Comments on: The New Here’s to Beer site http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/03/10/the-new-heres-to-beer-site.php It's all about the beer. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Travis http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/03/10/the-new-heres-to-beer-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-487 Travis Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/03/10/the-new-heres-to-beer-site.php#comment-487 Jon,<br /> <br /> Couple thoughts about this site and your observation on Here's to Beer and on some of the other things going on with the Internet.<br /> <br /> You are right that web video is the new thing with the younger generation, but community based websites are also the "next big thing". The problem I see with this site is that there is nothing that draws the user in and allows them to contribute to the content. BeerAdvocate's success is due in large part to user driven content. It's not just forums and blogs that make a site either. The users ability to build up karma and personalize their space is also important.<br /> <br /> I have also been watching the beermaping project and the only shortfall I see from that is that it is not really filling a void in people's lives. Most beer aficionados know where their local beer store is and hit it up on a regular basis. However, if a beer guy wants to look for a specific brew, they are hard pressed to find a "who has what where" for beer stores. It sounds like a project that is too big, but with user driven content, this dream could be a reality.<br /> <br /> I like what you do as a blogger, it's important that blogger's stick to the purpose of the blog they have created and not get off topic (as I am sure you have experienced, it's sometimes tough to avoid). My blog, and some of the others that I have begun to monitor, is about home brewing, a web based beer log if you will. This allows our two blogs to serve two different segments of the beer community (though there is some obvious cross over).<br /> <br /> I have ranted on long enough. Both of those sites look good, those are jut my thoughts on where they are headed. <br /> <br /> Travis<br /> http://www.cnybrew.com <br /> Jon,

Couple thoughts about this site and your observation on Here’s to Beer and on some of the other things going on with the Internet.

You are right that web video is the new thing with the younger generation, but community based websites are also the "next big thing". The problem I see with this site is that there is nothing that draws the user in and allows them to contribute to the content. BeerAdvocate’s success is due in large part to user driven content. It’s not just forums and blogs that make a site either. The users ability to build up karma and personalize their space is also important.

I have also been watching the beermaping project and the only shortfall I see from that is that it is not really filling a void in people’s lives. Most beer aficionados know where their local beer store is and hit it up on a regular basis. However, if a beer guy wants to look for a specific brew, they are hard pressed to find a "who has what where" for beer stores. It sounds like a project that is too big, but with user driven content, this dream could be a reality.

I like what you do as a blogger, it’s important that blogger’s stick to the purpose of the blog they have created and not get off topic (as I am sure you have experienced, it’s sometimes tough to avoid). My blog, and some of the others that I have begun to monitor, is about home brewing, a web based beer log if you will. This allows our two blogs to serve two different segments of the beer community (though there is some obvious cross over).

I have ranted on long enough. Both of those sites look good, those are jut my thoughts on where they are headed.

Travis
http://www.cnybrew.com

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