I just found out that Yahoo is in alpha test mode for its own social news site. It continues to amaze me how many of these site seem to constantly pop up. It is definitely a sign of the dramatic expansion of the participatory web (breaking news, huh)…

I was thrilled to see the new release of Yahoo! Buzz go live (finally). Having such a huge player offering a news-voting experience to its members could prove itself to be a giant leap in opening the Web 2.0 to all, really ALL.
As much as we enjoy the …

Does the world really need yet another Digg clone? Yahoo! seems to think so. They have launched Buzz, yet another social news site where the most popular stories are determined by user votes.
Yahoo! Buzz
Stories on Buzz will initially be seeded from 10…

Ever since Buzz launched last night, all Digg entries in MyYahoo feed reader go to a Yahoo 404 error page and won’t resolve.

Coinkydink?

I’m waiting for them to add “Visit Yahoo Buzz for the hottest stories” to the 404 page.

And “Stories with the highest Buzz Score may be displayed on the Yahoo! homepage.”

Keyword is “may”, they are going to censor the hell out of this service which makes it useless if it’s supposed to be a voice of the people.

I give it 3 months before they can it.

It’s not going to replace Digg but it’s gonna be a damn awesome sight to see. Dogster was linked to from an article featured on the homepage and it nearly doubled our page views. I can’t imagine the traffic these sites will start getting when being linked to.

Watch out!

Yahoo! is one of the smartest, most capable sites out there. It’s hard to imagine that they’re having such a hard time holding the business together. I hope MSFT runs their business better than they do instead of running them both into the ground.

BUZZNET:

What the Buzz?
Buzznet users cast their votes for their favorite content with the +Buzz buttons.

Adding Buzz is like giving a thumbs up. Buzz is the way our community decides what’s cool. Plus-Buzz buttons throughout Buzznet show what’s bubbling up for our users:

On the Homepage:

YAHOO BUZZ:

What’s all the buzz about?

Yahoo! Buzz features the most popular stories right now, determined by people around the Web. A story’s Buzz Score is based on your votes, searches, emails, and more.

Stories with the highest Buzz Score may be displayed on the Yahoo! homepage.

Give your favorite stories the buzz!

I love the people here whining about the content. Newsflash: this site is not meant to steal you away from Digg! I honestly hope that hell freezes over before Yahoo gives credit to the kind of content Digg routinely frontpages, like “top 10 tips for web designers” from some kid living in his mum’s basement with a pirated copy of dreamweaver or so-called entrepreneur trying to drum up more adsense revenue to pay for chzbrgrs. Yahoo partnering with professional publishers / pro blogs is an intelligent strategy and should definitely help them distinguish themselves from being just another blog noise promoter.

I love Digg, but I totally see the point in this, and will most likely use both in the future.