Review of the Social Networking Site Yuwie

Yuwie is a social networking site very similar in format to MySpace. You can find Yuwie at www.yuwie.com. Although there are several similarities, Yuwie has its own unique features that do separate if from MySpace. The question is, is Yuwie better, worse, or just different?

When you first sign in to Yuwie, after the registration process, you will come to a page of new members. To the left of this page, there is a section called "control panel". This section gives a box of several different sections that make up your personal profile. You can click on any box and find out different things about your account, such as who your friends are, if you have any new private messages, and how much you have earned for the month (more on that in a minute).

If you click on the control panel link, you will be brought to the section where you can see what type of activity has gone on with the people in your friends list. To the right is a list of blogs created by your friends. To the bottom center there is a list of notices. Notices are just information that your friends need to pass along to everyone. Blogs always remain on your control panel page, but notices only stay up for ten days.

In the center of your control panel page is a grouping of activities that have shown up on your profile for that day, week, or month. You will be able to see how many friends are online, how many comments you have for the day and in total, as well as how many page views you have and how many people you have referred.

As with MySpace and many other social networking sites, there is a spot for a picture or avatar. You can choose to post any picture that will make you recognizable to others. If you click on the picture, it will bring you to your Yuwie page, the page everyone else sees when they click on your avatar. The profile page, also very similar to MySpace, has a friend section, a comment section, and different places for information about you, such as hobbies and likes and dislikes. There is a section for a blog to be posted as well as a section called a shout box for friends to give a shout or for you to customize however you like.