http://www.lopico.com/blog The official blog of Lopico.com Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:18:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes life gets in a the way. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, in fact in many cases - mine included - that can be a great thing. The fact is, Lopico has had to take a back seat to a lot of other priorities in my ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=48 Some of the most popular social networks seem to be taking a step backward to move forward. Twitter is, of course, the most prominent example. 140 characters, no photo albums, no music, just communication - and it works. It is for twitter, all about the content. Twitter's ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=45 Lopico version 4 (that's right 4... Though only 3 ever made it live) is well under way. The site has been down for nearly a year, and while I had reasons to take it down, it's time to bring it back. With version 4, I am starting with the last ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=43 By JDA Welcome to the first edition of Lopico's favorite. Every month, the business with the most votes from the prior month will be featured here on the Lopico blog. The first favorite is Bricco in Akron. Bricco is listed in multiple categories in Akron including Pizza, Eclectic, Lunch, Fine ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=42 Though the focus at Lopico has been about the next version of the site, we haven't forgotten about the current version. Every now and then a new feature or two will show up that is scheduled for the next release, but makes just as much sense to release now. ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=41 For the first time ever, Lopico is releasing its listings of the top rated businesses (by votes) across the site. Not surprisingly, most of these business come from Akron, OH, but Lopico's presence in other cities is increasing and hopefully there will be more business from other cities the ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=38 by J.D. Amer Lopico turns three today, and while we celebrated the big two with a new feature, this year I'm going to take a look back at some of the things that have happened in the past year. Starting in September of last year, right before the last birthday, Lopico started ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=37 Lopico provides a number of methods for keeping our users honest and our information unbiased, today there's one more. The review reliability score is an easy way for anyone to voice their opinion for or against a review. Simply navigate to any review and look for the section ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=36 As promised, the Friend Feed is expanding its scope. When the Friend Feed was born, it was only for reviews; now your friends' comments on reviews appear in your Friend Feed too. Soon even more things will appear as Lopico moves forward with the next version of the site. To ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=35 It's hard to believe for those of us in Lopico's high traffic cities, but there are actually some places that don't have search yet on Lopico. When search launched on Lopico it was reserved to only the top four cities at the time: Akron, Milwaukee, San Diego, and Columbus. ... http://www.lopico.com/blog/?p=34