Comments on: Hyperlocal news sites — Main Street Connect — launch March 22

By: Buck Jackson

Buck Jackson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:12:32 +0000

Linda, thank you for your response. I guess if I squint really hard and use a little imagination I can see a little bit of the influence… nah, he missed.

Also, why would he look to HuffPo for influence? Hyperlocal audience v. a Global audience? It was stated in the article, “Our core reader is a mother of school-aged children; Madison Avenue is having trouble reaching her, and we hope to help them out.” HuffPo skews male 35+.

I am trying to understand this. I sold paper in the 90′s and may do it again if VC’s are going to be so cavalier with their money again.

By: Linda Austin

Linda Austin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:09:24 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Buck. I believe Carll Tucker mentioned The Huffington Post as influencing the design for the sites.

By: Buck Jackson

Buck Jackson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:22:40 +0000

After reading this story and visiting the sites I had to again check the date of this story. This plan/model/whatever you want to call it is a flashback to 1999 where VC’s threw money at anything Internet. In case you don’t remember, that bubble burst.

The UI and experience is dated. Eye-track is horrible. The advertising (revenue) model is laughable (I place advertising for SMB’s). Ugh!

Maybe I need to climb back into that time machine and sell more 90′s dot-com paper.

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:23:18 +0000

[...] Carll Tucker has launched what he hopes will become the first of thousands of hyper-local news sites. He is working on a franchise model at Main Street Connect. [...]