We know we haven’t launched anything new for a couple weeks, but tonight we are introducing a new Search feature that anyone can use (registered or not) and a redesigned index page that shows off the power of Yazzem.

First off, the new search tool will enable anyone to search status updates and topic comments quickly and easily. Just visit search.yazzem.com and enter any search term. You can choose to either view all status updates or all topic comments. Within the next few weeks, we plan on enhancing search to it’s full potential.

The new index page takes search and integrates it, along with adding Latest Activities and some cool links and reviews we have gotten.

Hope you like the new updates to Yazzem!

Thanks,
The Yazzem Team

Today is the opening of nominations for the 3rd annual Techcrunch Crunchie Awards. We thought it would be cool to see how many nominations we could get for Yazzem, so I embedded a button below that takes you directly to the nominations page. All you have to do is click the “Share” button.

We’d love for your nomination!

Thanks,
Zack

Tonight, we are pleased to launch our SMS Notification feature. You’ll now be able to be notified by text message of any new messages, comments, or when someone subscribes to you. To activate this great new tool you just need to simply go to Settings > SMS > and type in your cell number and select your carrier. After you have entered your cell phone information and saved it, click the “send me a text” button to see if you setup everything correctly.

If you have any questions regarding this or anyting else, feel free to drop us a line in the support center.

Thanks,
Yazzem Team

We usually launch new features every couple of weeks, however we thought it would be cool to let you know what’s coming. Me and Dustin put together a road map for the next three months of the things we will be working on. It’s not in order, but we hope to have all of these things checked off around the end of January.

• Customizable designs – We offer some great designs for users to choose from, however one can’t upload a custom background or change the colors. In a few weeks, we are adding customizable designs for all users.
• AJAX all across Yazzem – Every time you post a comment, update your status, subscribe to a user, etc. the page refreshes. With AJAX, we can change that and add a smoother feel to Yazzem.
• Upload photos on status updates – This has been in the plans for a while, however we thought it would make Yazzem even more powerful by allowing a user to upload photos for their status. A small thumbnail of that picture will show next to the status, which one can hover over and see the “big image”.
• Language packs – We’ve noticed an increased percentage of visitors coming from other countries, so we decided it would be a good idea to have different languages for one to choose from. If they post anything in their language that you don’t understand, their post will automatically be converted to your language.
• SMS notifications – Eventually you’ll be able to type in your cell number and phone carrier and be notified by SMS of any new messages, comments, etc.
• iPhone app – Right now, we just offer m.yazzem.com, so we knew eventually we were going to need an iPhone app that you can easily access with the flick/touch of a finger. More news will come on this later.
• Palm App – Another mobile app in the works right now is Yazzem Mojo, for the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. This will offer you great functionality to use wherever you go with your Palm device.

We may add some new things over time to this road map, but this is what we have so far. Please let us know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks,
The Yazzem Team

Update: Private messaging is now live!

For the past few days, we have been hard at work on a brand new feature that will bring a new level of communication to Yazzem – private messaging.

Every user will have their own Inbox where they can send messages to others. Reply to messages sent to you and even attach a file.

Here are some screenshots:

And for those who just need to know, here is that really cool picture (which is just a redesign of Google I designed for fun):

We’ll have more details when we launch it tomorrow!

Thanks,
The Yazzem Team