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December 15th, 2007

New in Beta: City Guides

While we’re very excited about the way our City Guides are evolving and becoming the hub for all the interesting content we are finding on every destination, they become more interesting when you understand all the technology that goes into them.

The same technology that allows us to quickly figure out which are the top photographs for any given region of the map is being used to render the widget at the top of the page, giving you a quick summary of the wonders that a city has to offer. A similar query is run for the Attractions, Hotels & Restaurants listings, except that any references that the PlanetEyeBot keeps finding around the web will influence the ranking of each place. We call it the “noise” factor: the more a place is reviewed and talked about on the web, the better it will do in our rankings.

Another very important element of any city guide is the information that a Local Expert may be able to share with you. There are already a number of such experts actively writing brief reviews, articles and other news to help you understand what the city is all about. Here are some excerpts of what has been published recently:

Contemporary art galleries stand side by side with 17th century churches; priests scurry off to the Vatican bypassing a young couple kissing in the shadow of the Basilica; and soccer is considered the new religion. There’s a new restaurant popping up every month; there’s a new bar opening every week, and you’ll soon realize there will be something different to do everyday! Whether it be a cappuccino craving at 3 a.m., hunger for a Thai-fusion dinner on a lonely Tuesday night, or a need for some cool jazz in a cozy bar, we’ll give you all that and more. Chiara, Rome.

Let’s talk for a minute about Yo’ Mama’s. Yo’ Mama’s hamburgers are so delicious and so good, my eyes roll to the back of my head in sheer sensory ecstasy when I get a taste of that meat. Yo’ Mama’s buns so sweet and thick, I can’t even get the whole thing in my mouth … but I do try my damnedest. Yo’ Mama’s – pure, unadulterated, all-American pleasure. Su-Jit, New Orleans.

You should also take a look at our brand new Upload and Geotag features as they have been optimized for those photographers that have a great collection of travel photos and need to manage many files at once.

For example, if you happen to know the name of a particular location where you took half a dozen of photos, just enter the name of the landmark, select multiple photos at once and drag them on the indicated yellow star.

One Response to “New in Beta: City Guides”

1. PlanetEye » Blog Archive » New in Beta: Top Photos Says:
   December 22nd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
   

   [...] a previous post I explained how we could show the top photos for any of our cities in the City Guide. Now we’ve implemented the same algorithm on our map regardless of what you’re looking [...]

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