Social Networking
Ok this subject has been the topic of many articles on the Internet for many years now. I want to summerise what it is and maybe introduce you to a services you may not have encountered yet. Lets start off listing the top few social networking sites.
As you can see from these estimates below, Facebook has a very large following. Individuals and businesses are finding new and exiting ways to get people to follow them on whatever social network they use, and many use multiple networks.
Social networks allow for unique, individual comment and content creation that allows others to view and comment on which further allows and encourages converstion on any and all topics whether personal or political, anything goes, there are rules and Etiquette to comply with and best practises to adhere to.
Each network has it's own limitations and unique benefits.
| Social Network | Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors |
| 700,000,000 | |
| 200,000,000 | |
| 100,000,000 | |
| MySpace | 80,500,000 |
| Ning | 60,000,000 |
| Google+ | 32,000,000 |
| Tagged | 25,000,000 |
| Orkut | 15,500,000 |
| Hi5 | 11,500,000 |
| myyearbook | 7,450,000 |
| Meetup | 7,200,000 |
from http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites


