The local events segment is now relatively crowded. There’s Zvents, Eventful, Yahoo/Upcoming, Citysearch, Thrillist, newspaper sites, AmericanTowns.com, among others, as well as numerous specialized events “verticals” (e.g., local wine events or Jambase). Yet “events,” which can be defined in various ways, is an important piece of the local puzzle.
I recently became aware of a new site CultureMob, which has a strong social element and is also offering events recommendations to registered users. Zync, which was not long ago acquired by uLocate, was trying to do something similar with recommendations. CultureMob is currently live in four US cities: Seattle, Portland, Phoeniz, Denver.
Local events is also interesting because an area where “discovery” is more important than “search.” Mobile is also an important platform for events.
May 24th, 2008 at 1:14 am
it is interesting,
how can we will used it ?