A new web site about.me is poking its head out of the ground. The UI is very elegant and I can imagine this taking off pretty quickly. I've already registered for myself (and each of my kids). Many of the posted profiles are a little too "Glamor Shots + Internet" from the look of things but don't let this distract you. I think there's a lot of potential.
Where's the value? You're able to track your recent and historical profile views and statistics as well as understand your "reach" based on Twitter, Linkedin, etc. There are also some tools to help you promote and extend that reach as well. As an option, you can allow people to contact you via email. But while their return address will be shown to you, your email address is hidden from them. Very nice feature.
- Not Facebook.
- Not Twitter.
- Not Linkedin.
- Not Blogger.
about.me/philread
