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March 31, 2005
Review of Yahoo 360 by Javed Mandary - first impressions = not very impressed..
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Javed Mandary wrote up a review of Yahoo360’s new blogging tool. Here's the rundown on what Javed had to see (although I recommend reading his review in its entirety)
Pros
- no ads (yet…whether that’s because it’s still in beta is unknown)
- blogroll feature
- ability to moblog (publish to your blog from your cell phone)
- “has most of the features to keep you a happy blogger”
- entries published in RSS 2.0 feeds
Cons
- Main focus seems to be on socializing/community building aspect. However, currently not enough members for this to be considered a feature at the moment. And is there really such a need for yet another social networking utility with Friendster, Orkut, Hi5, etc?
- Photo management inferior to that of Blogger, and that says a lot since I personally think Blogger has prettty crappy photo management
- dull user interface
- inferior to msn spaces (which most people say sucks, so that can’t be good news about Yahoo360)
- nothing new and innovative (yet)
Javed is also offering up a limited supply of Yahoo 360 invites to those who comment on his post, so if you’re looking to give Yahoo 360 a spin for yourself, you’d best head over to his full review 
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Comments
Great blog! I've been trying to decide which site to host my blog on as well, and the information here was useful. I've got a few going on typepad, blogger, and livejournal and would still love to see Yahoo! 360 before making my final decision. I think I may actually like the "community" features of 360 as it can be a fast way to find people with similar interests (I participate in a few Yahoo! groups already). I looked at friendster, and it seemed more oriented towards dating, but I only looked around briefly. I'd be interested to read your opinion of 360 if you get an invite.
Posted by: craterdweller | Apr 3, 2005 6:57:25 PM
Send me an email so I can send you an invite to Yahoo 360.
Posted by: nibaq | Apr 9, 2005 5:14:09 AM
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