Since its alpha release, Yahoo! Buzz has been one of the most anticipated service offered by Yahoo. The hot news is that Yahoo! Buzz is now live and you can hop onto it to vote for your favorite stories.

What is Yahoo! Buzz?

Yahoo! Buzz is a service offered by Yahoo! which enables Yahoo! users to vote for their favorite stories. It can be called a Digg-Clone as basically it is based on the same concept however Yahoo! Buzz is a bit different in a sense that the stories featured on the homepage of Yahoo! Buzz are based on a Buzz-Score which is a combined sum of votes, searches, emails, and more.

Also, if your story really has the heat it may even make it to the Yahoo! Homepage which will literally suck the air out of your server’s lungs. The interface is really cool and best fits the web 2.0 trend. However as compared to Digg there are some deficiencies.

Digg vs Yahoo! Buzz

Maybe I was blind while I was navigating Yahoo! Buzz but I did not see any comments section. Probably on Yahoo! Buzz you can just vote for your favorite stories and not comment about them which makes it kind of boring.

And the saddest part about Yahoo! Buzz is that you cannot add your blog story to be voted for unless your blog is approved and added to the Yahoo! Buzz sources. Probably thats why they made a separate Publishers@Yahoo! Buzz section.

Yahoo! Buzz has 13 categories namely: Entertainment, Sports, World, Video, Featured on Y!, Business, Health, Images, Life Style, Politics, Sci Tech, Travel, US News.

You will need a Yahoo! account to Buzz-up your favorite stories. Looks promising yet I do not see how it can beat Digg.

Yahoo! Buzz