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Once upon a time…
there was a media company that owned a really cool url – www.iowa.com. It was the early days of public domains, way, way, WAY back in 1998, before iPods, iPhones and digital cameras. Scary, huh! In those days, Iowa.com stayed home from the ball while her not-so-wicked stepsister fyiowa.com danced with the public. Fyiowa.com offered some aggregated news and information and served as a portal to other sites.
In constant pursuit of new ideas…or maybe her dancing shoes were too tight….fyiowa soon morphed into Iowa.com. Dazzled by her turn in the spotlight, Iowa.com blossomed into a community portal where non-profits and other agencies could host their own community pages.
Times changed, user needs changed and the vision for Iowa.com changed too. With a wave of the wand, Iowa.com became a statewide search portal with classified advertising and a directory. Uh well…the dress was a bit drab so poof! It became a statewide community calendar site. Certainly not as cool as the community portal thing, but useful nonetheless.
That brings us to today and a new, more engaging vision (we hope). It’s the day after the ball and Iowa.com is ready to work for you. There’s a super-fab directory of 160,000 places, where you can search for a museum or submit a review of a restaurant. There’s also a statewide calendar search for something to do or enter your own events. You’ll also find information on iowa, stories about people and places and ways to contribute your talent or your 2 cents.
Is this new vision a pumpkin or a glass slipper? Only time and your feedback will tell.
The End?
No way!….Iowa.com will most assuredly evolve again. We want to stay fresh and relevant so be sure to let us know .
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August 6th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
10 LIVE Concerts All for $35, All 1st Class,All at US Cellular in CR or Galagher Bluedorn
at UNI, All Tickets still available, YOU GOTTA KIDDING, Right? #319-540-2301
June 26th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
where and when is the state fair
May 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Thanks for stopping by, Patty! When you have more time, feel free to share what you like and don’t like! – Tracy
May 6th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Hey very cool site Tracy—it’s Patty. Quite interesting information…way to go.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 pm
This is a pretty solid website. It would be nice to see a similar webpage for Cedar Rapids!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I’m not sure, but I will forward your note to our experts. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
February 19th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I have published recurring events for every Thursday through 2010. Why are they not showing u?? They are free blood pressure checks.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Thank you for bringing that to our attention. I have forwarded your question to our Calendar experts. They will be in touch.
February 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I have submitted an event but I can’t get it to come up the calendar. There should be an
event for March 10 for the Society for Technical Communication at the Brown Bottle but I can’t get it to display. Thank you.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Thanks for your comments, Silvia. You can enter your events through our calendar portal: http://www.iowa.com/calendar/
As for contributing, send an email to content@iowa.com and we can chat more about that.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I would love to contribute to your web site, let me know how. Also I would like to know how to publish my events. Thank you.
SD