Yahoo Buzz - now open to the rest of us
Yahoo Buzz, a Digg-type site where users can rank stories from a pre-approved set of publishers, is open to all users now. In the past only the invited few could post buzz-worthy content but now it's open to the rest of us.
Basically, you sign in with your Yahoo ID and "buzz up" stories that you like causing them to move up in ranking. Stories are ranked on what people are searching for on Yahoo and voting for on Buzz. There's not much more to explain. Stories that make it to the top of the list will be featured on the Yahoo homepage potentially driving serious traffic to the site.
You can submit stories or join the mailing list to find out when Yahoo will add new publishers to the network it pulls Buzz content from.
When I looked, top stories were about weight fluctuation in Hollywood stars and USA Gymnastics. Not the most newsworthy in my opinion but if you're tired of Digg you might enjoy it. Maybe it will improve once they add more publishers to the list of pre-approved sites.
[Via TechCrunch]
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Jash Sayani said 5:54PM on 8-20-2008
Finally ! I had subscribed months ago. However, Digg has a much larger audience.
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Guess said 9:22PM on 8-23-2008
Yahoo Buzz sucks due to it's content.
A good alternative to Digg with less Tech and less childish behaviour (aka 4Chan) is Current.com
Current.com even has a spoken cool news video every hour of top stories.
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