please help

[MotorCityDrinks.com]

We are trying to set up a text service for our web site. We are a
site that allow users to find out where the best drink specials and
happy hours in the metro Detroit area. We would like our users to be
able to text us their zip code and recieve a small list of bars that
have drink specials in that area. From there, they could reply with
the bar they are interested in and we could then text them back that
bars drink specials for the night. Could anyone help us with this. We
would be willing to compensate you.

thanks

Ronnie
www.MotorCityDrinks.com
Ron...@MotorCityDrinks.com

[chanman]

Do you have a RSS feed or source that would already provide results
using a zipcode input? I didn't find one on your site where you enter
a zip code, but looks like if I click a date, and then select, for
example, "East Side", I'll get results. So it looks like you have the
data, and would just have to create a feed from that data. Then all
you'd have to do is create a keyword, and use the Advanced RSS Service
and the ${queryClean} variable to grab the zip and produce the
results.

Here's a simple example from Yahoo traffic:
1. Original URL RSS feed from Yahoo:
http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/rss/trafficData.xml?appid=YahooDemo&zip=94101

Cut and paste the above url into a browser, and change the zip.
You'll get the idea.

2. RSS URL that you would enter into the Open Platform (selecting Adv
RSS Service) associated with your keyword:
http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/rss/trafficData.xml?appid=YahooDemo&zip=${queryClean}

3. Then a user would text in ytraffic + zip ("ytraffic 94404"), and
see traffic results on his phone.

[Allen Schmidt]

On a similar note, for all that data we can choose to collect or not, what happens to all that? Can't we get access to it?? I would be nice to know if our efforts are being realized by the volumne and type of subscribers are connecting with our 4info information.

 

Allen

[chanman]

4INFO will have some reporting capabilities in Open Platform at a
later date.