You may have realised that MrDefinite.com homepage has undergone some changes necessary for improvement of readers’ surfing experience.

Since a few days ago, MrDefinite.com has caused high load for its server due to its heavy content and this resulted in slow page loads of websites under that server.

After discussing with my host, we came to a solution to simplify the homepage by providing the excerpt instead of the whole content.

Some of the things deemed unnecessary, such as the “Blogs I Click” section, has also been removed. If I had previously listed your website in the blogroll, my apologies for any inconvenience occurred.

I came across the following photo showing a report with the headline: 1Malaysia.com readily replacing Facebook.

Here are some facts about the new, made-in-Malaysia social network, launched last week on 12 January.

1Malaysia.com is a product of Lim Kok Wing University graduate Ezran Baharum, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of CASO Sdn. Bhd. Also involved in the new Malaysian network is the Chief Technical Officer Tan Yew Hong.

1Malaysia.com the social network shall not be confused with 1Malaysia.com.my, where the latter is a personal website of Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Razak.

Currently 1Malaysia.com has a PageRank (PR) of 2 and Alexa Rank of 797,347. This is quire impressive considering it has just been launched in the mid of January.

The site currently registers 4,192 members, most of whom appear to be Malays.

One thing that makes it different from Facebook is that its ability to show public the latest albums, blogs, polls, groups, events, videos, and music uploaded by 1Malaysia users from the menu bar.

This may pose privacy issues to some users who are not aware of such properties.

My personal opinion on this new social networking site is that it might lack its own identity, since:

1. it is very similar to the overused 1Malaysia slogan and political programme.
2. it is just a .net difference from Najib’s website.
3. its logo lacks simplicity (having 2 colours, 2 different fonts, and a Malaysian flag) and uniqueness.

Also, some users are misusing some of the platform, such as polls and forums, to promote their money-making scheme. This could irritate users, or even prospects.

On a positive note, 1Malaysia’s layout is simple enough and navigation is user-friendly — at least from the homepage. I’m not yet a member but I’m judging this from the perspective of a fresh visitor.

Well, first impression is important!

Once 1Malaysia has gained a significant amount of users, its next challenges are to prevent server from being overload, as well as to keep improving its code design for better security, load-time and surfing experience.