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MySpace.com: 191
million members. This site is
massive, boasting the largest membership of any social
networking site on the Internet.
Facebook.com:
Was initially intended for college students -- it
branched out, and now allows everyone membership. 70 million members.
Linkedin.com: 12.5
million members -- a powerful tool for business
networking.
Friendster.com:
29 million members. Friendster was considered the top
online social networking service until around April 2004,
when it was overtaken by MySpace. Demographic studies
indicate users are from 17 to 30 years old.
Stumbleupon.com:
Boasting 2.75 million users, StumbleUpon is a web browser plugin
that allows its users to discover and rate webpages,
photos, videos, and news articles. A great way to get
website promotion. Bought by eBay for $75 million
in May 2007.
Orkut.com: Orkut is an Internet social networking
service run by Google and named after its creator,
Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. It claims to be
designed to help users meet new friends and maintain
existing relationships. Now has a membership of 57
million.
Twitter.com:
A free social networking service that allows users to
send "updates" (text-based posts that are up to 140
characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, email, the
Twitter website, or an application such as Twitterrific.
The site has become very popular in only a few months -- a lot of people are watching it.
Classmates.com: 40
million members. One of the oldest
social networking sites around, Classmates was kicked
off in 1995, and has proven to be a great way for
members to to connect with old friends and acquaintances
from throughout their lives.
Meetup.com: 2
million members. Meetup.com is an online social
networking portal that facilitates offline group
meetings in various localities around the world. Meetup
allows members to find and join groups unified by a
common interest, such as politics, books, games, movies,
health, pets, careers or hobbies.
del.icio.us: The website del.icio.us (pronounced as
"delicious") is a social bookmarking web service for
storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. The
site was founded by Joshua Schachter in late 2003, and
is now part of Yahoo!.
Yahoo!
360° (a.k.a Yahoo! Days) is a personal communication
portal similar to orkut and MySpace -- it is
currently in the beta-testing phase. It integrates features of
social networking, blogging and photo sharing sites.
Xanga.com:
40 million members. Xanga is a free Web-based service
that hosts weblogs, photoblogs, videoblogs, audioblogs,
and social networking profiles.
Care2.com: 7.2
million members. Care2 is a social networking
website that was founded to help connect activists from
around the world.
Ryze.com:
.25 million members. Ryze.com is a free social
networking website designed to link business
professionals.
In all, there are
over 100 social networking sites on the Internet. Some
of the other social networking sites that I have not
included in the list above are:
Bebo,
BlackPlanet.com,
Flickr.com,
Reunion.com, aSmallWorld, Bebo, BlackPlanet.com, Blue Dot, Bolt, Broadcaster.com, Buzznet, CarDomain, Consumating, Couchsurfing, Cyworld, Dandelife, DeadJournal, DontStayIn, Doostang, Ecademy, eSPIN, Faceparty, Flickr, Flirtomatic, Fotki, Friends Reunited, Gaia Online, Geni.com, GoPets, Graduates.com, Grono.net, Hyves, imeem, Infield Parking, IRC-Galleria, iWiW, Joga, Bonito, Last.fm, LibraryThing, LiveJournal, LunarStorm, MEETin, MiGente.com, Mixi, MOG, Multiply, My Opera Community, myYearbook, Netlog, Nexopia, OUTeverywhere, Passado, Piczo, Playahead, ProfileHeaven, Pownce, RateItAll, Reunion.com, Searchles, Sconex, Shelfari, Soundpedia, Sportsvite, Studivz, TagWorld, TakingITGlobal, The Doll Palace, The Student Center, Threadless, TravBuddy.com, Travellerspoint, Tribe.net, Vampire Freaks, Vox, WAYN, WebBiographies, Windows Live Spaces, Woophy, XING, Xuqa, Yelp, Zaadz, Zooomr
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