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Drimnagh is Good – a great illustration of the power of Google

13th January 2011 by nickygetgood

Drimnagh is Good telling positive local stories

Hyperlocal sites across the British Isles are using their Google juice to help define the area in the face of a bad reputation in the traditional media.  When people want to find out about an area they search for it online - they don't pick up the … [Read more...] about Drimnagh is Good – a great illustration of the power of Google

Filed Under: Blog, hyperlocal, Other Tools and Tips, Success Stories Tagged With: Birmingham it's Not Sh*t, bournville village, Corby, digbeth is good, Drimnagh, drimnagh is good, google, Graham Williams, kings cross environments, parwich.org, pauline sargent, TV3

Ten Questions: PixieSixer (AKA Annabel Clarke) of More Canals Than Venice

8th November 2010 by nickygetgood

More Canals than Venice

More Canals Than Venice was created by the mysterious PixieSixer (AKA Annabel Clarke), 'highlighting under the radar arts in Birmingham' and drawing much-needed attention to all the great arts and culture going on in the city: Birmingham rarely … [Read more...] about Ten Questions: PixieSixer (AKA Annabel Clarke) of More Canals Than Venice

Filed Under: Blog, Examples of hyperlocal sites, Success Stories Tagged With: annabel clarke, birmingham, birmingham uk, Hyperlocal Voices, kings cross environments, more canals than venice, Paul Bradshaw, pixiesixer, ten questions, West Midlands, will perrin

Ten Questions: Stuart Williams of the Bloxidge Tallygraph

19th October 2010 by nickygetgood

Stuart Williams

Stuart Williams created The Bloxidge Tallygraph for the Bloxwich area in Walsall, West Midlands way back in 2006 using Webs.com.  A photographer and local historian, Stuart intially evisaged The Bloxidge Tallygraph as being a local heritage and … [Read more...] about Ten Questions: Stuart Williams of the Bloxidge Tallygraph

Filed Under: Blog, Examples of hyperlocal sites, General ultralocal or hyperlocal stuff, Success Stories Tagged With: bloxidge, bloxidge tallygraph, Hyperlocal Voices, Paul Bradshaw, stuart williams, ten questions, walsall, West Midlands

Ten Questions: Karen Strunks of Wake Green Park

1st October 2010 by nickygetgood

Karen Strunks

Professional photographer Karen Strunks started wakegreenpark.blogspot.com in February 2010 to bring together the residents of the small Wake Green Park estate in Moseley, Birmingham.  She has since used the website to tell stories about life on the … [Read more...] about Ten Questions: Karen Strunks of Wake Green Park

Filed Under: Blog, Examples of hyperlocal sites, General ultralocal or hyperlocal stuff, Success Stories Tagged With: 4am Project, big apple unpeeled, Big Lunch, birmingham, Hyperlocal Voices, karen strunks, moseley, Online Journalism, Paul Bradshaw, ten questions, wake green park

Ten Questions: Sean Brady of Formby First

15th September 2010 by nickygetgood

Sean Brady

Sean Brady started Formby First in May 2007 to report on his activities as a locally elected Parish Councillor for the Merseyside coastal town, which is a popular tourist spot.  Since then he has developed the website to 'write occasional stories … [Read more...] about Ten Questions: Sean Brady of Formby First

Filed Under: Blog, Examples of hyperlocal sites, Success Stories Tagged With: Alderley Edge, Big Society, Birmingham it's Not Shit, Formby First, Formby.info, Hedon Blog, Hyperlocal Voices, jon bounds, Lisa Reeves, Mike Atkinson, Online Journalism, parwich.org, Paul Bradshaw, Ray Duff, Sean Brady, ten questions

talk about local in Swindon

27th August 2010 by nickygetgood

The Best Dressed Town Crier on This Is Penhill

Last week I took a trip to Swindon to meet, chat with and later interview the managers of three community websites at CLIP Penhill, a UK online centre on the Penhill estate that has been delivering talk about local training. My first interview was … [Read more...] about talk about local in Swindon

Filed Under: Blog, Campaigning, Examples of hyperlocal sites, Success Stories Tagged With: clip penhill, cricklade, cricklade bugle, John Saunders, jon allen, penhill, peter hansen, seven fields, seven fields splash park, swindon, This is Penhill, UK online centres, Vicki Farthing, wiltshire

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