Social Networks Include More Options for Users

The latest splash in Social Networking waters was Google’s announcement of its Friend Connect Feature : pieces of code that webmasters can paste on their site to bring the features of social networking to their sites. The news follows similar announcements from FaceBook and MySpace which are looking to innovative avenues to expand social networks.

Arun on May 19, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | Leave a Comment

Google Will Give Prizes to Best Orkut Applications in Brazil

It is no secret that Brazil is the most important location for Google’s social networking site Orkut. Now, as part of the OpenSocial initiative, Google will be giving prizes to the best developers of Orkut applications.

Daniel Scocco on April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | Leave a Comment

Will Social Networks Replace Search?

Social Networks and Search fill two unconnected niches online. While the former is mainly about remaining connected to your friends (both online and offline), search is about getting things done. Greg Sterling has neatly presented the idea in his article at SearchEngineLand:

Arun on April 17, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | 3 Comments

MySpace Announces New Music Service : MySpace Music

News corp, the parent company of social networking major MySpace, has announced details of a partnership with major record labels to provide a new service called MySpace music. The service would provide streaming free music to users and could be ad-supported with purchase options being available as well.

Arun on April 4, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | Leave a Comment

More Privacy Controls And Instant Messaging Coming To Facebook

FaceBook announced a feature that gives its users more control and customization option in making their profile information visible to selected contacts.

An excerpt from AP:

For example, someone who uploads a racy batch of photos or lists his cell phone number or personal e-mail address on his Facebook page can now bar some people on list of friends from seeing any of that information.

Arun on March 20, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | 1 Comment

New Twist To Online Product Promotion

Social Networks have been quoted as the potential melting pots for advertising but the recent approaches have not exactly paid off. FaceBook, the popular social networking site had tried a strategy at advertising that most of its users found to be too intrusive. But the approach being tried by a firm called bSocial may finally throw some light on how to approach product promotion in the social networking space.

Daniel Scocco on March 17, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | Leave a Comment

AOL Acquires Social Networking Site Bebo for $850 Million

AOL will be acquiring the social media network Bebo for 850 million dollars. The deal comes in the aftermath of Yahoo’s reported courting for the site.

Arun on March 14, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | 3 Comments

Social Networks on the Mobile Phone

Social Networks are no longer the hip thing. But mobile social networks are increasing vying to emerge as the next big phenomenon. And at stake is the massive number of mobile phones that are expected to go into circulation.

Arun on March 6, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | 1 Comment

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