Yahoo Buzz Open to All

Posted by Al on August 19th, 2008 .


I’m currently getting ready for a holiday next week and child spoiling this week (hence infrequent posts) but I’ve just heard the Yahoo Buzz is now open to everybody so needed to make a quick post.

Yahoo Buzz is a bit (some would say a lot, others may even say clone) like Digg, where people submit stories, people vote, stories get promoted etc. Previously only a limited few could submit stories, now it’s open to all so well worth a look and possible submit.

Yahoo Buzz thanks to David (CPA Affiliates) for the link (not so sure about the public CCs though :) ).

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Comment by Amit Bhawani from Tech Blog
2008-08-19 17:31:10

Lets see how much it can gain when compared to Digg/Propellor :)

Comment by Al from Al
2008-08-19 17:46:29

Yahoo has way way way more traffic than Digg so it integrates with the main site could become very popular. Imagine getting a front page on Yahoo :)

Comment by Matthew from GadgetVenue Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-19 20:38:20

I seem to remember someone blogging about the traffic they got from Yahoo once. I’d have to spend a while hunting it down though. From what I remember it was a crazy amount.

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Comment by Amit Bhawani from Tech Blog
2008-08-21 16:42:45

Even though you are on the top on Yahoo Buzz you dont get any visitors when compared to propellor or digg! May be it will take time for the buzz to be buzzed!

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Comment by Justin Cook from SEO Toronto Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-19 20:56:45

No, the real test is to see how long it will be before people are gaming it like they do with Digg…

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Comment by Zath from Hi-Tech Gadgets Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-19 18:55:24

I’ve been looking forward to this opening up for a while now, particularly because like you say Al, the potential Yahoo traffic, plus the sheer numbers of pre-existing members that could start using it.

Should be interesting!

Looks like someone has released a Buzz Button Wordpress plugin - http://www.conversionrater.com/2008/08/18/yahoo-buzz-plugin-for-wordpress/

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Comment by Keith Neo from NeoHide News
2008-08-20 05:28:08

This should be good, as what Al has mentioned, Yahoo! has a lot more traffic than Digg. With the management policy change in Yahoo! to fight off the bids from Microsoft, this move is certainly to increase traffic and popularity of Yahoo! stand in the search engine industry.

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Comment by James from Discount Codes Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-20 12:45:13

I wonder how long it will be before we see ‘Digg-like clans’ dominating Yahoo Buzz? I’ve pretty much given up using Digg as you need a million friends to get anywhere with your submissions (I’ve only got one friend!) :(

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Comment by Dave (The Other One) from Affiliate Best Programs Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-20 13:34:18

Yahoo Buzz is definitely a fantastic traffic boost. I submitted my first stories yeaterday and they immediately garnered hundreds of unique visitors in a matter of hours.

If you’re a self-hosted Wordpress blogger and want an easy hack to add a Yahoo Buzz button to your existing theme, check out my blog for detailed instructions on how to set this up.

Oh, and Chitika Premium rocks !!

Cheers !!

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Comment by Sam from REO Homes Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-20 21:00:29

Yahoo Buzz will be another major traffic driver for blogs that post informative and useful stuff. Since the most popular ones get features on yahoo’s main page, I don’t see how any host can really handle that level of traffic - especially the shared hosted sites.

FYI: A post about Yahoo buzz by Duncan Riley is the most trafficked page in Tech Crunch.

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Comment by Dave (The Other One) from Affiliate Best Programs Subscribed to comments via email
2008-08-20 22:26:57

Shared hosting sites will definitely have a problem but if you’re on a dedicated server with a good cache proxy enabled it shouldn’t have much of an effect. Not as much as a DDOS attack or the equivalent.

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Comment by Zalm Subscribed to comments via email
2008-12-04 08:16:34

Yahoo buzz, digg. Aren’t there enough social networks?

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Comment by Zath from Hi-Tech Gadgets Subscribed to comments via email
2008-12-04 11:21:34

I think we’ll keep seeing more social networks, but new ones that will be successful I think will have to be specialised to certain topics.

Even then, it might be hard to compete with the big guns already established like Digg.

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Comment by Josh from SEO Vancouver Subscribed to comments via email
2009-07-17 18:04:00

Social Networks find their niche just like industry specific search engines

Comment by Justin Cook from SEO Toronto Subscribed to comments via email
2009-07-17 18:13:09

Looks like someone is spamming SMM with meaningless one-liner comments just to get a backlink!!!

I wouldn’t really care that much, but you’re stepping on my toes with your keywords there bub.

 
 
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