Google, Yahoo Upgrading Their Social Networks? - Yahoo 360
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I signed up for Orkut specifically for this article, so it’s no wonder my profile is pretty blank. I’ve been a member of Yahoo 360 for a little longer, but I haven’t really put it to use. Here’s a screen shot:
I can get messages, and I do belong to several groups, which are not visible in this screen shot, but are shown on this page. For purposes of this article, I decided to create a Yahoo 360 page. It was an easy three-step process, in which Yahoo actually asked me about my interests and such before building the page with my chosen theme. Here’s the result:
You can see all the features that anyone who uses a social network expects: a place to upload photos, display and invite your friends, start a blog, share music, write reviews, create lists, add an RSS feed, even start your profile with a comment (I edited mine to say “Every profile is a work in progress; this one is no exception.”). In the lower right hand corner of my profile you can see part of the symbols for two of the groups to which I belong. Of course it’s easy to add friends and communicate with them via IM, sending them a message for their inbox, or leaving a quick comment on their profile.
I went through both Orkut and Yahoo so quickly that I’m sure there are features I missed. Still, when you look at the two social networks, you realize that they’re not really offering anything that’s particularly innovative. You can get most of these features with other social networks and then some. For example, Facebook opened itself up to outside developers so their users get to play with tons of widgets. So what do Yahoo and Google plan to do to prop up their sagging profiles in the social network field?
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