DENVER, Colo., March 19, 2008 – Local Matters announces Guidespot.com, a user-friendly multi-media publishing platform for producing user-generated local guides. Guidespot users can broadcast themselves through the text, photos, business listing reviews, videos, links and maps they incorporate on a guide, as well as connect with other authors.
Local and national attractions and business listings, which include address and mapping capabilities, encourage user-generated lists and multi-media stories, facilitating the creation of a new foundation of local self-expression and knowledge sharing. Currently in beta, each guide created can be shared, receive comments and be rated by fellow users of Guidespot, supporting a dynamic and growing base of local knowledge and as well as an interactive social community.
“Guidespot.com represents a key step in our plan to incorporate social media into the local search landscape. We're connecting consumers, and blending this with content from many media partners into a new collaborative local social network. We think this new tool for localized consumer publishing creates an exciting new building block in the local-social media market," said Perry Evans, CEO of Local Matters.
About Local Matters
Local Matters, Inc. is a media technology solutions provider and specialized online media publisher, focused on the local search industry. It offers solutions that enable consumers to search for local content on the Internet and through voice-based directory assistance. It also owns and operates a network of thousands of locally-oriented websites with content directed at consumers seeking extensive information about specific local shopping or planning activities. Local Matters delivers its media technology solutions to 16 Yellow Pages publishers in nine countries and 21 directory assistance service providers in 11 countries.
For additional information on Guidespot contact
Alexandra Friedman or visit
Guidespot.com
