Social Networking
One of the internet phenomena at present is social networking. It links people to each other in so many ways. Its online community is rapidly growing by the minute as it connects members with common interests —- be it food, entertainment, fashion, sports, pastimes, or even education and business. Unlike the first few networks that came out, there are new networks now-a-days that are meant for more than just friendships and relationships. Business owners have also discovered the power of social networking and joined in the craze, too. They found out that it is somewhere they can spread about anything the fastest that they possibly can. Furthermore, it yields tons and tons of information you can make use of to help you decipher exactly what you will want and need for your market. You may even stumble upon things you never thought you’d find. It is also a considerable way of generating links to your site and be able to connect with other closely related sites. This, in turn, will link your individual page to them. If that is not enough for you, you might want to try linkbaiting by posting a hot topic, event, images, or anything that people can tell other about. This will surely bring traffic to your site. When it does, it will undoubtedly spread consciousness of other people regarding your site and whatever it is that you’re offering. Other than that, most social networks are for free. The only thing you’d have to spend is your time to submit your link and you’re ready to go. Once you’re good, people can then start viewing your site, link your page to other sites, bookmark you, mark you as favorite, which will help you be an established expert in your field. Whatever social networking you a part of, its best advantage is being able to connect you to people interested in your field or your topic in particular and vice versa. Here’s a list of some of the social networks you can choose from.
http://www.myspace.com - a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.
http://facebook.com - users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.
http://www.linkedin.com - the purpose of the site is to allow registered users to maintain a list of
http://www.flickr.com - an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository.
http://www.ryze.com - a free social networking website designed to link business professionals, particularly new entrepreneurs.
http://multiply.com - a social networking service with an emphasis on allowing users to share media - such as photos, videos and blog entries - with their “real-world” network.
