Comments on: Interview: Why Platial Shut Down and What That Means for Geo http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: LBS 2.0: Don’t Just Map It, Manipulate It http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-551611 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:22:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-551611 [...] Eisnor is the co-founder and former CEO of Platialand VP community geographer of [...]

]]> By: LBS 2.0: Don’t Just Map It, Manipulate It http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242512 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:37:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242512 [...] Eisnor is the co-founder and former CEO of Platial and Vp community geographer of [...]

]]> By: The Daily Globe | Portland, OR » Blog Archive » End of the road: Platial draws its social mapping pursuits to a close http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242511 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:15:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242511 [...] GigaOm: Interview: Why Platial Shut Down and What That Means for Geo I’m not saying we didn’t have our own executional issues, but we were pretty well in front. We all assumed that the location-based advertising market would heat up a lot faster than it has. We’ve worked with all of them over the years: ReachLocal, AT&T/Ingenio. Advertisers are still thinking that within a city means location-targeted, so all of the benefits we were providing around a specific location were not very real. [...]

]]> By: End of the road: Platial draws its social mapping pursuits to a close « Silicon Florist http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242510 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:03:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242510 [...] GigaOm: Interview: Why Platial Shut Down and What That Means for Geo I’m not saying we didn’t have our own executional issues, but we were pretty well in front. We all assumed that the location-based advertising market would heat up a lot faster than it has. We’ve worked with all of them over the years: ReachLocal, AT&T/Ingenio. Advertisers are still thinking that within a city means location-targeted, so all of the benefits we were providing around a specific location were not very real. [...]

]]> By: Brad http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242509 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:51:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242509 Mapicurious

http://www.mapicurious.com

Thanks,

Brad

]]> By: deisnor http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242508 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:40:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242508 Thanks Scootdown, you have been a HUGE inspiration for us!

Brad, whats your site?

Liz, thanks so much for sharing our story.

]]> By: Scootdown http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242507 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:11:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242507 I’m really going to miss Platial.com I was an early user, and was enthusiastic about the idea of collaborative mapping tools. I was really hoping that mobile, future plans were going to light its path in a new direction. I hope it can still find a home. Thanks for your good work team-Platial, see you on the other side.

]]> By: Platial Shut-Down and ‘What It Means’ « Screenwerk http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242506 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:05:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242506 [...] now winding down, having run out of money “18 months ago,” according to an interview in GigaOm with former CEO Di-Ann [...]

]]> By: Brad http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/interview-why-platial-shut-down-and-what-that-means-for-geo/#comment-242505 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:43:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=102627#comment-242505 Sorry to hear about the decision to shutdown Platial, but we are happy to help your users find a home on our site as well.

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