A new Web 2.0 relationship advice community namely YouMe.us has entered into the market. This Web application is still in beta and it has been backed by a company, i.e. Prisma Star Software. This company has offices in the U.S. and Czech Republic. The goal of YouMe.us is to allow visitors to quickly post relationship issues and receive relevant responses from other users. In fact, Prisma Star Software has tried to create a community by utilize Web 2.0 concept in achieving this goal.

I visited their official blog, they are still improving the features of this Web application. They are going to launch Mobile alpha which will allow users to post issues and receive advice via mobile phone. In addition, they created the content filtering for teen and adult content. Upon entering the site, users will automatically be directed to the section of the site most appropriate for their age group, but may freely view both content groups by toggling a simple filter button, as they stated on their blog.

On the Web site, with the teenage girl’s image there, I believed that they are targeting the market of teenage girls. I wonder if teenage girl market is potentially huge and majority of them are really looking for the real love, and indeed, amid the relationship problems. This type of community service, I believed is similarly to online match-making services, the services is excellent but most of the initial matches are often imperfect. In this case, they’re not guarantee the answers contributed by other users are correct. In other words, if you let other people to decide your relationship problems, the Web community may shoot the Cupid’s arrow in the wrong direction.

YouMe.us may captured the first-mover advantage in the field they’ve entered. I tend to believe that they would eventually attract a group of Web audience. However, I think they need to explore ways to provide the relationship advices and improve the users’ experiences in order to sustain its market growth. For users, don’t forget, it always takes resilience to find a true love.