Yearblook is not the typical run-of-the-mill social bookmarking network. No in fact, this site offers its members an attractive incentive to participate in their program.
As a writer, I routinely use social bookmarking networks to promote the articles and reviews that I write. Recently, I learned about and joined a relatively new social bookmarking network called Yearblook that not only allows its members to bookmark their favorite blogs from around the net and in addition win money for the most popular bookmarks that they submit to the network.
Yearblook is going to publish a book that is based on the most popular blogs submitted to Yearblook. The blog that receives the most number of votes during a 24 hour day will be published in the book that Yearblook is going to publish, so that the blogs will endure time itself in the real offline world. Yearblook claims that they will reward the most popular blog bookmark with publication in their book, one winning blog for each of the 365 days of the year.
Upon my first visit to Yearblook, I noticed the clean appearance of the website's homepage. It originally reminded me of another social bookmarking site called DropJack because of the color scheme and page layout. There was not any cluttered pages or hard to find navigation tabs to hinder the experience.
The registration process only requires a user name, current email address and a password. Really, it only takes a couple of minutes to signup for a free Yearblook user account.
Like with most other social bookmarking sites, Yearblook allots their members space to add a personal profile page and other tools to manage the member's own activities when using Yearblook.
Yearblook members can participate in a monthly contest where Yearblook rewards one Yearblook member and one blog writer a cash reward based on the most popular blog submission for the month. The winning Yearblook member will be rewarded a $50.00 cash prize and the winning blog author will receive a $50.00 cash prize for the blog that receives the most number of votes during the month.
I have not been a member of Yearblook for a very long, but so far I have not experienced any major problems with the submission process or using any of the member tools that are provided to all members. Although, Yearblook does warn that there could be some bugs to flush out of the system, because of its new status.
Yearblook is currently not near as big or popular as other such social bookmarking networks online, but that should not be a reason not to give it a try. All websites and new businesses had to start small, before they got where they are today. These smaller networks gives members the opportunity to share their ideas with the webmaster(s), so to build a better network that everyone will enjoy for years to come.
