Comments on: Yelp Improves Your Social Life with New Events Service http://bub.blicio.us/yelp-improves-your-social-life-with-new-events-service/ Covering the social economy driving the new Web Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:34:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad Rosen http://bub.blicio.us/yelp-improves-your-social-life-with-new-events-service/comment-page-1/#comment-18287 Brad Rosen Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:29:08 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=354#comment-18287 Brian - I completely agree that finding local networks/sites with people with similar tastes will greatly cut down on the time it takes to find things to do. It's about 1) cutting down on the noise with relevancy, and 2) finding people whose opinions you trust. This is where all the event sites fall down imo. I have a few related thoughts in my blog http://zync.wordpress.com. I believe, like Ethan does, that relevancy an social context are the keys better local search. Brian – I completely agree that finding local networks/sites with people with similar tastes will greatly cut down on the time it takes to find things to do. It’s about 1) cutting down on the noise with relevancy, and 2) finding people whose opinions you trust. This is where all the event sites fall down imo.

I have a few related thoughts in my blog http://zync.wordpress.com. I believe, like Ethan does, that relevancy an social context are the keys better local search.

]]> By: Ethan Stock http://bub.blicio.us/yelp-improves-your-social-life-with-new-events-service/comment-page-1/#comment-18046 Ethan Stock Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:50:09 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=354#comment-18046 Check out my commentary at http://onotech.blogspot.com (Brian, you might even throw it a link! :-) Social sharing is very important for local events, but local search is the core of discovery. Great relevance + more event content + social sharing = success. Zvents handles the first two, and broadly partners and integrates with media and social sites for the third leg. - Ethan, CEO/Founder Zvents Check out my commentary at http://onotech.blogspot.com (Brian, you might even throw it a link! :-) Social sharing is very important for local events, but local search is the core of discovery. Great relevance + more event content + social sharing = success. Zvents handles the first two, and broadly partners and integrates with media and social sites for the third leg. – Ethan, CEO/Founder Zvents

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