Comments on: Introducing YouMagix – a unique social experiment in local listing/classifieds business

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[...] UGC approach is also followed by few local search providers too (sites like yulop/youmagix etc too allow viewers to add listings). But the basic question is why should somebody add local [...]

By: Priya

Priya — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:02:10 +0000

onyomo certainly has a better approach by being present on mobile search. Priya www.goforads.com

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Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:54:25 +0000

[...] YouMagix – a new experiment in local listing/classified business [...]

By: Subodh Vinchurakr

Subodh Vinchurakr — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:04:17 +0000

Thank you Ashish for insightful review & asking relevant and thought provoking questions.

1. “authenticity of the data” issue: In Open world constant peer review ensures that data is fresh and relevant all the time. It may start with a mess only to end up into a very reliable compilation of useful information.

2 it is not (only) a local search game & gradually as the platform evolves you will see more differences than similarities between other models in this space & YouMagix.

In purely statistical sense, as any other social experiment jury is still out on the outcome. This experiment has its basis in solid conviction about the power of millions in creating a useful place for everyone.

Subodh

By: Observer

Observer — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:27:27 +0000

“I just checked out samfra.com…” The comment comes from Samfra.com??

By: Ashish

Ashish — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:01:46 +0000

Hey Ashish! I sincerely apologize for that ! The theme that I was using earlier was banned by wordpress (as the original theme contained malicious URLs). So had to change the theme. This theme will stick around for a looong time (I promise!).

Please let me know your feedback on this theme!
Sorry again! (and thanks for your comments!)

By: Ashish

Ashish — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:52:14 +0000

Dude! Do you have a new ‘change the blog theme every 2 days policy’? It seems like I am on a different blog everytime!

I think you should get a visitor poll done on the best theme and stick with it (at least for some time).

By: Gagan

Gagan — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:47:28 +0000

I liked the product concept..but I am wondering whether this is really a product for Indian market?
Because as Ashish said, ppl in India need to be trained (as far as UGC is concerned)..

Overall, these guys have simplified the overall listing business – but only time will tell how they fare against the other listing services..

By: Sweta

Sweta — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:14:04 +0000

Will they verify the local listing addresses? I mean what is the authenticity of the data?

By: rahul

rahul — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:19:41 +0000

looks like the local search is really heating up.
I just checked out http://www.samfra.com and they seem to have similar strategy.