DISQUS

Yan · 2 years ago

I'm curious how aggregator companies are able to do their business? Most of these websites that they aggregate have terms of service that do not allow their content to be republished elsewhere. Do they strikes pecial deals? For that matter..what gives google the right to take content from other webpages and make money off of it by publishing ads?

This is something I never quite understood...clearly people _want_ to be on aggregators because it makes their content easier to find, but does that allow the aggregators to break the TOS on those sites? Is it just a mutually beneficial relationship?

By the way I run a website called Planypus which unlike some of the aforementioned products actually lets friends _collaborate_ to make plans together. Almost like a wiki that's live and easy to use to plan outings. So you can post an idea in about 10 seconds and let your friends fill in all the details and notify you when it's been decided. Check it out, thanks!

Kristen Nicole · 2 years ago

Great points brought up addressing the extremely nich aspect of local search these days. Even better that SuggestLocal isn't trying to be a destination site. Several start-ups are employing this model in hopes of partnerships, APIs, white labels and widgets, so I'm very anxious to see this dismantling of structure evolve in '07.
And it's always good to see Yan on the case! Planypus' wiki-like planning tool proves quite useful.

Yan · 2 years ago

By the way we at Planypus are certainly open to collaborating with some of the local search guys if they are interested in combining the power of local search with an awesome planning engine. I think it would be a killer combo.

Erik · 2 years ago

If you want to get really niche, check out www.AboutAirportParking.com. We built a Google maps mashup of airport parking information. That way you can figure out which parking is closest if you're coming from Santa Cruz (as opposed to Palo Alto), which is cheapest and which one is best rated. Not trying to change the world, but just applying a touch of Web 2.0 technology to a pretty boring, but important piece of modern travel.

Dave Naffziger · 2 years ago

Openlist was the first restaurant review aggregation site, and they still do a pretty good job at it.

Yelp uploaded their reviews into Google Base, which means as long as Boorah is using that content, I don't believe Yelp can demand a takedown. The Google Base terms allow Google to syndicate any content in the Google Base system.

Archie Manning · 2 years ago

Beware of Renkoo !!! Renkoo doesn't have anyway to delete friends/contacts in enter/ import off of your list (their system). I think it's just a way for them to control contact information. Who builds a system that doesn't allow you to delete YOUR contacts ?

Alex · 2 years ago

Archie, I feel your pain.

Mark · 2 years ago

I had a quick read of the information on this site and had a thought that the idea here is unique and should be rolled out into other areas, What do you think?

Mark