The future of Urban Yukon
September 11, 2009
Update - September 22, 2009: Urban Yukon has found a new home with Dave Rogers
Urban Yukon was launched on March 24, 2006. Over three years later, I’m looking for a new owner.
The website started out small, with only four blogs in its member list: Evan Wise’s justwerks software, Patrick Goruick’s It’s blog®! (from blammo™), Andrew Robulack’s Bad Robot and my company’s blog, Subvert.
As word about Urban Yukon spread, the member list grew slowly, but consistently. Now, here we are on September 11, 2009, with 54 members. The highest ever number of members was 62.
Urban Yukon has been a wonderful experiment, as running the website has taught me a lot about grassroots marketing on the web. The only traditional advertising I’ve done for the site has been through partnerships with various print and online publications, always for free.
Everything the website has achieved - huge traffic spikes, excellent (and often surprising) search engine results, consistent daily visitor numbers, real-world meet-ups - has come from the efforts of its members who regularly write interesting content on their blogs, which Urban Yukon automatically picks up and re-distributes.
But, here’s the part about Urban Yukon’s future. I don’t have the time to upgrade or maintain the website in the ways that it deserves. The site is dearly in need of a visual re-design, re-organization of content, a better search engine, categorization of members and a whole host of tools & features. I have a vision for the site, but not the short or long-term resources to pull it off.
I’m willing to part with Urban Yukon for a very small amount of money ($1.00) if the right person comes along. In my mind, this person, or company, will have a community spirit and the technical skills to handle such a transition. The new owner would also have to look after domain name renewals, web hosting services and updates to the member list.
If you’re interested in taking over Urban Yukon, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your contact information and any suggestions or ideas you may have.
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