From Pipes to Polyvore
Websites to watch
If you are into social shopping or apparel check out Polyvore.com. The site reminds me a bit of Kaboodle (now owned by Hearst) but with the ability to create visual 'sets'. Sets seam to be focused on apparel and accessories e.g. everything you need to buy if you are attending a holiday party. Visitors to the site may explore or create an ensemble of shirt, pants, watch, handbag etc etc and see them together, share them, vote on them comment... The site only has a view 'social' features today (comment, copy, fav, friends etc) but those are easy enough to add as needed. The FaceBook app is simple and works- it like most FB 'apps' is an interactive ad for Polyvore. I couldn't get the 'clipper' to work - i.e. I couldn't add my own images of products I found while surfing the web. There were plenty of images from what appears to be thousands of sites already indexed in Polyvore so not the biggest of deals.
The team at Polyvore has done a great job and is destin to be an Alexa Mover/Shaker. An interesting fact is that one of the co-founders of Polyvore was instrumental in developing Yahoo Pipes - an other rocket.
