Social Networking Sites

Social Networking Sites. If you like meeting people online, then social networking sites may be for you. We have all heard of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, FriendFinder, FriendWise. ClassMates is another one. Here is some information on the websites that are currently popular. Twitter. Probably the most recognizable name in social sites right now, where people Tweet to their friends and anyone else who is interested. Each Tweet is limited to 140 characters (words and spaces). You follow your friends activities and you have followers who follow yours. It has become inundated with people trying to sell information products and that can be trying at times, but still, you can keep up with your friends, so it is still popular. Facebook. This network is popular among high school students and college students. With this network, you are required to register with a particular group. You can only communicate with individuals within your network and not with everyone on the site. MySpace. is where you can search for friends who are members. MySpace is not a commercial organization though it can be used tyo promote your business. It is mainly for socializing and expressing your views. It takes time to build a circle of friends but well worth the effort.

Here is a partial list:

Facebook. General. 350,000,000 Users Classmates. School, college, work and the military 50,000,000 Users

MySpace. General. Losing ground to Facebook in recent years. 130,000,000 Users

Twitter. General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 75,000,000 Users

TravBuddy. Travel 1,588,000 Users

StumbleUpon. Stumble through websites that match your selected interests. 8,822,921 Users

ResearchGATE. Social network for scientific researchers 140,000 Users

MyLife. Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion) 51,000,000 users

LinkedIn. General but mainly business 53,000,000 Users Friends Reunited. UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000 Users

There are many sites of all different varieties and sizes from the very small, Advogato Free and open source software developers 13,575 users, to the very large: Facebook General. 350,000,000 users. Whatever you want is out there somewhere and a little bit of research will find you a group of like minded people that you can interact with. When it comes to finding a social networking website, you will find that you literally have an unlimited number of different options. Social networks have popped up all over the internet. Of course, you can join as many social networking sites as you would like to, but doing so can be tiring and time consuming. Instead of signing up for a large number of social networking sites or the first one that you come across, you are advised to research and examine a particular site. Doing so will enable to find and join the perfect social networking site, at least the one that is perfect for your needs. So go for it and Good Luck

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7 Responses to “Social Networking Sites”

  1. Hi Brian

    I’m being addmitted to hospital again tomorrow, our blogs’ 1st birthday. I should (hopefully) only be gone for 2 weeks.

    I just wanted to stop by today and wish your blog a very happy 1st birthday for tomorrow, and to wish you all the very best for the year ahead.

    May you sail the sea of ambition and land on the shores of success.

    Respect and Regards,
    Barry

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  2. Thanks Barry, And the best of luck to you, mate. you deserve it.
    Brian.

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  3. Hi, Brian

    My name is Howard a new student of John Thornhill’s Class.
    And I’m going threw previous students Blogs. I really like the research you have done on the many different social sites that are out there. That had to take you a little time. Thank you for doing it.

    In my opinion, You are off and running in a very good direction. I’m really looking forward to focusing on Twitter & Facebook. I ‘ve had an account with Myspace for some time. Although it’s just gotten out of control. So much in fact that I rarely go there any more.

    Cheers to you and your Blog, I really hope the best for you, in the world of Inter-netting.

    Best Regards
    Howard Piesik

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  4. Hi Brian,

    I haven’t really got to grips with these sites yet, although I do use them I am not sure how effective they are and could probably do more to make them work better for me.

    Enjoy the journey.

    Mandy

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  5. Hi Brian, thanks for the good information on social networking sites, very informative. Good blog layout and content. Terry Conti

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  6. Hi Brian,

    Thanks for the info. Social marketing is one area of my business that I’m lacking in. I’ll have to get up to speed with it.

    Best regards,
    George Nieves

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  7. Hey Brian,

    Nice post on social networks.

    You got me thinking about these sites. I tend to get involved with very tight niches. I am diabetic and this health problem is a perfect example of a network that is very tight.

    maybe I should open up to these larger sites.

    Thanks for the facts and insight,

    Alan

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