Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1878 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 11:42 am: | |
Down here in Charlotte, NC if one goes to the web site www.charlotte.com , it takes you to the Charlotte Observer (which is Charlotte's main newspaper). So I was wondering a few weeks ago what www.detroit.com might be a web address for in Detroit. All in all detroit.com is a really crappie ad web site that likely dozens of people probably go to each day trying to find out more information about Detroit. Detroit.com is like one of those annoying web sites that you might actually accidentally go to when you mistype an otherwise common address like http://www.googgle.com/ Needless to say I was rather surprised that no organization or company has picked up that address. Seems to me that it should at least be an alternative address for something such as the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the DEGC, or the City of Detroit official web site. |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 291 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 11:49 am: | |
i dunno, seems fine to me. presents information, not too many ads, everything there is true and would help out a first-time visitor. |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1879 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 4:30 pm: | |
True, but sometimes a web site is people's impression of the city. A person that has never before been to Detroit and might be considering a visit for business or leisure, would in my opinion not be turned on by it. |
Greatlakes Member Username: Greatlakes
Post Number: 50 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 5:33 pm: | |
What exactly is wrong with it? It seems to provide adequate information for each section (attractions, hotels, etc.). |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 375 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 5:35 pm: | |
Actually, it's somewhat out of date in many sections. I was on a site similar to this one and it still had the Kroger on Gratiot up for reviews (EEK!). |
Crumbled_pavement Member Username: Crumbled_pavement
Post Number: 28 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 5:39 pm: | |
It was probably purchased by someone and parked so that they could make money off of ad revenue. For someone else to have it, i.e. city of detroit, detroit news, etc, they would have to purchase it from the owner. Maybe the owner is asking more than these organizations are willing to pay? |
Greatlakes Member Username: Greatlakes
Post Number: 51 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 5:43 pm: | |
It's by these people http://www.boulevards.com/asso ciatedcities/ http://www.associatedcities.co m/abouts.php?aboutID=8&PHPSESS ID=db154a0084e09161eb2d64b1eff d5fa9 who also seem to have created a http://www.newyorkcity.com/ and a http://www.chicago.com/ among others... Their Detroit site could definitely use more pictures... |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1880 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 6:22 pm: | |
"Their Detroit site could definitely use more pictures..." Except for the fact that they aren't apparently in the business of marketing the city. I guess maybe that is my problem with it. |
Shark Member Username: Shark
Post Number: 292 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 7:06 pm: | |
If you want marketing, go to www.visitdetroit.com Or maybe not, I can just see everyone on here freaking out because they dare to mention attractions in Oakland County. |
That_gurl_kat Member Username: That_gurl_kat
Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 9:33 pm: | |
Crumbled_pavement hit the nail on the head. They purchased the domain name to make some money. Unfortunate for us, but profitable for them. All of the popular extensions (.com; .org; .us; .tv) for "Detroit" are taken as well. |
Oakmangirl Member Username: Oakmangirl
Post Number: 564 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 11:02 pm: | |
freaking out because they dare to mention attractions in Oakland County. There are attractions in OC, really? Now, I'm freaking out. |
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248
Post Number: 1011 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 10:59 pm: | |
Shopping malls Oakmangirl! |
Detro Member Username: Detro
Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 2:07 pm: | |
Detroit.com has some good features. Businesses can post and update their listings for free - The bars and clubs section is one of the most comprehensive on the net, and the copy is original - The new interface is a real improvement and the logo captures the deco heritage of Detroit elegantly - According to the Google index, it has more than 200,000 pages of information about Detroit. - There's an event calendar that allows promoters to post their events for free. No government site or convention and visitors site would ever have these kinds of user posting features and or original editorial, so Detroit is lucky that Detroit.com is in the hands of a company that's investing in new features and providing free services to the community. |
Oakmangirl Member Username: Oakmangirl
Post Number: 571 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 4:19 pm: | |
Shopping malls Oakmangirl! We play pretty fast and loose with what qualifies as an attraction! Besides, Charlottepaul points at that merely dozens may visit the site each day, so it's not like we're shutting out throngs of potential tourists. |