Yahoo Buzz is a Game Changer for Social Media; And Spells Trouble for Digg!

ReadWriteWeb by Richard MacManus | Mar. 18, 2008 (Opinion)

Yahoo Buzz is a social media experiment by Yahoo! that is currently in a closed beta. We found out today what kind of boost Buzz is giving the current selected blogs and news sources - Muhammad Saleem wrote that it is giving publishers huge bumps in both traffic and comments. Muhammad, you'll recall, wrote on ReadWriteWeb just about the only positive review of Yahoo Buzz when it first launched. In case you missed it, let's revisit the reasons why Buzz is a ... Full Story »

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 by Juliet Sallette - Oct. 1, 2008

This blog post does a great job laying out a methodical explanation as to why Yahoo Buzz is something for bloggers to take note of. It also intrigues readers with the impressive stats of successful jumps in traffic the new social networking tool brings with it. The founders of Digg, should be taking note, they have some real competition on their hands.

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