Gatorpeeps.com is an African micro-blogging platform which picked a cue from Twitter.com.
I really appreciate Justin Parks and the Afrigator team for the timely initiative. It has great features that are distinct from Twitter, Jaiku and Identi.ca . I score it high for usability and accessibility. It loads very fast. A great relieve for newbie Bloggers who need traffic to survive and networking to be recognized.
But I still see challenges with the platform. I wish to communicate these challenges in a simple and clear language for all to understand. I intentionally will not use professional jargons. The following are the areas I desire growth in Gatorpeeps:
1. A short biography of users alongside their fully shown website address and gatorpeeps’ profile. It is healthy for personal branding!
2. Gatorpeeps – Facebook integration tool where facebook updates will appear as peeps.
3. Gatorpeeps – Twitter integration where tweets will become peeps
4. Developing a widget or plug-in that is compatible with and bring hootsuite.com and ping.fm into gatorpeeps.
5. Integrating Real Time Search that is focused on what is hot in Africa but is searchable on google.
6. Introduction of users’ photo gallery in thumbnails on their profile with comment tools. It should look like the "following" thumbnails on gatorpeeps' profile webpage. The gallery could be zoomed large and photos could be downloaded as a single file.
7. Rolling out Adgator like Adsense or BuySellAd to promote gatorpeeps.com and it’s users across Africa. The Ad scheme should be affordable. The publicity should be massive.
Conclusion:
I want to conclude on this note that my ideas are nothing but suggestions and may lack technical backing. May be more ideal than real. But there are wild enough to send sharp imaginations to work immediately. What do you think?
Thanks for cvisiting and commenting. I will edit the blog to correct the name. See more of you here tis year.
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