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Local Onliner

Mar 24
2011

ILM East: Eventbrite, Goby and How Social Media Transforms Events

Events and “recreational discovery” are being transformed by social media, as evidenced by the development of Eventbrite, a new ticketing platform, and Goby, which helps consumers find things to do, including travel. Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz noted that his company, founded in 2006, produced gross ticket sales “approaching a half billion dollars” plus thousands of …continue reading »

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Jan 12
2011

Goby: Go Mobile (and Go Social,) Event Marketers

Local consumers are looking beyond pure search when they are looking for family fun. That’s the unmet need that Boston-based Goby.com is trying to meet in its 350 category, events and family fun search site. The site is now reaching 500,000 unique visitors a month — double the number from our prior writeup of the …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Verticals

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Mar 15
2010

Goby.com: Search Engine Focuses on Local Events + Travel

Events are a vertical that cuts across many segments: travel, retail, sports, entertainment, education, dining, culture and others. Major players include specialists such as Zvents, Eventful, Americantowns.com and Center’d. City sites such as Citysearch and Yelp are active in the space as well. A new one for us is Goby.com, a venture-backed firm that comes …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Shopping, Verticals

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