The idea is, once again similar to other well-known services, is to uncover and deliver the most interesting and relevant content from Web sites across the Internet to the Yahoo! Buzz homepage. However, user preference isn’t the only factor that will determine how well a story places. Yahoo! will also be looking at their search engine logs to identify hot or breaking news. Submitted stories on that topic will then get an extra boost in the Buzz rankings.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Not Dead Yet. Yahoo! Launches Buzz
Despite premature rumors of its demise, Yahoo! launched a new social bookmarking space called Yahoo! Buzz. Like Digg and other social bookmarking services, users can vote on a story, and the more votes a story gets, the more prominent its location on the relevant page.
The idea is, once again similar to other well-known services, is to uncover and deliver the most interesting and relevant content from Web sites across the Internet to the Yahoo! Buzz homepage. However, user preference isn’t the only factor that will determine how well a story places. Yahoo! will also be looking at their search engine logs to identify hot or breaking news. Submitted stories on that topic will then get an extra boost in the Buzz rankings.
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The idea is, once again similar to other well-known services, is to uncover and deliver the most interesting and relevant content from Web sites across the Internet to the Yahoo! Buzz homepage. However, user preference isn’t the only factor that will determine how well a story places. Yahoo! will also be looking at their search engine logs to identify hot or breaking news. Submitted stories on that topic will then get an extra boost in the Buzz rankings.
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