Comments on: A Land Grab Is Under Way in Hyper-Local Media

By: rick

rick — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:02:05 +0000

how do they differ from outside.in?

By: EveryBlock Learns Secret to Local News: People: Tech News and Analysis «

EveryBlock Learns Secret to Local News: People: Tech News and Analysis « — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:01:13 +0000

[...] automated aggregator of content for local sites, eventually discovered — as CEO Chris Tolles mentioned in an interview with me recently — that it had actually become a sounding board for residents of small towns and regions [...]

By: Hyperlocal? « Wir sprechen Online.

Hyperlocal? « Wir sprechen Online. — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:26:54 +0000

[...] acquires hyperlocal aggregator Outside.in for a merger with Patch. Hyperlocal wishes and dreams; [...]

By: Hyper-Local News: It’s About the Community or It Fails: Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:16:12 +0000

[...] on the web, started out doing the news aggregation thing just like Outside.in and Everyblock, co-founder Chris Tolles said recently in an interview with me, and then almost accidentally started to become a community hub for lots of small towns and regions [...]

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:48:50 +0000

Reed:

We do in fact provide moderation, in the form of taking out nearly 15% of all posts from our site, and dealing with feedback within 3 working days (to the tune of over 1,000 issues per day).

People being upset by gossip is hardly anything new.

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:20:14 +0000

I believe that my “#2 or #3″ reference here had a couple of caveats – specifically that it was people who did *not* have an offline presence (like physical newspapers) and were doing temporally relevant local content — so not directories or reviews sites.

So, people like patch, outside.in, FWIX, and the myriad of local blog networks.

Mind you, we show up as a top 15 newspaper chain (right behind Media News Group) and well within the top ten individual newspaper *sites*.

By: Reed

Reed — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:19:12 +0000

I noticed the article failed to mention how much destruction Topix has done to communities. That site is nothing short of a cyberbullying site who, according to one Attorney General receives more complaints than any other company. They don’t require registration or moderate their forums. They consistently don’t show any business ethics and you can’t even talk to a live person with that company. I am sorry but if that’s the future of media, then this world has no hope. If you want an example (in which there are many) let’s look at the following: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110212/NEWS01/302120073/Southern-Indiana-deaths-turn-spotlight-Topix-com

I am not trying to be rude here, but how anyone can defend Topix or their business ethics is beyond me.

By: Fastrabbit

Fastrabbit — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:22:28 +0000

8M/month is nice but only a fraction of what the big boys in local are getting. The CEO claiming they are 2nd or 3rd is ridiculous. I expect GigaOM to be better researched and analyzed than engad/giz/crunch/mash/etc so am surprised that you posted that claim without any mention of its inaccuracy. In fact, by juxtaposing it with the statement that they are 2x patch, you seem to be supporting it to uninformed readers. The CEO needs to learn more about the local space he plays in IMO.

By: Virtual Media

Virtual Media — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:55:44 +0000

I agree that most of the posts below, just because AOL or PATCH throws up a tent pole, it hardly makes them a site a local would go to to seek local content. I would also like to point out doing a Google Local or News search brings far better results than Patch. I find it hard to believe they have the traffic they do, It must be from users who don’t know how to use Google.

By: Ian Lamont

Ian Lamont — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:02:02 +0000

From the headline to the many unverified claims of the CEO, this reads like a promotion for Topix.