Yahoo! 360 officially dead & the impact
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Yahoo! 360, the social network/blogging service that nobody really used (except in Vietnam) is officially announced to be closed on 13 July 2009.
The impact this movement has:
Users
4 million users worldwide and 2 million Vietnamese users lose what they call “home-base”.
Vietnamese bloggers had long equate “blog = Yahoo! 360“. The closure will change that perception.
Where are they moving to
I have noted down my prediction on Kevin’s blog here.
I have personally moved most of my social graph to Facebook.
Yahoo!
- Yahoo! loses a global product which has been a bulletin board.
- Opportunity for Yahoo! 360plus.
- Yahoo! Profile has won the battle against its siblings.
- Yahoo! Feed looks promising amist.
- Full focus on Yahoo! Open Strategy.
Competitors
The global forces: Facebook is climbing Alexa Vietnam rapidly.
Local competitors: good news?
Ecosystems
There are two ecosystems in Vietnam on Yahoo! 360: 360themes and LinkHay feed. They will be heavily affected.
How about you? What impact will the closure have on you?
Addendum
@doqtu84 reported basic blogging feature within Yahoo! Profile
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Connect to me:
- Follow me on Twitter: @taitran
- Connect to me on Facebook: taitran.com/facebook
- Connect to me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taitran
- Follow me on LinkHay (Vietnamese): linkhay/u/TaiTran
wait to see how Y! prepares to compete against FB. Just wondering how long it will take Y! to make Plus users (easily) connect with others using FB, myspace and so on.
Interesting competition anyway.
i love yahoo! product (360, mash, and profile), but 360+ like shjt, i hate it.
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