Mike, thanks for the post

I think the two most important things for us thus far have been our local approach (url’s, languages, outreach) and focussing on the living family.

Noah rightly points out that they are releasing more and more features aimed at the living family, although from the outset it did (and to some still does) seem they were aiming more at the genealogy enthusiast.

I guess that’s the point of this game - your competition keeps you on your toes, and your users should direct you in the features you build. What features work best for users and are most rewarding for people like us is still up for debate and proof…

Looking forward to the next 18 months!!

- Gareth
Kindo Coffee Maker
http://www.oneafrikan.com/

Mike - Thanks for the mention. I would invite you to spend some time on Geni. I think that you will find our feature set and growing user base is very much focused on enabling communication and collaboration among living family members.

In addition to all of the features you mentioned above (communication features, stats, family ‘newsfeed’), users have really enjoyed creating a shared digital scrapbook of their lives with our unlimited photo sharing and our new events and timeline features.

We have a number of significant enhancements and new features that we will roll out in the next few months - stay tuned!

-Noah
The Geni Team