May 29, 2007
Elistic
I’ve just registered for the new social bookmarking site, Elistic. I’m a bit new to the world of social bookmarks, having reigstered for my first site just few months ago. I’ve used “the big one” the way that many folks use rss feeds, as a way to keep up with new posts on blogs that I like. Other than that, I’ve never seen much use for them, and I think those big guys shot themselves in the foot with their new rating system.
Visitors get to rate the bookmarked entries by awarding bullets (Get it? Bulleted lists!) I’m totally stoked that my own post has gotten a few votes within the first hour of being listed and has five stars, the highest number that can be awarded. I and can see using it to bring traffic to my own site as well as to share sites that I like and to find new ones. Here’s where it really gets interesting, though. After I’ve rated a few sites Elistic’s intelligent software will know a little about my tastes and preferences and will begin to recommend sites to me. I’m always looking for new and challenging puzzle sites, so I’m hoping Elistic will help me find them. It’s all fine and well to enter “puzzle” into a search engine, but that brings up a lot of rubbish that I have to wade through before I find anything worthy of my attention. With the Elistic personalized recommendation engine, I’ll begin to see puzzle sites that people actually like enough to rate, so the sorting is already done for me. A great time-saver that should help me find some very enjoyable sites.
Adding a bookmark is easier with Elistic than with any of the other bookmarking sites I’ve tried. I hate adding more clutter to my toolbar, so thank you, Elistic for not making me do that! After I registered I added Elistic to my IE bookmarks. Adding a new site is as easy as dragging the bookmark to my address bar. Very cool, very user-friendly!
The Google group for discussions is a cumbersome method of communicating with the site admin and other users. I’m hoping that a more user-friendly disscussion board will be incorporated into Elistic soon. It’s a free site and a labor of love for its creator, so it’s understandable that he won’t be spending a lot of money on new software, but there are free message boards that are easy to set up and could give us an easier approach to communicating about the sites and our favorite listings. Message boards build community enthusiasm, too, so adding one to Elistic will increase user loyalty and help build return traffic. Still it’s a great new site and a lot of fun. I’m awarding five bullets to Elistic and I thank them for introducing themselves through this sponsored posting opportunity.
[tags]blogging, bookmarks, social bookmarking sites, payperpost[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 12:02 pm • Internet; the WWW, Society & culture
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