Make your local online community, your own.
Big-tech has a vision for your community. What's yours?
Introducing ombud.io, a Community Platform as a Service delivering a new category of destination websites. Our approach promotes inclusiveness by eliminating biased ranking algorithms like SEO, likes, and followers. The result is a better UX and unprecedented community engagement.
Empowering Regional Communities through Technological Leadership
Our vision begins with a clear view of the Internet. What does the Internet look like once the algorithms from big-tech aren't filtering what we see?
What we discovered may surprise you!
A Community-First Vision
In our study of over 620 local organizations, only 6% could be discovered on Google or Facebook by categorical key-word search.
94% of high-value content is
undiscoverable
on Google or Facebook, depending on the keywords.
Search combined with a directories is the fastest way to find what you're looking for
Directories as the means to organize the world's information is not a new idea. What makes our approach unique is we're starting locally, not globally, and we're leveraging publishing automation which is available to the SMB community for the first time.
A new approach to directory services?
Amazon's search with directories (aka categories) is a great example of a UI designed to quickly find what you're looking for.
Yet when maximum screen-time is the goal, the directories go out the window! Left to Facebook and Google, our entire Internet experience is through the lens of algorithms.
There is a better way!
Digital Transformation
Our community platform as a service empowers regional communities to take control of their content and become leaders in technology. Contact us to drive digital innovation in your region today.