I fiddled around with the Yahoo MyWeb Beta, primarily because I wanted to see how they might have integrated with Yahoo 360 -- the social networking solution in desperate need of a reason to live -- but I have already uninstalled the toolbar from Firefox. I had hoped the Yahoo 360 integration would lead to a social search/bookmarking solution that actually built on a buddy list and/or social network, but the integration is not available yet. The MyWeb solution without that looks like just another search and bookmarks system, and there's not enough there to justify changing my little ways.

I also took a look at the MyYahoo, with RSS aggregation built-in. Again, since I already have a gazillion RSS feeds in Bloglines, there is no reason to move to a portal-style solution -- but that's old news, since RSS feeds have been supported there since last fall.

All the buzz about the mad innovation going on at Yahoo doesn't seem justified, with the obvious exception of their acquisition of Flickr. Maybe Stewart and company can reorganize the mindset at Yahoo away from portals and into the paths of socialness.

[tags: MyYahoo Beta, Flickr, Yahoo]