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Streets with funny names

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Just like humans, streets can have funny names too. And there can’t be any funnier than the collection in the article, Where the streets have bad names. The UK features heavily with Sluts Hole Lane in Norfolk, Grope Lane in Shrewsbury and Butts Wynd in St. Andrews (Scotland). Who said the English have a stiff […]

Local business search launches on My Neighbourhoods

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

A very handy new feature has just launched on My Neighbourhoods. You can now search for local (or not so local) businesses. Perhaps it’s your anniversary and you’re going out to dinner, and you want to get your hair done for it. But then a pipe bursts and you need an emergency plumber. No problem, […]

Free local business advertising

Friday, June 13th, 2008

It’s a competitive world, and an expensive one - especially for smaller local businesses up against the giants of the high-streets. So what better than being able to advertise your business locally, absolutely FREE. Not only can you target your local customers directly, but also you can give as much or as little detail […]

Best designed neighbourhood site

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

It’s always nice to get some positive recognition from bona fide web users, especially against sites of the same nature, which is what’s happening over at CommandShift3 where My Neighbourhoods is battling UpMyStreet and FixMyStreet for the title of best neighbourhood site. My Neighbourhoods is currently the best designed neighbourhood site with 33% of the […]