Social Networking at its Best: Dopplr

March 27th, 2008

Dopplr is a social network aimed at business travelers. By just this defination the creativity and effort put behind the project is not very clear.


Although once you get the chance to signup to it, you will understand the pain and effort which has gone into preparing this network. For starters the usability is spot on. Some examples:

  • Add a trip: It allows you to type a location and once you finish typing it suggests possible locations.

  • Focus on Travel: In my opinion a niche social network should do what its there for example: Flixster deal with movie, Flickr - Pictures. Dopplr does exactly what it says on the tin and shows you the places you are about to travel.

  • Suggests Coincidences: You can see who might be at the same location as you at a given time.

  • Recommendations: But I think Dopplr really hits the spot is with its recommendation engine. Dopplr suggests what you should do in the city you are about to visit, based on others recommendation.

There are also other features which are very attractive. Example: Inviting through other networks like Gmail, Twitter, Flickr and Microformats.

An excellent team and good quality investors has indeed helped to create the buzz:

“Dopplr users and entrepreneurs Martin Varsavsky, Joichi Ito, Reid Hoffman and Saul Klein’s The Accelerator Group have financed this early-stage funding. It’s an impressive role call of investors, many of whom have been involved with a number of Web 2.0 success stories (including Last.FM, Flickr, Six Apart and FON).”
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Posted by Raj Anand Filed in Business 2.0, Social Networks, Travel 2.0, Web World



4 Responses to “Social Networking at its Best: Dopplr”

  1. Social Networking at its Best: Dopplr Says:
    March 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    […] PubSec wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDopplr is a social network aimed at business travelers. By just this defination the creativity and effort put behind the project is not very clear. Although once you get the chance to signup to it, you will understand the pain and … […]

  2. Albert Aimers Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 4:37 am

    Very interesting…I would like to get your Communities thought on a new financial social network that we just launched that pays it users/members for consuming content.

    Below is a short video

    http://my.wallst.net/referral/AlbertAimers/JoinForm

  3. Charles Stuart Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Hey you have to check out Virtudex.com It’s the best business social network. Invite only so here is a pass code - 1Z1code

  4. Raj Anand Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Anyone apart from Charles thinks Vitudex.com is the best business social network ?



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