http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10313 Kevin Marks Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:17:56 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10313 Tagging with place names works pretty well, and people are more likely to get taht right than typing in latitude and longitude. Tagging with place names works pretty well, and people are more likely to get taht right than typing in latitude and longitude.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10312 Bjorn Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:54:38 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10312 I agree. While the A-list bloggers have the long tail between them and everyone else on the cluetrain, local traditional media like magazines and newspapers have yet to hitch a ride. As more people understand the importance of blogs as sources of information, I think local opportunities for bloggers will open up. I agree. While the A-list bloggers have the long tail between them and everyone else on the cluetrain, local traditional media like magazines and newspapers have yet to hitch a ride. As more people understand the importance of blogs as sources of information, I think local opportunities for bloggers will open up.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10311 john t unger Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:41:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10311 I'll say this about local... if your GMB is based on physical products and/or custom work, like mine, local helps. I've sold a *lot* of my Great Bowl O Fire firepits thanks to the blog. But almost all of the bowls that sold off the blog were the ones I was able to deliver personally. I had email from an interested buyer in Calgary today who wanted to know what they freight would cost to buy one. Before my FedEx freight discount, the shipping cost exceeded the cost of the fire bowl... That's a problem local can fix. or I could just start designing *smaller* stuff, I guess. (and I have). I’ll say this about local… if your GMB is based on physical products and/or custom work, like mine, local helps. I’ve sold a *lot* of my Great Bowl O Fire firepits thanks to the blog. But almost all of the bowls that sold off the blog were the ones I was able to deliver personally.
I had email from an interested buyer in Calgary today who wanted to know what they freight would cost to buy one. Before my FedEx freight discount, the shipping cost exceeded the cost of the fire bowl…
That’s a problem local can fix. or I could just start designing *smaller* stuff, I guess. (and I have).

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10310 Alan Gutierrez Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:54:47 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10310 Then the killer marketing move is to pick a locale and brand it into little tiny pieces, creating splinter brands, many smaller blogs and RSS feeds that caputure a local flavor, and then aggregating them into a pastiche of the locale. Bonus if the locale is not already online. Bonus if the locale already has an international appeal. Bonus if you happen to live in New Orleans. Then the killer marketing move is to pick a locale and brand it into little tiny pieces, creating splinter brands, many smaller blogs and RSS feeds that caputure a local flavor, and then aggregating them into a pastiche of the locale. Bonus if the locale is not already online. Bonus if the locale already has an international appeal. Bonus if you happen to live in New Orleans.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10309 Jack Dahlgren Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:29:14 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10309 Didn't I say this last week? But since Hugh says local is not as "sexy" as global how about "glocal microbrands" or "lobal microbrands" Hm.... You would need a lot of stormhoek to make those roll off your tongue. -Jack Didn’t I say this last week?
But since Hugh says local is not as “sexy” as global how about “glocal microbrands” or “lobal microbrands”
Hm…. You would need a lot of stormhoek to make those roll off your tongue.
-Jack

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10308 Winnie Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:19:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10308 Despite a lot of commotion in the academic world about the internationalization of tags, I agree that their biggest power is local, or at very least, culturally similar places. I'm still hoping for a time where tags and search combine better. Despite a lot of commotion in the academic world about the internationalization of tags, I agree that their biggest power is local, or at very least, culturally similar places.
I’m still hoping for a time where tags and search combine better.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10307 Fenmere Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:18:04 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10307 Two months ago, I started tagging some of my posts "Bellingham." Mostly because my home town has this imense civic pride that's really difficult for me to schluff off. So I stopped trying to avoid it. Two months ago, I started tagging some of my posts “Bellingham.”
Mostly because my home town has this imense civic pride that’s really difficult for me to schluff off. So I stopped trying to avoid it.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-10306 Bill & Misty Olen Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:26:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-10306 Yes, it always comes back to local, that's why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is "Global microbrands scale, but real people don't, but you got to be somewhere." Yes, it always comes back to local, that’s why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is “Global microbrands scale, but real people don’t, but you got to be somewhere.”

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-11749 Bill & Misty Olen Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:26:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-11749 Yes, it always comes back to local, that's why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is "Global microbrands scale, but real people don't, but you got to be somewhere." Yes, it always comes back to local, that’s why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is “Global microbrands scale, but real people don’t, but you got to be somewhere.”

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-14189 Bill & Misty Olen Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:26:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-14189 Yes, it always comes back to local, that's why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is "Global microbrands scale, but real people don't, but you got to be somewhere." Yes, it always comes back to local, that’s why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is “Global microbrands scale, but real people don’t, but you got to be somewhere.”

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/02/27/geo-localization-of-tags/#comment-16631 Bill & Misty Olen Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:26:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2144#comment-16631 Yes, it always comes back to local, that's why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is "Global microbrands scale, but real people don't, but you got to be somewhere." Yes, it always comes back to local, that’s why Google, Yahoo, and MSN have improved their Local Search and format search for cell phones. Perhaps the rule is “Global microbrands scale, but real people don’t, but you got to be somewhere.”

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