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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
facebook 700,000,000
twitter 200,000,000
LinkedIn 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  


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