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Social Media Wave

Using social media outlets as a way to draw in customers has pretty much become mandatory for even directories worldwide. Directories, local search engines, rating portals – they’ve all got the social media fever. An interesting example is the Herold in Austria, who introduced the Facebook application “Locations ilike”. Users don’t only have the capability to search, find, and save favorite locations, but can also rate them and share them with friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Qype Radar v2 lässt Echtzeit-Bewertungen zu

Qype-Nutzer, die über ein Android-Handy oder ein iPhone verfügen, können nun dank der zweiten Version von „Qype Radar“ auch unterwegs Beurteilungen verfassen und Fotos hochladen.

Im vergangenen Dezember hatte das lokale Such- und Bewertungsportal Qype die erste Fassung der Anwendung veröffentlicht (wir berichteten). Mit dieser konnte man beispielsweise per iPhone oder später auch mit einem Android-Handy Adressen von Anbietern in seiner Nähe finden und die Bewertungen anderer User dazu lesen. Eine direkte Interaktion wie auf der Webseite war über diese Applikation jedoch noch nicht möglich.

Das ändert sich mit der aktuellen Version (Qype Radar v2). Wie es in einer Pressemitteilung dazu heißt, erlaubt sie den Nutzern, sich nun auch “on Tour” mit ihrem persönlichen Qype-Profil zu verknüpfen, Bewertungen zu schreiben und Fotos hochzuladen. So sei es möglich, seine Erfahrungen unmittelbar in die Bewertungen einfließen zu lassen. „Ob unsere Nutzer gerade beim Essen sind, einen Cocktail in einer schönen Bar trinken, einen Shopping-Bummel machen oder sich Denkmäler anschauen, wir wollen sie in die Lage versetzen, direkt vor Ort bei Qype zu kommentieren.“, erklärt Stephen Taylor, CEO von Qype, den Grund für die Einführung der neuen Funktionen.

Übrigens hat Qype in Kooperation mit GoomRadio.de ein so genanntes Corporate Radio gestartet, das eigens auf das lokale Such- und Bewertungsportal zugeschnitten sein soll. Laut einer Pressemitteilung gehören zum Konzept von “The Qype Radio” neben internationaler Loungemusik auch Sendungen mit Empfehlungen der Internetplattform und interaktive Features. Bislang ist “The Qype Radio” auf GoomRadio.de und über www.qype.com/radio zu hören – allerdings ist es noch nicht über die Webseite von Qype auffindbar.

Qype releases API; announces new CEO

Qype is on the move: alongside its announcement of its new head, it has also released its API and is offering to reward developers for the best mashups.

It was recently announced that Qype-founder and CEO until now, Stephan Uhrenbacher has resigned his position. He will become Chairman of the Board, as described by the company in a press release. The new head of Qype is Stephen Taylor, whose credits include Regional Vice President and Managing Director von Yahoo! Europe as well as Managing Director of Overture Europe.

Just a few days before the change in management was announced, the company released their API. As announced in a press release, content from Qype, such as places, ratings, locations, place categories or photos become accessible for integration in mashups and other apps. The recently released ‘Qype Radar” application for iPhone (see our post) is based, for example, on the API.

Developers can download version 1.0 of the Qype API, and start designing applications. In fact, the best apps will be rewarded: first prize will receive a prize of Euro 3.500, second prize Euro 1.000 and third prize Euro 500. To participate, developers must submit their completed new apps by February 28, 2009 to Qype.

The API is not going to remain at v.1.0. As Stephan Uhrenbacher announced in the company blog, the first quarter 2009 should see the appearance of the Qype-API 2.0. Using the innovations of this API, it is planned to also integrate photos and reports from Qype.

Qype’s iPhone app is here

Announced a while ago by Qype-CEO Stephan Uhrenbacher (see our report), the app has finally made its appearance.  The geo-sensitive application has been released, tailor-made for the iPhone.

As Uhrenbacher details in the company blog, the app is called Qype Radar. Using GPS or triangulation, the app recognizes the location of the user and automatically show the best addresses in the user’s vicinity, including ratings of other Qypers. Through this, one has the choice of varied categories such as restaurants, bars, shops, hotels or clubs.  Thanks to the integration with Google Maps, at a click of an address one can navigate to its location on the map and generate route plans.

iPhone users can download this free application from the App Store.

Qype has also been busy on the (non-mobile) web.  The local ratings portal continues to target the international sphere (see our post).  In November 2008 a Brazilian version was launched, following the German, English, French and Spanish versions.  And as of mid December 2008, there is now a Polish edition as well.

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