http://blog.topix.net/ News and information about Topix. en-us tolles@topix.net 2008-11-13T16:41:13-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000224.html Maybe it's all going to work out OK afterall I've written before about PubCon, and why its different than most of the trade shows I speak at or attend. Small businesses and site owners making there way, and folks... 224@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-11-13T16:41:13-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000216.html Every day we try to come up with new and innovative ways to make your experience on Topix better and more engaging. With that in mind, we're happy to announce our new "local maps" feature. Now, on every local news... 216@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-10-02T10:00:00-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000217.html Special thanks to the folks at the Web Marketing Association for awarding us a 2008 WebAward in the News category. Topix garnered the award after being evaluated by a panel of three expert judges on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity,... 217@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-09-30T16:42:21-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000213.html The summer has been sizzling over here at Topix. Not just because the state of California seems to be on fire. We were just honored by AlwaysOn, winning their award for the second year in a row. As they say,... 213@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-07-17T13:42:17-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000212.html In our ongoing effort to make Topix better and easier to use, we're introducing a few updates to the site. Below I'll outline some of the major visual and structural changes that you will notice. The "hat" Overall, we've compressed... 212@http://blog.topix.net/ Topix Features 2008-06-27T19:25:51-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000208.html This month, comScore added a new category to its rankings within the News & Information category: newspapers. While we don’t have a print edition, comScore has categorized Topix in with other online newspapers (and our investors are the three largest... 208@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-04-15T11:30:50-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000201.html We just found out Topix is a finalist for CNET’s Webware 100 awards in the Search and Reference category. There are 300 finalists, but there will be only 100 winners –- and we need your help! Please vote for... 201@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-02-25T12:14:38-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000199.html Yesterday, for the first time, we received over 100,000 comments into the Topix forums in a one day period. When we launched this, I told the engineering team that it would be amazing if got to 10,000 comments a day.... 199@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-02-22T11:00:46-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000193.html I woke up this morning with a call from one of my board members asking me if I had seen the news about Google's new local news product. Gulp. Silicon Valley CEO nightmare right out of central casting, right? In... 193@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-02-07T10:06:40-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000190.html There has been a recent spate of hand wringing from public editors looking at the commentary on their own websites, despairing the quality of discourse, and generally criticizing the public of bad behavior. (Original articles from Miami Herald, Hartford Courant... 190@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-01-08T16:01:56-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000189.html Having never been to CES before, I'm excited to have the chance of doing a talk there -- or, more specifically at Digital Hollywood at CES, where I'll be on a panel - Personalized Media Platforms – Widgets, User Generated... 189@http://blog.topix.net/ 2008-01-07T14:06:36-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000186.html We've gone live with several publications as part of our recent deal to provide forum technology to Media News Group. There has been some pretty good coverage of the deal - along with some questions about whether we're facilitating... 186@http://blog.topix.net/ 2007-12-10T15:34:23-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000183.html Since Topix is becoming the go-to place for local voice, a few weeks ago, Chris dragged himself to a radio studio at the crack of dawn to do a series of 15 or so live radio interviews in towns all... 183@http://blog.topix.net/ 2007-11-19T12:38:10-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000182.html One of the tricky product-design issues we've wrestled with since the inception of Topix is how to expose 400,000 channels of news. We tried a number of approaches, including: 1. a ghastly left-navigation 2. splitting our Search box into multiple... 182@http://blog.topix.net/ 2007-11-15T13:05:56-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000177.html When we decided to tout how our local news forums were performing, we thought we’d give them a bit of scale. In particular, we thought it was interesting that on a daily basis, the number of active, local forums on... 177@http://blog.topix.net/ 2007-10-16T15:15:09-08:00