RebelMouse, Glossi, Hypemarks, Vizify – there are some super cool loooking social aggregators out there right now.
These social aggregators solve a valid problem. Granted, I may spend more time online than your average gal, but there are so many social sites these days, I can barely keep track. Yet I want to try them all! That’s where these sites come in handy – they offer a beautifully designed homepage that streams all your social feeds. Each one is trying to corner the market on the social homepage. I’ve tried a couple. Here are my thoughts so far:
This is the first one I tried and for now, seems to be winning the race. It’s quite cool. Very easy to use and has a nice Pinterest style layout.
Thumbs Up: Huge thumbs up for the embed tool, which allows you to use RebelMouse on your own website as either your homepage or a subpage.
Thumbs Down: Mentions other users on the homepage, a little too Pinterest-y.
My favourite so far.
Thumbs Up: Gorgeous, fluid layout. Really makes great use of the space and optimized for mobile deviecs.
Thumbs Down: Needs an embed tool. Rebel Mouse has spoiled me with theirs, but if Glos.si gets one, I’ll be using it as my personal homepage. It also needs the ability to sync Facebook pages instead of profiles. I have Facebook up and running on my personal Glos.si, but was unable to add it to the Lucky Dog Clothing Co’s page, which is a hindrance and would possibly make a business decide not to use it. -Edit. I am now aware that a business option is on the way.
This one’s different. It’s more of an interactive resume, a sort of gussied up “get to know me” – it’s super cool. It took about 2 minutes to set up and was quite comprehansive. I can see how it would be useful in a job search – I, for one, will be sending my Vizify link with resumes from now on.
Thumbs Up: Super easy to set up, professional looking. Visually impressive enough to be used as your entire site.
Thumbs Down: Needs a pay option to remove the Vizify branding.
Another new kid on the block, Hypemarks is another grid based social stream. Nicely designed and very easy to set up, there’s nothing wrong with it, but I didn’t find it nearly as exciting as Glos.si.
Thumbs Up: Heavy hitter investors make me think there must be something to this business plan that I am unaware of. Also, the collections feature is a neat one that I didn’t see on any of the other services.
Thumbs Down: Not sexy enough. It’s purely superficial, I know, but to be a player in today’s game, you gotta have the design and this one just isn’t doing it for me.
Which is your favourite social aggregator? Are there others I should be checking out? Let me know in the comments.
