What’s All The Buzz About?
by Frank Jovine on 08/20/2008 in Internet
Yahoo Buzz, like Digg is a rating service where you can submit stories and rate other stories. Buzz went live on Tuesday and many bloggers lined up to submit stories of their own.
The goal is to get as much positive ratings so you can hit the sweet spot, the ‘front page’. Easier said than done, but with enough friends and fans you can get there.
“What does this mean for you? Anything you find on the Web is now buzzable,” Tapan Bhat, senior vice president of front doors, communities, and network services at Yahoo, wrote in a blog post.
Any webmaster will now be able to add the “Buzz Up” button to their Web site, Bhat wrote. If a reader wants to Buzz an article that does not have the Buzz button attached, they can submit it directly on the Yahoo Buzz Web site.
The more unique and compelling the story, the better chance your story of choice will buzz up to the Yahoo homepage.
The possibility of landing on the Yahoo homepage is the main difference between Buzz and competitor Digg. PC Magazine and its blogs were among the 100 sites that participated in the alpha trial for the service when it launched in February, and that participation has garnered a few healthy bumps in traffic.
Add the Buzz button to your web site and have your stories Buzzed up!
John Sullivan
Aug 20th, 2008
One digg is annoying and basically useless.It has built in ways like Sphinn that if your not in the IN crowd your only going to get dugg by your friends.
Digg isn’t do follow Yahoo is.
Kevin Rose should be talking with Google right now and signing the deal while he can still get top dollar.The same with the people at Twitter.
Excellent post
stumbled
Frank J
Aug 20th, 2008
Thanks John! Appreciate the commentary.
TeasasTips
Aug 21st, 2008
this sounds like a more equitable form of article/post social marketing. I’m gonna grab it for Teasa’s Tips. thx Frank!
Frank J
Aug 21st, 2008
Teasa you should also participate in the EC forums for Buzz ups!
Have fun!