Happy birthday, Yahoo! Buzz
Posted February 25th, 2009 at 10:23 pm by Brian McMullin, Yahoo! Buzz
10 Comments / Filed in: Behind the Scenes
Tonight, the Yahoo! Buzz team has party hats on in celebration of its first year.
What’s that, you say? You don’t know Yahoo! Buzz? It’s where you go to find the Web’s most remarkable stories, determined by people like you. Chances are you’ve read one of the millions of articles that have been “buzzed up,” commented on or featured on the Yahoo! homepage and across Yahoo! sites over the past year. Since Yahoo! Buzz is open to all publishers, the site features stories from tens of thousands of sources –- from the most prolific sites, to the truly quirky.
What we’ve found really interesting is the way people around the Web are busily interacting with the content on Yahoo! Buzz. People are voting on or commenting on stories every two seconds, and the top Yahoo! Buzz stories featured on the Yahoo! homepage to date have received well over 300 million clicks. And while Yahoo! Updates is still relatively new, we’re seeing more and more people sharing Updates from Buzz with their Yahoo! connections. So, whenever you “buzz up” a story, it shows up on Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and other relevant places across Yahoo!, providing another way to share your interests with your connections.
Many thanks to the publishers and the community of people who helped shape the headlines for millions by participating in the first 365 days of Yahoo! Buzz. The site already has more unique monthly visitors than any other social content site in the U.S., according to comScore Media Metrix.
For a look at our editors’ favorite Buzz stories from year one, head on over to the Buzz Log.
We hope you’ll keep on buzzing with us as we watch the next year unfold online.
Brian McMullin
Product Lead, Yahoo! Buzz
Photo from Theresa Thompson
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10 Comments Add your own
Manas Mishra | February 25th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Congrats Brian & Team
Trey | February 26th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Hurray!
Piotr | February 26th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Y! Buzz rocks! I love it.
Ramesh | February 26th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Congratulations : )
gag | February 26th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Yahoo! Buzz is an interesting asset and i wish the team more success.
Mike G | February 26th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Maybe keep Y! Buzz and eliminate the ‘Recommended’ button.
TennPowerball | February 26th, 2009 at 7:43 am
yay!, congrats
Jay Meattle | February 26th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Brian and team, congrats! Have you checked out Shareaholic for Firefox’s integration with Y!Buzz yet? love to hear your thoughts.
Senior | February 26th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I’m looking forward to the day that Yahoo! Buzz in the UK is as good as it is in the US, and more than just the Buzz Log. When will that be? Why hasn’t the version that is available in the US been rolled out to the UK and other countries that don’t have it yet?
Ephotoshop | April 4th, 2009 at 2:06 am
ooops.. I missed it. Brian and team, congrats
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