Launched today, a new
online community aims to unite women from all age-groups, nationalities and
social backgrounds to share their knowledge, experience and thoughts on all the
practical issues they have to deal with in their daily lives. Initiated by Central California
nurses Laurie and Shellee, BuiltOnAWoman.com works on
the premise that women from the world over can all find common ground and
mutual benefit in a combined effort to address their everyday concerns.
The site?s focus is set on providing
straightforward, helpful practical knowledge, but it is otherwise unrestricted.
In presenting themselves, its founders
say, ?We're both moms and we're both nurses, but beyond that, we're different
as night and day. Shellee is all about saving the world, while Laurie is
there just to make sure your lipstick is on straight while you're doing it.?
The topics covered thus far extend beyond the defining
common issues of women?s health and motherhood to embrace a wide variety of
issues that range from the serious (like how to cope with soaring gas prices or
reduce one?s carbon footprint) to the just plain fun, such as make-up tips or
advice on planning a baby shower. The
site is fully interactive in that it provides a platform where users can host
their own blog dedicated to whatever aspect of female experience is of
particular interest to them.
A functionality essential to BuiltOnAWoman.com?s international
ambitions is its automatic translation feature. Powered by Google, it currently allows for instantaneous
translation of any textual content published on the site to and from twelve
different languages including Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Japanese and Korean.