Posts Tagged local
AskLaila - Local Information Search Engine with Reviews and Recommendations
Posted by ilovegajeebo in startups on June 5th, 2009
All Search Engines including Google, Yahoo, Live (Now Bing) have been trying to lure local businesses in spreading their reach. As the concept of Local Search increases, we are seeing plenty of new entrants in the field.
AskLaila, an India based local search engine, is a very recent entrant but is already gaining widespread popularity.
It has been able to attract a venture funding of about $12 million which itself speaks for the strong future prospects its funders are looking at.
Foodzie - Buy Food from Small Artisan Producers and Growers
Posted by ilovegajeebo in Daily Featured Websites, Latest News at Gajeebo on January 23rd, 2009
Foodzie is an online marketplace to discover and buy food from small artisan producers and growers. It is a great platform for small quant producers.
Buy Food from Small Artisan Producers and Growers
The Foodzie technology makes it simple for small producers to sell their products online and aggregate all these products within a marketplace. This makes it easy for foodies to discover some really great food.
The platform helps provide a centralized hub for these small food vendors, giving them more exposure than they’d get from their standalone sites. It focuses primarily on gourmet and organic health foods.
Business Model
The revenue model works like this - Foodzie earns commissions on each transaction that happens through their site. The platform handles only transactions and leaves distribution up to the individual stores.
The vendors pay very less commission comparative to the offline marketers, as Foodzie doesn’t warehouse the items it sells.
Funding
The platform raised $1 million in funding in Dec’08 from angel investors, led by First Round Capital and SoftTech VC, and is considering raising a follow-on round.
Future Plans
Foodzie is planning to add videos and other social networking features to allow buyers to communicate with the consumers. It helps in bringing the consumers closer to the people making and selling the food.
visit website - Foodzie
MetroMela - City Localized Information Portal of India
Posted by ilovegajeebo in startups on January 19th, 2009
MetroMela, a localized information portal has collated a lot of city data from almost all aspects. The site looks neat and using rewards driven submission will help them lure visitors to submit reviews.
Lot of new sites have come up in this domain and the competition is getting toughter every single day. Now what matters is the quantity, quality as well as the speed of information delivery.
KhojGuru - Location Based Search Engine | Retail Focused Networking Platform
Posted by ilovegajeebo in startups on December 26th, 2008
KhojGuru is another site on the very popular concept of location based search engine. Though their focus is on retail networking, they do offer other usual content.
The site navigation is simple and the looks are pretty ordinary. The site is still in beta stage and does have a lot of sections under construction. There is a huge work that needs to be done as the competition is tough with many sites already in establishment mode in this domain.
WorkStir - Mixing up the Marketplace
Posted by ilovegajeebo in Daily Featured Websites on December 12th, 2008
Workstir allows people like you to easily post all types of service requests, such as home repair, automotive repair, house cleaning, child care, and anything else you need done.
Workstir is a way to find local service providers. Instead of combing through lists of service providers and relying on gut instinct to pick the best one, you simply post your need and you’ll receive bids from service providers in your e-mail. The days of blindly selecting a service provider are over. Providers are given ratings and reviews on their previous work. You are now able to make an educated decision when you choose who to do business with.
WorkStir - Mixing up the Marketplace
The site connects consumers seeking local service providers to contractors, freelancers and other local resources through searchable service requests that make it easy for these providers to discover potential new business
Service providers also benefit from this setup whether they are a mechanic, painter, mover or a college student looking for extra cash, they provide local leads daily. Workstir will send an e-mail whenever a new job is posted in their area or a daily e-mail listing all new leads for that day.
It gives every service provider their own profiles, photo uploads and rating system so good work can be recognized. Your profile address can be shared on business cards and sent via e-mail.
In both cases, signing up is mandatory. An account can be created not only easily but free of charge, so that using the system is a hassle-free endeavor indeed.
This way, contacts can be made in a supple fashion and the presence of profiles contextualizes the search process itself, adding further versatility and making it flow easily along.
visit website - http://www.workstir.com/
IndiaKhelo - Platform to Showcase Street and Local Sports Players
Posted by ilovegajeebo in startups on December 5th, 2008
Local City and Street Players are lost in India mainly due to lack of interconnect between the local and central authorities. A place where records can be maintained even of street players give a chance to authorities to look for outstanding performers.
This kind of initiative needs a national scale as well as heavy support in marketing and promotion. The site looks neat and from our point, it is a great buy from an investor’s perspective.
Yelp - Real Reviews By Real People
Posted by ilovegajeebo in Daily Featured Websites on October 21st, 2008
Yelp - Real Reviews By Real People
Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about whats great and not so great in your world. You already know that asking friends is the best way to find restaurants, dentists, hairstylists, and anything local. Yelp makes it fast and easy by collecting and organizing your friends recommendations in one convenient place.
Yelp is a local reviews website covering almost 40 states. Users write and read reviews about anything from their favorite wall restaurant to the worst downtown club. Additionally Yelp offers social networking features: the ability to add friends, groups, events, talk in forums or message contacts. The idea behind this is that users will trust their friend’s reviews more than others.
Yelp provides online local search capabilities for its visitors. A typical search includes what the user is seeking and the location from which the search is to be performed, entered as a specific address, neighborhood, city state combination, or zip code. Each business listing result contains a 5 point rating, reviews from other site visitors, and details such as the business address, hours, accessibility, and parking.
Strong peer feedback mechanisms and the featured placement of popular reviews on the site and in local newsletters help motivate contributors. Yelp also applies a “First to Review” reward system to create a competition among contributing members, further motivating the creation of reviews and adding to the site’s business coverage. Over 10.6 million people access the Yelp web site each month, putting it in the top 100 of U.S. Internet web sites.
visit website - http://www.yelp.com/
visit blog - http://blog.yelp.com/
Samfra - Indian Local Search Engine
Posted by ilovegajeebo in startups on October 15th, 2008
Samfra is an Indian search engine, delivering India focused results. It is very useful in daily life, Where you can search for shops, retail outlets, restaurants, banks, ATMs, hospitals, clubs etc. These services are available on mobile as well.
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