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Yahoo! Looking to Become Queen Bee of News Aggregation

Posted by Jason Swartz on March 20, 2008 at March 20, 2008 11:54 AM

Feel the need for yet another Web site where you can find and share news stories? I thought so. Regardless, Yahoo! is providing just that, with their newly launched "Buzz" platform, still in beta. Like Digg and other news aggregators, Buzz aims to feature the most popular stories right now, determined by the number of votes, searches, emails and other factors the story generates. Users can "Buzz Up" a story if they find it worthy, as well as post it to other social media sites and share it with their friends. Buzz also provides Yahoo!'s top search queries, updated hourly, which is always interesting to see. I'm assuming they've kept the 'adult filter' switch turned on, so the top search queries probably aren't an exact reflection of what people are typing into their search bars, but it should give you a good idea.

So, if you happen to Stumbleupon a Delicious story, Web site, photo or blog that you really Digg, share it with others and help create more Buzz -- Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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