Sacramento is growing like a weed. So are local websites purporting to be the best, premier, number one.. you get the picture. After 5 years, Sacvibe is still ranked #1 on Google for "Sacramento Nightlife" and "Sacramento Nightclubs," and #3 and #4 for "Sacramento Concerts." A major difference between Sacvibe.com and most of the others is that we don't really care what you think, i.e., there are no forums, per se, but a blog. Many sites apparently do care what you think, and have some form of interaction built into them, some built entirely on your opinions, which can be helpful, or not.
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Yelp.com is massive, user friendly and has tons of relevant content, reviews to be specific on restaurants, nightlife, shopping and more. While oringally built in San Francisco in pursuit of good doctors, the site has evolved into the hottest new website in a while and has branched out to all major cities in the U.S. |
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A publication by local newspaper, Sacramento Bee, the site produces solid puff pieces about local entertainement, save concerts. Pop music critic, Chris Macias, doesn't hold punches when reviewing live concerts and should do more podcasts. The event finder produces too many listings missing most of the major nightclub shows. Both Jagged Edge and Grandmasterflash were MIA during our last search, but little shows in dives and kereoki were not.
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Not the first, but the best photo-centric website that started in Sacramento and basically took over the West Coast with photos from nightclubs. 99% of the photos are portraits making most clubs look the same.
Raunchy at times and very little original content, other than user submitted forums based copy. Excellent design and programming allows users to track down photos by venue and share photos for those too lazy to copy and paste the URL and use email.
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Site content is 95% user generated and while it offers interaction, the users constantly dis' each other or Sacramento, usually both. Originally called Sucktown.com, the site expanded to include cities from San Francisco to New York City, but few users signed up for the program; only 5 members belong in NYC and 5 more in L.A., and even in Sacramento, the same 5 people post banter. Their local UPCOMING EVENTS listing always has something interesting, but overall, a very sad group of users that hate everything about their hometowns, and the people who liver there. |
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A spin-off of Napkinnights organized by a former photographer from NN, 916online doesn't offer anything new that NN doesn't, except they stayed in Sacramento and work closely with several night clubs doing promotions for events. |
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Another photo-centric website, the original night club website in Sacramento, has lost huge amounts of traffic. Super slow server and barren forums may account for the loss of users as well as any meaningful content. |
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One word. Jumbled. Photos require a username and password, then you have to click out, and back again to get into the galleries. The site attempts to capture the local concert user base, but an Alexa ranking of 6.9 million says it's missing the beat. |
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Huge interactive and national website features most of the main club attractions and events as well as tons of original content, music, and even a streaming radio station. Slightly top-heavy, clubvibes.com is still a major force on the national club scene. |
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They say the world's most visited website for Sacramento ticket and event information, which is hard to believe as they are based in Vancouver, no dis' to our Canadian house heads, but this hybrid hosts few photos with forums and outdated event info., a search for "Sacramento" in their query system only brought up a dozen or so New Years Eve parties from 2007, we're not impressed. |
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Super corporate web layout appears to bite syndicated content from videos to stories, many of which have nothing to do with Sacramento, and more about Paris Hilton and what-not. They say they are the number one source for Sacramento nightclubs and more, but there is little under the hood to back this claim. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they are managed out of Illinois. |
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We'll go easy on this one, but they did make a stab at nightlife even though the site is basically a localized version of the YellowPages.™
A peek at their "Bars and Nightlife" page reveals a lot of basic information, no photo galleries, generic logos and is outdated with several venues no longer operating, or open under new names. Kudos for not being afraid to publish gay content, but diminished by lack of updates or meaningful copy. |
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