Keep in line with with social network and online community building around verticals, Yahoo! has released a “Shoposphere”, which allows users to select items and share them with friends (virtually of course). It appears that you can also flex your mental prowess by answering questions around items that you have chosen.
Yahoo is very strong in online shopping, but Google has yet to enter the space, except for everlasting Beta status of Froogle. I suspect that we will be hearing something about Froogle soon.
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of