The Slashdot slogan says it all: “News for nerds and stuff that matters.” Slashdot (shown below) has a reputation for being an outstanding social bookmarking site for people looking to find and share content related to technology, science, or science fiction. Slashdot works slightly differently from other social bookmarking sites in that submissions are reviewed [...]
Diigo (see below) is a unique social bookmarking site because it lets users save, for later access, a copy of any page online as it appears at that moment. Each member can store as much as 5 gigabytes of data. Users can also search and share saved pages with each other. Share and Enjoy:
Reddit (shown in the figure below) is a popular social bookmarking site known for its “no frills” appearance. To use Reddit, you create a free account and begin submitting content by clicking the Submit button on the Reddit site. As users vote content up and down, the most popular content makes it to the home [...]
Members of Orkut, a social networking site owned by Google, can communicate, connect, and share information, pictures, and videos. Although Orkut isn’t one of the most popular social networking sites, it has a strong Brazilian user base. You can sign in to Orkut by using the Google Account information you set up when you created [...]
The BlogHer social networking site is unique in that its intended audience is women bloggers. BlogHer (shown below) offers a directory of female bloggers, advertising, forums, and conferences. Additionally, members can create their own blogs on BlogHer to share thoughts, ideas, and news so female bloggers can communicate, network, and grow. Share and Enjoy:
The popular Friendster site is very similar to other popular social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Friendster (shown below), which is open to anyone over the age of 16, invites its more than 75 million members from around the world to connect, share information, and communicate in a common space. The site offers [...]
To join Plurk, simply visit the Plurk home page and click the Sign Up for Free button, shown in the figure below. Complete the online signup form, and you’re ready to go! Share and Enjoy:
You can join Twitter by visiting its home page and clicking the Get Started — Join button, shown below. Complete the online form to create a free Twitter account and then you can start “tweeting!” Microblogging, a relatively new tool of the social Web, allows users to publish short blog posts or messages, typically fewer [...]
Digg is one of the most popular social bookmarking sites. In fact, it’s viewed more as a social news site because its primary purpose is to share links to content more so than to bookmark content for personal use. Users submit content (or “digg” content) by entering the URL, description, and title for the specific [...]
LinkedIn has a reputation of being the go-to place for business and careerrelated social networking. It has a stripped-down interface that’s intended to be free of spam and irrelevant content. Rather than add “friends,” LinkedIn users make connections. Similar to Facebook, you cannot view another member’s profile unless you have been introduced to that person [...]
When you’re looking at sites specifically designed for social networking, remember that Facebook is one of the most popular options. Facebook is different from MySpace in that you can view complete profiles of only the people who are in your network, which means that Facebook is better for targeted networking and protected from spam. Although [...]
In terms of organized social networking, MySpace can be considered a viable option. If the truth is told, however, MySpace is more than a social networking tool because it provides far more options than social networking functionality, such as the ability to create individual blogs. It also allows anyone to create a MySpace page for [...]
