TownKings reloaded: The TownKings are going into the next round!

Nov. 19, 2007 - PRLog -- The local experts appear in a new design and with many fascinating functions. So it is even more fun to meet neighbours on the Internet who you can also meet in real life.
   
TownKings (http://www.townkings.com) has rearranged the view of the onliners – away from the cosmopolitan approach to unite the entire world electronically and back to reflecting on local aspects, the real life. For this purpose TownKings provides high resolution maps for every little hicktown/hamlet and every metropolis.

Now everyone on the Internet is crowned in order to feel like a king in their own neighbourhood. All users can very easily become members in this map-based web 2.0 community and place a pin directly on the map where he/she resides, works, lives and has fun. Here maps, as the oldest type of navigation, were rediscovered and provide for a well arranged networking in the local area.

At one glance, TownKings shows everyone who lives in the neighbourhood. Using a wide range of profiles, each neighbour can put pictures and other information on the Internet. Anyone who feels addressed by such publicly visible profiles can establish contact by using the numerous communication opportunities which are provided. This enables strangers to become good neighbours at TownKings – people who meet to play sports together, to go partying or who maybe meet the love of a lifetime.

The rush on the innovation made in Germany surprised and pleased the creators behind the scenes. CEO Philipp Kraft: "We deliberately broke new ground with TownKings and are happy to be able to help all users to rediscover their own neighbourhood and to discover added values for their real lives. Finally being involved with the Internet does not isolate people, but allows them to meet new people and to do things together."

My neighbourhood on the Internet!
Now the success of the community leads to the first big relaunch and therefore to the upgrading of the complete TownKings portal: Numerous new functions are included in a completely newly created design which organises the “social engineering” in the local area even more excitingly.

Earn royally:
The „new“ TownKings offers its members even more incentives to get involved in the community. At first everyone starts their career in the community as a bondman and can earn so-called „crowns“ with their activities. Step by step with the help of these, it is possible to work their way up to king or queen.

Nice neighbours:
With immediate effect even more information can be accessed which is suitable for all TownKings members. On an innovative profile page your own pictures and videos can be uploaded, a guestbook can be opened or tags (social tagging) for friends can be added. So a lot can be found out about the people in your own neighbourhood and common interests you may have. E.g. Who has the same hobbies? Who went to the same school? Who went to the same university?  TownKings therefore connects people by interests they have in common.

Locally connected:
Everyone knows everybody in their own town, at least remotely. Who are actually the friends of your own friends? How many people are needed to make a connection between two people possible? TownKings makes it easy to find this connection.

Simply meet:
Who goes to which locations? Who is in your favourite pub tonight? Who is bored and in the mood to go to the cinema? Each member can mark his/her own favourite places, reveal his/her own targeted place of clubbing for the evening, what he/she is doing at the moment or would like to do. TownKings therefore helps to organise and improve your private life.

Local search:
A new search allows you to search the map very exploratively. The new detailed search looks for specific criteria and therefore searches for people or localities in the neighbourhood that exactly match your own preferences. Of course it is also possible to simply observe who accesses your own profile.  

TownKings nominated as Europe’s best web project
TownKings is nominated for the Europrix Top Talent Award (TTA) 2007. TownKings came out on top of 278 candidates from all over Europe in the category "Broadband Online" and is now competing with 12 nominees to win the award. The award is offered internationally in 31 countries by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Austria.

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