myYearbook.com, one of the fastest growing social networks on the Internet and the only one started by two high school students, revealed new features and a new layout– a cleaner, more streamlined design that showcases Video Battles, Match, and myMag.
“It surprises a lot of people, but myYearbook is more popular in the United States than Bebo, Hi5, and Tagged in terms of uniques, according to the May comScore Media Metrix report,†notes Geoff Cook, myYearbook’s CEO and co-founder. “We’ve seen page views increase 500 percent and new friend requests increase 2000 percent since just February of this year. We believe the changes we made today will set the stage for continued rapid growth.â€
“Today we launched Video Battles and myMag,†announces Catherine Cook, the 17-year-old co-founder of myYearbook. “We already have tens of thousands of active Battles at any given moment, and myYearbook is already the largest person-to-person Battles site in the United States. Expanding Battles to include Video was only natural. Now our users can battle over ‘Battle of the Bands’ or ‘Best Lip Synch’ or come up with their own categories.â€
myMag, meanwhile, is a new activity that transforms every interested member into a budding Internet author. Created by and read by myYearbook users, it’s an online magazine with the slogan “It’s All About You!â€
An astounding 10,000 new people join myYearbook.com every day. The site also generates 300 million page views.
Originally posted on July 10, 2007 @ 4:10 pm