20 minutes (personal) vision on....

...social networking, directories & search

Who am I?

Yme Bosma (www.yme.nl)

Business development & partnerships bij Hyves Formerly with Media Republic, Lost Boys and Y&R

Hyves, a social networking service More than 7 million active Dutch users, 53% reach (13+) 5 billion pageviews per month, 10% share 2,5 million users per day, 40 minutes on average 30 million pageviews on mobile website per month Etc...

What is Hyves?

What do we do (in a few years)?

We are a switchboard, facilitating communication and interaction between people, in anyway, anywhere

We help people build, use and manage their identity, on and off Hyves, online and offline

We aggregate and organize information and knowledge on content in all its appearances and make it available in many ways

What do we do (in a few years)?

We are a switchboard, facilitating communication and interaction between people, in any way, any where

We help people build, use and manage their identity, on and off Hyves, online and offline

We aggregate and organize information and knowledge on content in all its appearances and make it available in many ways

What do we do (in a few years)?

We are a switchboard, facilitating communication and interaction between people, in any way, any where

We help people build, use and manage their identity, on and off Hyves, online and offline

We aggregate and organize (a social filter) information and knowledge on content (in whatever form) and make it available in many ways

What does this mean for you today?

Yes, we are directory

On average:

1 million uniques, 4 million views for people search on our website everyday

60 million profile views every day

20K visits through wieowie.nl every day

Social is part of the answer

I'm not just looking for a dentist close to my home

I'm not looking for the cheapest pizza delivery service

I'm not looking for the plumber with the biggest ad-budget

I'm not looking for the longest list of lawyers

Add this to the answer mix

And this.....

And this...

And this

Who provides the interface?

We provide Hyvers wit a mobile, TV, web and desktop interface, all enhanced based on their specific characteristics and capabilities

Social networks are not necessarily the obvious and top-of-mind places to start 'a search'

But since you are not using our data to enhance your service, we'll be using 'yours'....

What can we do together?

We will give you the tools and data to enrich (and expand) the experience you provide

Hyves is an open (standards based) platform, you can interact with our members and (their) content in any way you want, anywhere

And you can have them interact with your content and visitors in any way you want

So, why don't you?