http://tinyurl.com/groupsandupdates
http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2009/05/20/yahoo-groups-your-profile-on-yahoo-an\
d-updates/

WHAT AND WHY

Over the past few months across Yahoo!, you may have noticed a new feature
called "Updates", which is a way to share what you're doing on Yahoo! with your
connections and to see what your connections are up to on Yahoo! as well.

Yesterday, this feature was introduced to Yahoo! Groups giving users the option
of sharing their activity on Groups into their Updates feed on
http://profiles.yahoo.com. For example:

* A user posting pictures to a quilting group could share these pictures with
their friends as well.

* A user who has posted to a travel group about the best rides at Disney World
could let their connections know about this review in case they also had Disney
plans.

* A user who has posted an answer to a tax question on an accounting group with
public archives could in essence publish their answer to all their connections
or anyone who comes across their profile.

For members, Updates is a way to offer more exposure to the content they have
created and to effortlessly share with friends.

For moderators, Updates can drive new members and increase the level of activity
in their groups.


FEATURE SUMMARY

* Updates allows an easy way to share your group updates with all your
connections (ie. Updates are shown to your connection across Yahoo properties
such as Yahoo Mail, Yahoo IM, Yahoo Profiles).

* Currently only photo updates are being published. In the upcoming weeks more
update types such as message posts, polls, links etc. will be published. When
you opt-in to this feature all your update types will be published as they
become available.

* Updates is a feature that is fully opt-in per user per group (ie. you can
opt-in in one group while remaining opted-out in another).

* Updates is defaulted off for all groups. No updates will be shared unless you
explicitly opt-in.

* Updates is not supported for Closed groups, Adult (age restricted) groups, or
users using an Alias (alternate profile for their group). In other words, it's
not possible to opt-in for these groups.

* For groups that require membership to view content, only updates (ie.
thumbnail, photo name etc.) to the content being posted will be sent and
non-members will still be required to join the group before being able to view
the content in detail (ie. full size photo etc.).

* You can delete any specific update you have published directly on your
http://profiles.yahoo.com page


HOW IT WORKS

See the blog post, which include lots of useful screenshots:

http://tinyurl.com/groupsandupdates
http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2009/05/20/yahoo-groups-your-profile-on-yahoo-an\
d-updates/


FEEDBACK & HELP

Please leave your feedback on the blog as comments or, if you have ideas for
improvements, post to the Suggestions Board:
http://tinyurl.com/groupsandupdates
http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=groups

If you believe you are experiencing a bug, contact Customer Care:
http://tinyurl.com/contactCC
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/ownmod/forms/forms_index.html

If you want advice or to discuss with other moderators, try one of the groups
about Groups:
http://tinyurl.com/groupsaboutgroups
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/ownmod/starting/ideas-01.html

But please do NOT reply to this email. While we do try to read the messages to
the Moderator Central Owner address, you generally will NOT get a response.

Thanks,

- Gordon
Yahoo! Groups