6 month 8th news insider , Founder of the earliest social network UUZONE taking Chi hung again business, founded by its local quiz Web site LOCQL has recently been launched.
it is learned that LOCQL runs on Google app engine, users can log in with Facebook Connect. The concept is simple: encourage users as much as possible to share practical information on a visitor or local residents. Users can vote according to the quality of the answer, can also interact with other community members. LOCQL the ultimate goal is to become the global community of cooperation, to establish a large question and answer database location and local business information.
LOCQL another co-founder Li Hai Tao, recently said in an interview with foreign media, they think that the key to local search is not a data set of problems, but of users and the lack of local information contacts. LOCQL is designed to fill the user's existing social mapping, using the game mechanism to try to change it.
the other according to foreign media reports, held in Seattle in early embryonic form of LOCQL is a venture company established by the General Assembly. Currently Li Hai Tao and risking Chi-hung is currently still at Microsoft, although LOCQL only part-time project of personal investment, but the project has attracted the attention of VC.
risk of Chi-hung is the forerunner of SNS website, was founded in 2003 from its social network friends zone (UUZONE) access to venture capital, social networks in the United States still in the concept development phase, FriendSter is still in its infancy.
the media found it similar to the LOCQL while also including Loqly, Gootip, Loqize.me, Localmind and Hipster, which Hipster has raised $ 1 million but it is still not on line, in front of the LOCQL have come to similar sites on speed. (End)
