<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490648533710543336</id><updated>2011-05-10T06:54:36.075-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Social Networking</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/490648533710543336/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ageglio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04106303298797838314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9OpWU1s7G3w/Tck5neYP25I/AAAAAAAAAAM/fx2apnwrZJ4/s220/174500_1428137045_4628453_q.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490648533710543336.post-4892035109718324646</id><published>2011-05-10T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T06:54:35.864-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Social networking sites</title><content type='html'>Todays People are in to social networking. Just about everyone connects with one another through a social network. There are so many different websites you can use for communicating with family and friends as well as meeting new people. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Following is a list of common social networking sites:  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bebo&lt;/b&gt; (www.bebo.com) — a social networking site designed for friends who want to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;stay in touch, share online media and so forth. Bebo is an acronym for Blog Early, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Blog Often. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Classmates.com&lt;/b&gt; (www.classmates.com) — a social networking site that connects its &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;members with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cyworld&lt;/b&gt; (http://us.cyworld.com/) — a social networking site created in South Korea &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and designed for friends who want to stay in touch, share online media and so forth. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Delicious&lt;/b&gt; (http://delicious.com/) — a social bookmarking site that allows users to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;find, store and share Web bookmarks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Digg&lt;/b&gt; (http://digg.com/) — a social news site on which users can post links to news &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;content on the Web. Users may then vote on the posted links, causing them to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;display more or less prominently on the Digg home page. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dopplr&lt;/b&gt; (www.dopplr.com) — a social networking site that allows users to share &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;future travel plans with each other. The service then highlights correlations among &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the travel plans, indicating points at which users may meet. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hi5&lt;/b&gt; (www.hi5.com) — a social networking site designed for friends who want to stay &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in touch, share online media and so forth. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facebook&lt;/b&gt; (www.facebook.com) — a social networking site containing networks that &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;users can join which are organized by city, workplace, school and region. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Flickr&lt;/b&gt; (www.flickr.com) — a photo-sharing and video-sharing Web site that allows &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;users to store digital photos and videos and share them with other users. It is &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;possible to limit content to only certain Flickr users, or to open up the content for &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;anyone, even anonymous users. Bloggers also often use the site as a photo &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;repository. Flickr also can provide an excellent resource for backup storage, although &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a professional storage service such as iBackup (www.ibackup.com) might be &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;preferable. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friendster&lt;/b&gt; (www.friendster.com) — a social networking site designed for friends who &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;want to stay in touch, share online media and so forth. The first online social &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;network, introduced in 2002. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/b&gt; (www.linkedin.com) — a professional networking service designed to help &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;people find and connect with others in a work-related context. Users can post their &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;professional résumés, job positions, education, skills and experience. They can also &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;contact each other through a network of connections to seek jobs, business leads and &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;industry information. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;MySpace&lt;/b&gt; (www.myspace.com) — a social networking site that allows members to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;submit personal profiles, networks of friends, blogs, music, photos and videos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orkut&lt;/b&gt; (www.orkut.com) — a social networking site designed for friends who want to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;stay in touch and meet new friends. The most visited Web site in Brazil and second &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;most visited site in India. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Picasa&lt;/b&gt; (http://picasa.google.com/) — a photo-sharing site that allows users to load, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;organize, edit and share digital photos. The Picasa application was purchased by &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Google in 2004. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Plaxo&lt;/b&gt; (www.plaxo.com) — a social networking site that serves as an online contact &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;management service. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reddit&lt;/b&gt; (www.reddit.com) — a social news site on which users can post links to news &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;content on the Web. Users may then vote on the posted links, causing them to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;display more or less prominently on the Reddit home page. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;StumbleUpon&lt;/b&gt; (www.stumbleupon.com) — a social content-referral site that allows &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;users to rate Web pages, photos and videos. It uses the opinions of its members to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;create communities of like-minded Web surfers.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Twitter&lt;/b&gt; (http://twitter.com) — a social networking and blogging site that allows &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;members to post messages of up to 140 characters (including spaces). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;YouTube&lt;/b&gt; (www.youtube.com) — a video-sharing service that allows users to upload, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;view and share video clips&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/490648533710543336-4892035109718324646?l=socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/4892035109718324646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com/2011/05/social-networking-sites.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/490648533710543336/posts/default/4892035109718324646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/490648533710543336/posts/default/4892035109718324646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://socialnetworkinfo.blogspot.com/2011/05/social-networking-sites.html' title='Social networking sites'/><author><name>ageglio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04106303298797838314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9OpWU1s7G3w/Tck5neYP25I/AAAAAAAAAAM/fx2apnwrZJ4/s220/174500_1428137045_4628453_q.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
