Smalltown expands its scope to the Internet community at large with Webcards.com
Online local community site, Smalltown, is starting to think bigger picture. Today, the service launches a new site, Webcards.com, to simplify advertising campaigns over multiple platforms. The idea is still to focus on small local business, but to help these companies easily expand to the Internet at large.
Webcards (the product) have actually been a part of Smalltown since the site launched in October of 2006. Now, however, with an extremely easy-to-use online builder, users can… Continue Reading
Smalltown, a small local site, acquires tinier Local2Me
Despite the meltdown and slow death of a local community news site BackFence, the local market continues to draw interest.
Last week, the hyperlocal news and blog site, Outside.in, raised a $1.5 million second round of funding and a month ago, American Towns raised $3.3 million. Yahoo and Google, despite offering more sophisticated local results, haven’t yet created vibrant communities. Yelp, another locale listing site, hasn’t sewn up the market either.
Today, Smalltown, a site that helps… Continue Reading
Community site, Smalltown, expands
Smalltown, another company seeking to offer a Yellow Pages-like service with a more compelling online experience and community feel, is expanding to cover more cities.
The site launched in the cities of Burlingame and San Mateo in October, and now claims 3.5 percent of populations of those two cities visit its site at least once a week. That may seem small, but this isn’t bad for five months work. The Mercury News, by comparison, enjoys about… Continue Reading
InterActiveCorp strives for local holy grail, with “Ask City”
InterActiveCorp is about to unload a local information and entertainment service, apparently named “Ask City,” and it’s about time.
IAC is an Internet media conglomerate headed by Barry Diller, and it plans to introduce the local site next week, combining Web search, city guides, maps and event listings and tickets, a move that appears to finally combine the company’s assets in a logical way.The new Web-based city guides, scheduled to start Dec. 4, will be… Continue Reading
Smalltown, the hyperlocal Web site, worth a look
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New start-up Smalltown is going after the local business listings market with an ambitious, focused social network model. It has a charming “smalltown” feel, and seeks to build a community of users around those listings. This company will be one to watch.
It launches today (Tuesday). It has received $3 million in venture capital from Formative Ventures.
Founder and chief exec Hal Rucker gave us a demo of the site. It aims for comprehensive listings of businesses,… Continue Reading