Zvents.com – An Events Search Engine
Zvents.com - Promote Local Events – An Events Search Engine if you are looking for a way to promote local events, Zvents may be your new best friend. The website is being heralded as a complete events and calendar ecosystem and boasts the ability to search or create events around you as well as having calendar, sharing and blogging tools. In addition, Zvents has an API that allows programmatic access to events, venues, groups, users and tags on their system.
All of this aggregated information provides one heck of a comprehensive local events listing guide. The bonus is the site itself is incredibly easy to navigate. Once a user is registered they can create and join groups, save their favorite searches or create a personal calendar of events.
Another feature that is a personal favorite is the integration with Google Maps, which allows you to know where an event will take place and, more importantly, how far away from you it is. The icing on the cake is the search function – a well planned feature that allows you to search by event, venue, tags, people or groups and then refine that search with more qualifiers, making it super easy to find whatever it is you’re looking for.
As an example of the search results I type “Def Leppard” into the search box. I can also designate “when,” “where” and “within how many miles” as part of the initial search. The results are returned in a list view or a map view. Further clicking on the event provides me with a very detailed description including time, date, location and the aforementioned map. I’m also encouraged to write a review or buy tickets for the event. Finally, Zvents shows me what other things are happening at that venue close to the time of the concert.
Although many people will see Zvents as a place to find social events such as concerts, you should keep in mind it’s good for any event. For instance, the SMX Local & Mobile exposition is listed in the Denver events. If you or your company is having a local event Zvents could bring about quite a bit of exposure if used the right way.
Zvents also offers targeted advertising opportunities for media outlets interested in monetizing local event listings. Robert Landes, CEO of Fetch Technologies says of the company, “As more and more media companies turn to localized search to become more relevant to their audience, Zvents has emerged as one the leading providers in this space. Together, our services are making good on the ultimate promise of the Web: to provide useful, relevant information that improves the quality of life.”
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