Selecting the best sites the web has to offer
Metro + Regional
Thanks so much for dropping by SelectSurf! We've scoured the web to identify the best Regional websites for your reference.
A map of the Internet would look very different than a map of the Earth, but there are still plenty of online sites that correspond to real-life communities. The Internet allows members of these communities to share reviews, upcoming events, suggestions, and more. In effect, many of these sites work as online community centers. They provide a unique marketing tool for new stores and restaurants in the area, since they can reach out to a large amount of customers at once.Some companies have taken the initiative to start recreating the regional effect by targeting their advertising to users based on their location. This practice is known as geomarketing. Sites that follow its principles aren’t regionally connected themselves, but they will generally show different content that is based on and representative of the user’s real-life location. This location can either be determined via software or be selected by the user.
When picking sites to include in this category, we tried to pick sites that represent the best ways in which communities can use the Internet to build closer relationships, or otherwise see benefits online. “Community centers” like those described in the first paragraph are just one example. For instance, groups of people can also use social networking sites to build a regional presence online. Official chamber of commerce websites and online tourism pages, while not necessarily included below, are also popular resources for discovering more information about a particular area.
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