Myyearbook.com - You've Got Friends

“It all started during Spring Break 2005, flipping through a yearbook in my room and realizing it sucked. This is 2005 - why the hell is anyone buying yearbooks anymore? We wanted more than the typical stuff -- autographs, will, pictures -- although those had to be there too. What would make this site different -- and loved -- is it would be full of the people you know and meet in real life everyday. And it would go with you your whole life. It was real life on the Internet. Then we realized it could be more. It could reinvent real life. It could make real life better. Making it easier to meet the people you see every day. Making it easier to approach the cute girl in a different class. Making it easier to find out who else shares your likes, dislikes, favorite movies, music, Chinese food place, ... Catherine wrote the name down on her notebook, put smiley faces in the "O's." myYearbook was born.”

Social networking sites are growing at a fast pace. MyYearbook is a young and fast-growing online community that unlike other social networking sites, which make it almost impossible for users to find their friends online, it’s organized by where their users live and who their friends are. It was designed to help its members learn more about the people they might already know or actually have the chance to meet someday. The result is that MyYearbook is a place where members can express themselves freely while controlling who has access to their profiles.

How will MyYearbook be able to compete with big name social networking sites like MySpace or Friendster? Will it be able to maintain its steady growth?