Fwix Brings Hyperlocal News Feed To The iPad

The iPad is undoubtedly a compelling device for consuming media, whether it be reading a magazine, online news site, or a book. Fwix, a news site that offers a stream of hyperlocal, realtime news by location, is launching a free iPad app to allows users to access local news from their communities. Read more about how Fwix Brings Hyperlocal News Feed To The iPad here>>> Hyperlocal

Marijuana goes geo-targeted and hyperlocal | Hyperlocally

So you need to advertise to pot smokers locally. How are you going to (ahem) "weed" out broader audiences from your target demographic? MyMarijuana.Community.com just may be the hyper-local, hyper-targeted, vertical ad network for your media dollars. Read more about Hyperlocal Marijuana here>>>

The Hyperlocal Rev Model: Sell Services, Not Just Ads | Hyperlocally

Buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis opened Borrell Associates’ Local Online Advertising Conference with an extensive report about the revenue possibilities presented to hyperlocal sites. Read more about Hyperlocal Sites here>>>

KLAS-TV to Launch Hyperlocal Neighborhood Web Sites in Las Vegas to Serve Local Communities and Advertisers | Hyperlocally

CBS affiliate KLAS-TV today announced that it will launch a network of hyperlocal neighborhood web sites in the Las Vegas, NV market, increasing local content offerings and expanding advertising opportunities for local businesses. Read more about Hyperlocal Sites here>>>

Outside.in Partners with Publishers for Hyperlocal News | Hyperlocally

Since launching its hyperlocal platform for publishers last summer, Outside.in has formed partnerships with The Miami Herald, Dow Jones Local Media Group, the New York Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Tribune Co. properties, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Breaking News, ChicagoNow, and Baltimore Sun. Read more about Hyperlocal News here>>>

Building a hyperlocal website: 5 things hyperlocal can do and be | Hyperlocally

Adrian Holovaty is the mind behind chicagocrime.org and EveryBlock, the websites that set the standards for all things hyperlocal. Read more about Hyperlocal Websites here>>>

Hyperlocal net AmericanTowns reports quick growth | Hyperlocally

AmericanTowns, a hyperlocal aggregator network of 15,000 sites, reports it is seeing traffic double every six months. Read more about Hyperlocal Aggregation here>>>

New iPhone App Helps Locate Free, Hyper-Local Fruit | Hyperlocally

Hyper-Local - Find Fruit, the mobile companion to NeighborhoodFruit.com, would help me locate fruit trees on public land on the go! Users simply plug in the current location (street address) into their iPhone to locate the closest fruit trees. Read more about Hyper-Local here>>>

15 criteria for picking a content management system for an ad-driven hyperlocal news website | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal - One of the biggest early decisions a hyperlocal site entrepreneur makes is what Content Management System [CMS] they will use. One can think about this similar to picking a spouse. You are going to live with the decision day and night for a long, long time. Read more about http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/dchase/201001/1814/ here>>>

Hyperlocal Business Directory MerchantCircle Signs Up Millionth Merchant | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal - Hyperlocal business directory MerchantCircle has been steadily growing as an online network and business directory for merchants in smaller towns to advertise to consumers. Read more about Hyperlocal Directories here>>>

Hyperlocal site CitySquares acquires Yokel.com | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Sites - While CitySquares focuses on hyper-local search, Yokel focuses on so-called local-product searches, enabling customers to look for specific products within particular geographies. The firm was founded in 2005 by Scott Randall and Don Zereski. Read more about Hyperlocal Sites here>>>

The Essential Hyperlocal Website Checklist | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal - So you’re ready to start your own hyperlocal website.
Are you up for the challenge, and do you know what it will take to succeed? Read more about the hyperlocal website checklist here>>>

Hyperlocal + iPhone = $0 Google Adsense | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal - I was surprised to discover, while Googling, that "hyperlocal" (and) "iPhone" called up zero ads. Similar empty result for "hyperlocal" (and) "Android." Read more about Hyperlocal here>>>

How Often Do You Post on your Hyperlocal blog?

Hyperlocal Blog - Chrysanthe Tenentes of Brooklyn Based says this: “Make it meaningful. Avoid content overload.” Read more about Hyperlocal Blogs here>>>

Hyper-local by Smart Data Collective | Hyperlocally

Hyper-Local - Several trends, I think, will start impacting hyper-local this year, mobile, context aware apps (most notably location awareness), and the social web. Yelp leverages social web of course and does have a mobile app that's location aware already. I wonder though, will apps like FourSquare, with its ability to serve up location specific offers and specials, start to erode some of Yelp's local clout? Read more about Hyper-Local here

Launching Local Site Can Be Simple, Fun -- and Pay | Hyperlocally

Hyper Local Site - For bringing this local breaking news site to life, Galant has been called “the queen of hyperlocal” by veteran journalist and BuzzMachine blogger Jeff Jarvis. Read more about Hyperlocal Sites here>>>

Hyper Local Blog Market Targeting | Hyperlocally

Hyper Local Blogger - What a mouthful. I am a hyper local blogger at heart. It is the focus of my writing and the time I spend studying how to get these blogs in front of new readers and provide valuable information about my real estate market and the community in which I live and work. Read more about Hyper Local Bloggers here>>>

The New York Times will hand over operation of its local | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Blog - The NYT runs two community blogs, called The Local. They have reporters and editors assigned to them but source most of their content from outside contributors, including readers. One of these will remain the responsibility of Times staff, while operation of the other will rest with the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. Read more about Hyperlocal Blogs here>>>

BlockChalk is the hyperlocal voice of your neighborhood | Hyperlocally

BlockChalk: The Voice of Your Neighborhood from BlockChalk on Vimeo.

Use your mobile phone to leave messages on your block, your street, at the coffee shop, or anywhere you happen to be. Respond privately or publicly to messages from people in your neighborhood. It's easy: you don't even have to sign up. Read more about BlockChalk.com here>>>

Google continues assault on hyper-local/real estate knowledge | Hyperlocally

NYTs City Room Blogger Moves To DC Role; Expands Hyperlocal Effort | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Blogger - The NYTimes.com is making some small moves regarding its New York metro coverage. Sewell Chan, the reporter who helped found the City Room blog three years as its first bureau chief is heading to Washington, DC for a new role. He’ll be replaced by Andy Newman, who most recently ran The Local blog in Brooklyn, the NYT said in a City Room post. Speaking of The Local, the hyperlocal project it started last year in collaboration with Buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis through his citizen journalism initiative at The City University of New York, is adding two more Brooklyn sites. The NYTimes is also handing editorial oversight of The Local to the CUNY faculty working on the project. Read more about Hyperlocal here>>>

The Jeff Jarvis Interview | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Journalism - I had a discussion with author and CUNY professor Jeff Jarvis recently and was struck by his passion about hyperlocal journalism on the Web – something I’ve never felt had a sustainable business model. You can see the interview on our YouTube Channel. Read more about Hyperlocal Journalism here>>>

MSNBC.com’s EveryBlock Adds Hyperlocal Discussion Boards | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal News - Hyperlocal news aggregator EveryBlock is making its first big move since being purchased by MSNBC.com over the summer: Visitors to the site will now be able to write up announcements of their own, which will show up along with EveryBlock’s existing automated blurbs which are pulled from local municipal sources and news sites. Read more about Hyperlocal News here>>>

Notify Your Neighbors: EveryBlock Launches User-Contributed Announcements | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal News - Until now, all the news on the hyperlocal news site EveryBlock was compiled by the site's editors and algorithms. Today, EveryBlock launched a nifty new feature that allows its users to post stories to the site and notify their neighbors about interesting events in their neighborhoods. The new feature allows users to post anything from news alerts to questions and classified ads on the site. These alerts will also now appear in EveryBlock's newly enhanced iPhone app. Read more about Hyperlocal news here>>>

Hyperlocal Media: How Local Is Too Local?

Hyperlocal Media - As experts, prognosticators, and major media product launches have insisted over and over, hyperlocal online coverage is the wave of the future—but no one seems to know how local is too local. A ZIP code? A ward? A city block? Read more about Hyperlocal Media here>>>

The Long Tail of Hyper Local Content | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Content - By tapping into the long tail of hyper local content, media companies can create richer relationships with their communities by reporting on everything from local politics, sports and education to culture, special interests, weather and news. Digital signage networks gain the benefit of highly relevant and sticky content, and their media partners connect with community residents while they are out and about (further embedding them in the local fabric). Read more about Hyper Local Content here>>>

Free Craigslist-like classifieds launches here | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Sites - A cool, free classified ad site has launched called “Hojlist.”

It is akin to Craigslist, using the Facebook platform. You can expect more of the “hyper-local” classified ad sites, just like “hyper-local” news sites. Read more about Hyperlocal Sites here>>>

Hyperlocal Blogging Tools

Hyperlocal Tools - Here is a list of the top the to 12 amazing hyperlocal blogging tools. These also fall under the category of vital tools for citizen journalists. Read more about Hyperlocal Tools here>>>

Hyperlocal Web Sites Are Becoming Major M&A Targets

Hyperlocal News - While newspapers have been decimated by the economics transforming today's media industry, Web sites that report news and deliver other content at the neighborhood, or "hyperlocal," level, are bursting with life, with many of them becoming sought-after targets by big media and big tech companies. Read more about Hyperlocal News here>>>

DataSphere lands $10.8 million to create hyperlocal Web sites

Hyperlocal Content - We've certainly seen a lot of activity in the hyperlocal news arena in recent months as media companies such as Msnbc.com, The New York Times, ESPN and others look to expand their audiences regionally. Smaller media properties also see opportunity in segmenting the news, creating niche online news sites around neighborhoods or topic areas. Read more abouy hyperlocal spending here>>>

Discount Site Groupon Goes Hyper Local

Hyperlocal Content - Groupon, a site that offers deep discounts for local services such as restaurants, auto detailing, spas and holistic healing, is refining its segmentation even further: in some markets, such as Washington, DC, it has begun offering hyper local discounts. Read more about hyper local discounts here>>>

Hyper local, tech savvy, evangelists

Hyperlocal Content - Foursquare users are people that really love their neighborhoods, getting out and evangelizing the businesses they love. This tech savvy, early adopter is exactly the kind of consumer business should kill for as they often influence large circles. Embracing Foursquare and giving these tech leaders the tools to promote your business is just plain smart business. Read more about this Hyperlocal Game here>>>

HyperLocal – a Framework

Hyperlocal Blog - Having considered several “core” dimensions of HyperLocal services, next up is key enabling technologies that many of the platforms mentioned above will build upon. As mentioned above, my initial starting list is:

1. Identity and Personalization
2. Social Media/Social Web
3. Real-time Web
4. Geolocation
5. Search
6. Mobile
7. Machine Learning
8. Semantic Web

Explore more about hyperlocal here.