Comments on: Topix.com as a Hyperlocal Portal

By: Hyperlocal News isn’t terrible … if you know where to look : HyperlocalBlogger

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:53:37 +0000

[...] regurgitated news packaged in a Google-friendly wrapper. And as I’ve written before, Topix is becoming more of a hyperlocal content source with its recent move away from pure [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:45:22 +0000

You need to find the appropriate city page, and then look in the middle for the section that says

[cityname] News Editors

and the link is in there. Good luck!

By: Gulf News

Gulf News — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:52:33 +0000

Hi,

Can anyone tell me there url from where i can submit my content feeds to topix.com

Thanks,

Editor
DailyGulf.Com

By: Submit Your Blog to EveryBlock.com

Submit Your Blog to EveryBlock.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:38:15 +0000

[...] traded emails with the founder, Adrian Holovaty, and asked him if he considers local portals like Topix.com or MapQuest as the competition: I wouldn’t necessarily say we’re competing directly [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:44:25 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Chris. Not sure if blog comments are the place to ask, but is there a link on a Topix city page where a local blogger could submit a URL?

And if a local blogger were to become editor of a city page, is there any risk/concern of spam or conflict-of-interest if that blogger kept pumping his own posts into the system?

I’m glad you have a couple ways to get local blog content. As I said to the MapQuest guys, it really needs to be as simple as possible. No doubt some local bloggers are pretty tech-smart, but many will be homeowners, small biz owners, etc., who are producing GREAT local content (that you’ll want on Topix) but don’t have the time or wherewithal to deal with too much extra effort to push their content to you. You’ll have to come get it from them in many cases.

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:17:54 +0000

Matt:

There are two ways to get your content into Topix — first, you can suggest a source (I have already added you into the queue to be crawled).

Also, you sign up to be an editor for any page on Topix, and from there, you can select articles which are appropriate there, including writing your own content on the site itself, or annotating other articles as they go onto the news pages.

Definitely a good point, and we aim to cover it.

Chris Tolles
CEO, Topix