Comments on: Topix Aims For Citizen Journalists

By: oldtimerock

oldtimerock — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:49:15 +0000

This sounds like a good idea but I hope they can broaden their editor pool from just heavy commentators on their site over the past year. it would be great to follow this project grow and develop. oldtimerock from printable tattoo designs

By: Look Out Topix - Google Launches Localized News Service

Look Out Topix - Google Launches Localized News Service — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:41:05 +0000

[...] a name by aggregating tens of thousands of local news sources and aggregating them online (they also like citizen journalists). It was only a matter of time before Google expanded their news product to [...]

By: Gimmy

Gimmy — Tue, 01 May 2007 05:13:40 +0000

Its really very informative and useful articles I have found ever…….

By: nel

nel — Tue, 01 May 2007 05:12:22 +0000

thanks for the tips, this is an excellent blog!

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:25:48 +0000

Nice, I had the same idea over a year ago. Good luck

By: basicity

basicity — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:46:55 +0000

Topix.net acquired the domain Topix.com for approx $1M back in January. Topix.com was originally owned by a Canadian computer graphics and animation facility that specialized in character animation, special effects, film titling, and type and broadcast design.

This shows the importance of having a good domain for your business/company and that .com extension is still king. Here’s a clipping from Domain Name Wire (http://domainna...m-sells-for-1m/):

“When entrepreneurs start a web site they frequently overlook the importance of a good domain. They think that if the site takes off they can always buy the more expensive domain they want. But Topix.net is a good example of why this is a bad strategy. Buying a good domain name from the get go pays off in the long run.”

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:09:45 +0000

Citizen journalism is such a horrible idea. How could Topix dot com swim in exactly the wrong direction at this point in time? Haven’t the death of citizen journo sites demonstrated the true value of the concept? Apparently not. The last thing I want to read is what a bunch of morons with too much time on their hands have to say.

By: rack pallet

rack pallet — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:48:57 +0000

- To be honest; having to compete against Google News and Yahoo News … Msn News….

– Not quite a market place I would want to be

By: OhCash

OhCash — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:02:13 +0000

Thats a great domain. I think people underestimate the power of a small and catchy little word like that. It really can boost your popularity..everything else being equal
Business Ideas

By: soxiam

soxiam — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:55:00 +0000

Nice idea and probably the right direction for topix. I do however wonder how much of this move was to generate unique content to increase their search engine traffic at the same time trying to avoid getting hit with duplicate content penalty.

By: P. G.

P. G. — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:32:42 +0000

Other countries have had a few successful “citizen – journalist” sites for a while. Since it focuses on a much needed and “can-keep-visitors-contributing” Topix does have a bright future ahead. There are many ‘auto-news-generated’ sites. I believe the key to topix’s success is to make and entice visitors to contribute local news constantly.

By: StartupMeme

StartupMeme — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:13:16 +0000

One thing is for sure, it will make things more open and thus there will be more chances of events like Kathy Sierras’ happening.
Lets see what this world of ours evolve into

By: Startup Meme » Topix Becomes a Socially Editable Online NewsPaper

Startup Meme » Topix Becomes a Socially Editable Online NewsPaper — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:54:31 +0000

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By: san

san — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:19:29 +0000

not sure how far will this go. afterall many countries are battling blogger-journo credibility. hope more of these will change certain mindsets

By: L

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:15:38 +0000

How is this different from newsvine?

By: Laurent Van Winckel

Laurent Van Winckel — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:31:55 +0000

Very nice, very nice… *cough*

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:14:00 +0000

This sounds like a good idea but I hope they can broaden their editor pool from just heavy commentators on their site over the past year.

By: Don Wilson

Don Wilson — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:11:59 +0000

This just in — stupidest deal on the internet just became public.

By: Rich Skrenta

Rich Skrenta — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:11:24 +0000

Nate, if I knew you were going to follow me around the net for the next three years spamming that damn rotating url to the interview everywhere, I would never have done that interview. For the love of Knuth, please stop!

By: Beta Alfa » Medborgarjournalister sökes

Beta Alfa » Medborgarjournalister sökes — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:04:39 +0000

[...] TechCrunch: Topix Aims For Citizen Journalists “Web news search site Topix, owned by three top U.S. newspaper publishers on Monday will begin recruiting users to report local news that traditional outlets do not sufficiently cover in a bid for more readers. Registered readers will be able to submit news to the site from their computers and mobile phones. The service is the latest attempt to engage ‘citizen journalists’ and expand on local news offered by city and small town newspapers.” (Reuters) [...]

By: Nathan Kaiser

Nathan Kaiser — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:04:29 +0000

Great Idea. I interviewed Rich Skrenta a while back:

http://www.npos...?intID=INT00102

By: Somewhat Frank

Somewhat Frank — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:05:20 +0000

Topix Lets People Edit the News…

Topix.net, a local news aggregator, has launched a substantial redesign with an updated citizen journalistic direction which empowers users to be the editors of the news site. This is the second redesign in the last two years for Topix.net. In…

By: Kewtr

Kewtr — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:49:13 +0000

Ran across the site a few times earlier, and I kind of liked it already. Hope it gets even better.

Not holding out much hope since ‘everything is already invented’ or whatever, but we’ll see.

By: Adam Healey

Adam Healey — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:46:34 +0000

Not live yet but sounds really smart. I’ll definitely check it out.

By: Tony Chen

Tony Chen — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:42:10 +0000

It would be great if they can work together with craigslist.org