Yahoo! Gets More Social with Applications for Bebo
- Posted December 12th, 2007 at 10:23 am by Yahoo! Search
- Categories: Social Search
Socializing isn’t quite what it used to be. For many people, it’s no longer just about catching up with your pals at an evening happy hour; it’s also about staying connected to a wider group by using the web as a networking tool. Not only do social networking sites help keep us in contact with connections near and far, they also make it easy for us to share our daily lives, interests and personality with friends and family. And today, Yahoo! UK & Ireland is helping to improve the socializing experience for users on the leading UK social networking site, Bebo, with the integration of Yahoo! Answers and Yahoo! Music.
With the addition of Yahoo! Answers to Bebo’s new application platform, Bebo users are now able to tap into each other’s knowledge and expertise, benefiting themselves, their friends and the wider Yahoo! Answers community of millions of users. Bebo users can publish and share their Q&As with their friends and promote their reputation and participation in the Yahoo! Answers community via a module displayed on their user profile. They can also ask and answer questions directly within Bebo, and view Q&As from their Bebo friends.
We’ve also launched three new Yahoo! Music video channels — Top Music, Rock and Urban — so users can subscribe to the latest videos or add their favorite songs to their Bebo profile for all their friends to enjoy.
By making Yahoo! products and services more accessible off of the Yahoo! Network, we hope you find it easier to interact and share interests with your own communities. Don’t forget to let us know what you think by commenting here.
Dan Peters
Yahoo! UK
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Hi Dan.
I’m wondering if other social networking sites could also be a partner for Yahoo Answers or Yahoo Music or is it just handpicked by Yahoo.
Thanks.
I think its a good idea from Yahoo but it would be better to see it broadly available on other networking sites.
Thanks, this information it was very useful to me.
hi Dan -
thats a really good news. But I agree that probably Y!Answers and Y!Music should be more broadly available, perhaps in the form of widgets.
Good to hear this! I agree with tobto that Answers and Music should be more broadly available. The suggestion to become available in widgets makes sense!
Social media is the current buzzword, with new terms like Social Media Optimisation having being accepted into the search marketeers vocabulary. The entities that create social media apps that gain public support and popularity are the ones that stand to gain the most from this current trend.
I think its a good idea from Yahoo but it would be better to see it broadly available on other networking sites.
Yahoo has to make different things
thats a really good news. But I agree that probably Y!Answers and Y!Music should be more broadly available, perhaps in the form of widgets.
I think its a good idea from Yahoo but it would be better to see it broadly available on other networking sites.
I would like to see more social networking sites dealing with legal issues.
Thanks for the article. Social Media is indeed getting popular. Thanks for your time and effort!!
The problem with networking over the internet is that the drinking isn’t the same!!
I love Yahoo! Answers and bebo both. My score on Yahoo Answers is 60,000 with 80% best answers :D