Comments on: Cougars, Yuppies, And Sugar Daddies, Oh My! Ex-Googlers Working On Local Startup TownMe

By: The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students — 2009 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:14 +0000

[...] Number eighteen: Town Me is a brand-new “Yelp”-like site where users can write reviews of restaurants, stores, tourist attractions, etc. I’m adding it to The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience”. You can read more about the site at TechCrunch. [...]

By: The GeoAPI Launches For Places, Tweets, Flickr Photos, And More

The GeoAPI Launches For Places, Tweets, Flickr Photos, And More — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:54:45 +0000

[...] on right now to put geolocation capabilities in every mobile app. Today, Mixer Labs, the folks behind TownMe, introduced the GeoAPI, aimed at developers who want to add geolocation features to their apps in a [...]

By: Local Andy » Blog Archives » Ex-Googlers Working On Local Startup TownMe

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:42:29 +0000

[...] Cougars, Yuppies, And Sugar Daddies, Oh My! [...]

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:42:33 +0000

“Ever wanted to see where your city’s highest concentration of frisky, mature Cougars was located?”

Hell No!!!

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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:57:14 +0000

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By: Peter K

Peter K — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:46:13 +0000

Does anyone know how their “Web Wide Rating” is being calculated?

By: cloverfield_monster

cloverfield_monster — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:07:05 +0000

oh yeah – when was the last time you launched something?

By: aninemous

aninemous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:30:10 +0000

I think that Townme is a superb idea. It has a great and very successful future. It is a fantastic idea that people will write about their own community. It is a pride and a joy. Thank you to Mr Gil for his genius ideas.

Best in the business

By: earthworm

earthworm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:20:16 +0000

Agreed. I actually went there and got a domain auction site. townme.com is the currently available URL and actually their logo is townme. on that site.

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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:12:56 +0000

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By: Amit Chowdhry

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:30:53 +0000

I agree with Mich, the website does seem mediocre. I spent no more than 5 seconds on the website when I looked at it. People need to start coming out with more original ideas.

By: Guias Local

Guias Local — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Nice Idea. Good job

By: Mich

Mich — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:44:27 +0000

It seems pretty mediocre to me.

By: cloverfield_monster

cloverfield_monster — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:33:41 +0000

This is a solid team tackling a large market opportunity. They are just scratching the surface.

By: jimjerky

jimjerky — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:13:46 +0000

now this is a really good idea for a change!

By: eattrn

eattrn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:06:34 +0000

I use the Dallas Observer for that purpose. But this could work on a bigger scale with sharing of info between cities for traveling like a local.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:13:02 +0000

I like the idea. Right now when I’m looking to go out and try something new I check Yelp. I like how they have an aggregated review from averages taken from 3rd party sites. I feel that it adds a bit more objectivity. Enjoyed the article. Great work.

By: Ex-googlers create TownMe | New Media Hub

Ex-googlers create TownMe | New Media Hub — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:06:29 +0000

[...] New online city guide TownMe utilizes both wiki-style curating and yelp-style reviews to create a sassy site. There is a map overlay with highest concentration of ‘Yuppies’ (young professionals who make $100,000 or more) or ‘Cougars’ (defined by the site as women aged 35-50 who are single or divorced). And a list of locations in town that offer free meals when it’s your birthday. More… [...]

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:31:40 +0000

Many sites have been coming around that are similar to this. We have launched our beta site recently as well: http://www.townsync.com. It has a similar concept to “Your town, online.”

By: Andrew Holt

Andrew Holt — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:31:13 +0000

That logo is confusing, I thought the domain was town.me.

By: Article Playground

Article Playground — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:41:09 +0000

I wonder is this another free and fancy business directory? We ask because it does look like it, as well as lucrative

By: Juan Snyman

Juan Snyman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:43:58 +0000

That is what I was just about to say! It seems that every second startup is founded by ex-Googlers nowadays. Are there really that many of them?

By: James S

James S — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:28:15 +0000

How will they make money?

By: ZingerSteve

ZingerSteve — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:24:44 +0000

I don’t need help finding restaurant info, reviews, etc. There’s plenty of places, mostly Yelp and a few good iPhone apps.

My point is that their database doesn’t seem very current from the get-go. It’s obvious that if they recently launched, the data is coming from somewhere and isn’t very accurate.

Boulder does not have five zoos. We don’t even have one. Our local Museum of Contemporary Art is not a zoo. Where are they getting this stuff?

Also, why was there such a prominent display of local statistics. If I want to use this as a local guide (restaurants, events, attractions, etc.), I don’t really care that Boulder is number 9 of Colorado’s largest cities. This was displayed larger above local listings. I want local happenings, not census stats.

I guess I don’t understand if this is for locals or visitors. It feels like a travel guide site but seems to be claiming otherwise.

By: Bruce Marler

Bruce Marler — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:20:28 +0000

Most people will never take the time to use the features/functionality. For some crowds it works but not mainstream users. We at Missouri.me created community portals for every town in Missouri. We found the only way to get people generating content was by giving access to community leaders. As much as I hate to say it we had to get the engineer/cool techie/early adopter mindset out of the way and focus on what small communities really wanted.