The term "hyperlocal" suggests several things: Very granular content on specific places, aggregated content that depicts a new local picture, or subject matter or content that deals with geographic organization, among them. Sarah Hartley, who runs the city blogs for The Guardian, thinks we need to reconsider the term.
She thinks it's more about an attitude than about geography. She's identified 10 features of hyperlocal:
1. The author's participation. 2. The blurring of opinion and fact. 3. The community's participation. 4. Small in scale but large in impact. 5. Medium-agnostic. 6. Obsessive. 7. Independent. 8. Link-loving. 9. Passion. 10. Frugal and economically fledgling.