[isf-wifidog] geo-coded content (classfieds)

[Michael Lenczner]

On 11/16/05, Rein Petersen <rein.petersen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I'm afraid I can't offer solutions regarding programming to make this
> happen but I wanted to pipe up with a notion of an ideal regarding how
> it might be implemented.
>
> For myself, I would prefer to see that each portal (venue) might
> permit users to post classified ads such that they would be
> venue/portal specific and not seen on other portals.
>
> At our Wireless Toronto meetings, we have had consensus that one
> venue's advertising should not be seen in another to avoid competing
> solicitations in a venue's portal page.
>
> This was probably your plan in the first place but I wanted to mention
> it, just in case.

actually - not really.  I don't imagine the venues provide a large
percentage of the ads.  Maybe they would be more visible, but the
numbers would come mostly from users + larger internet community.

I want to stay pretty neutral on that.  I would rather just say "here
are all the classified ads in a given area".

In terms of promoting events / sales / etc *of* a venue - that's more
a question of design than anything else - IMHO.  As in "where does
this info show up?"

>
> Thanks for following this up - it should be a valuable addition to Wifidog.
>
> Rein
>
> On 11/16/05, Michael Lenczner <mlenczner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So I just got off the phone with http://www.kijiji.ca/  They are owned
> > by Ebay and are doing free classified ads stuff in Montreal, Toronto,
> > Quebec, etc.
> >
> > They want their content our our portals.  ;-)
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