Yahoo Puts the Buzz in Social News

Written on February 26, 2008 – 4:23 pm | by GoogleBot |

Yahoo has finally launched its long-rumored Buzz portal, a social news site where you can vote stories up or down, with the chance to send the day’s most popular stories to a featured spot on the Yahoo homepage.

The obvious comparison for Yahoo Buzz is the social news kings, Digg and Reddit. But, while there are some similarities, Buzz is not just a Digg clone.

Yahoo Buzz is aimed at a much more mainstream audience, one that doesn’t care about wading through tech-related minutia to find a worthwhile article to read.

Full article: wired.com

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