Take my word for it, this website will be big. The news of its conception and creation should be covered on TechCrunch, Mashable and possibly even BoingBoing. theListBook will be the internet’s best source of useful lists and let’s face it, everybody likes a good list.

In the words of the website’s founder, theListBook is “all about collaborative lists and social networking. Lists on every and any subject – that can be aggregated, filtered, ranked, rated, copied, commented and edited”. This simple platform opens the doorway for many other networking opportunities and methods to perhaps later generate revenue.

The website has been set up by a local company in Cheltenham who I first got in contact with when they approached me at the #AddMe Social Media Conference. From then I have been one of the lucky few to have received an Alpha testing pass and use the website in its current state. Despite being an Alpha version the website, so far, has been very stable for me and even at this basic stage has proven to be very useful.

To break into my ‘theListBook’ virginity I decided to create my first list detailing all my favourite ales. To actually create the list was a very simple process, not nearly as drawn out as I thought it might be. Text for individual items are inserted into a text field, followed by an option to upload a picture (the process of uploading a picture took a couple of seconds) and then another item can be inserted by clicking a single button.

Once a list has been created people are able to comment on it, rate it and add a similar list of their own.

The homepage of the website lists all of the latest lists, along with options to find the highest rated and the largest. Just by quickly scanning the homepage it is clear to see how varied lists become. Some of the most useful listed the best free software on the internet and delicious recipe guides.

Where the name of the website ‘theListBook’ really becomes relevant is on the user’s profile end. Each user as a sort of newsfeed but individually detailing all their activities. This includes any lists they have created, rated, groups they have joined and comments people have left.

Currently the website is still in Alpha testing stages but the creators of the site are more than keen to have more people testing their system before they are brave enough to venture into the realms of beta. Currently you can only register to theListBook via invites. If you would like an invite then please contact me.

If you use Twitter then feel free to follow @theListBook.

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