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July 1, 2011

Location Based Social Networking, Yahoo! Koprol


So This is..?
Fresh-Ideas about social networking

Our Review
Very interesting that this local social networking (the originality is from our country) gets acquired by Yahoo!  in May 2010.
Yahoo! Koprol is a location-based social networking intended to some big cities in Indonesia where Koprol connecting the user that based or currently in the same locations. And the idea itself is a combine concept of various social networking sites that are emerging as Lifestream model such as Twitter, comments application Plurk, and location systems like Brightkite. Here the mobile user can be like a GPS (Global Positioning System) without a GPS application from the phone itself. Koprol provides numbers of location where user can check-in and user may see the other members who are in the same location.

Koprol Front Page
so with the location-based networks that accentuate commercial places, users will be more talk local services more often in Koprol. And finally it can be said the "network of consumers", because they will sharing information and reviews on matters of consumerism.

Conclusion
Very inspiring ideas of the local now become an international social networking

What Should I do Then??
Roll and check in

Our Rating
9 out of 10
The acquisition of Yahoo! make this social network is deserved a good rating.. don't they??

Ref: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koprol

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