Streakr.com - Social Networking Meets Stumble-Upon

Streakr´s got some cool graphics going for it, and the name, well that´s a breath of fresh air, really, because unlike other 2.0 domain names, which are also keen on dropping vowels, Streakr has some serious bearing; it´s clever and glistens with an attitude just cheeky enough to betray its British origins. (It may also draw those in thinking it´s a ranking of actual in the buff streakers). Streakr promises to be ‘more Mad Max, less Tamagotchi.´ The site is a sort of Stumble Upon/meta-search engine/networking mashup. Users can use Streakr to do keyword searches across popular social networking sites, e.g., Bebo, Myspace, and Hi5; the results are loaded onsite in an i-Frame as opposed to direct linking. There´s a toolbar provided and you can search for user profiles on Streakr or other sites. The stumble upon feature allows you to find sites by categories which you can then rate, share and comment on. The profiles are pretty standard, with pictures, vivid to garish colors, and about me deets. In place of blog like commentaries, there´s a section of links which are given a thumbs up by the user. Looking at some profiles, it´s clear that there aren´t too many options to customize, but you´ll find your fair share of photos and long quotations of poetry. Overall, it´s an interesting site, but with sites like Wink and Myspace still reigning supreme, Streakr may be overlooked.

“Discover, rate and share common interests with other communities around the world”

The stumble upon feature is a nice addition and the site has an overall slick looking appeal. Its meta-search engine is useful for finding users, while the iFrame setup makes it easy to search multiple sites.

The cross networking search feature works both waysâ€"while it can attract users to Streakr, it can also refer traffic away. How relevant will the search results be? How many pages are aggregated? Will it include more customizable features?