a company worth $94 billion in the location space, and crushed a competitor that was sold to said company for its parts…
Street Fight Daily: 03.08.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Facebook Becomes Location Backbone That Lets Apps Import Checkins From Each Other (Street Fight)…
Will Ambient Social Location Apps Be Consumer Duds? (ReadWriteWeb)…
AOL Patch Sales People Reportedly Being Fired (Business Insider)…
Street Fight Daily: 03.01.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
LevelUp Now Seeing $1M Per Month In Transactions; Launches API (TechCrunch)…
Facebook Premium: Ads Everywhere, Ads Everywhere, Ads (BetaBeat)…
Foursquare Dumps Google, Goes Open-Source for Maps (ReadWriteWeb)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.29.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Dennis Crowley: Every Map Should Have Foursquare Dots on It (Mashable)…
Hyperlocal News Sites Stay Away From Election Endorsements (OJR)…
Groupon Acquires Travel Search Company Uptake (AllThingsD)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.21.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups.
Google Launches a Leaderboard for Check-Ins, But Foursquare Has Been Here Before (BetaBeat)…
A Customer Loyalty Program (From Some of the Folks Who Brought You Groupon) (New York Times)…
Supporting Profitable News (BuzzMachine)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.20.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up (New York Times)…
What Yelp’s IPO Means About the Future of Crowdsourced Media (GigaOm)…
Why LivingSocial Lost $558 Million Last Year (Business Insider)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.16.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon: Offering Deals With No Time Limits? (TechCrunch)…
Building Location-Based Social Networks in Egypt (TheNextWeb)…
Localmind Gooses Location-Advice Service by Broadening Focus (CNET)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.14.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups.
New Pew Report About Advertising on News Sites Should Open Eyes (PoMo Blog)…
The Secret To Making Money From Great Content (Business Insider)…
Hyperlocal Marketing Offers Powerful Returns (Portfolio)…
Foursquare Brings Explore Update to Mobile
The once geo-social-pioneer-turned-local-juggernaut, has updated its Android and iPhone applications with many of the local search features launched a few weeks ago on Explore for the Web — namely, better filters and in-search photos, as well as improved recommendations through wider access to Foursquare’s dynamic dataset…
Street Fight Daily: 02.09.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon Reports Quarterly Loss, But Beats Revenue Expectations (AllThingsD)…
AOL Hires Chief Content Officer for Patch (Reuters)…
‘There Are No Layoffs Planned,’ Says Patch (Romenesko)…
Street Fight Daily: 02.07.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Agrawal: Yelp Advertising Is a Rip-off for Small Advertisers (VentureBeat)…
Yelp Ads Are Not A Rip-Off, You Pay To Seal The Deal (TechCrunch)…
Facebook Is Bringing Ads to Mobile Apps (Mashable)…
Hyperlocal Publishers Need to Up Ad Accountability
Google Adwords, Twitter’s new Promoted Tweets product for SMBs, Facebook ads, and even Groupon, all deliver relevant geo-targeted consumers on a pay-per-performance basis. These social media ad networks will pressure traditional local publishers to match their offerings on price and accountability…