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About.me - Platform to create a central user profile that links to all of your social networks. |
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Bebo - Social networking site that is similar to Facebook. SN |
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Bitbucket - Hosting site for software developers to share code and collaborate.
3 million users. T |
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Blip.fm - Internet radio with music streaming and sharing. |
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Blogger - Site to create and host blogs. |
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BusinessWeek.com - Business news with profiles of successful business people. |
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CrunchBase - Database of technology companies, people and investors. T |
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Delicious - Tool to save, organize and remember links you find interesting on the web. |
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Dice - The most comprehensive view of tech talent. Millions of unified profiles that leverage data from 1.5 million resumes and 50 social sites. T |
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Digg - User-generated news website where people vote content up or down. |
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Disqus - Service that helps facilitate comments and discussions on your website. |
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Facebook - Social networking site, connects people with friends and others.
1+ billion users. SN |
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Flickr - Photo management and sharing application. |
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Foursquare - Geo-targeting tool that recommends places and deals based on where people visit. See where candidates check-in to connect. SN |
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FriendFeed - Site that consolidates updates from social networks in one spot. |
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GitHub - Hosting site for software developers to share code and collaborate. Largest code host in world. 3 million users. T |
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Google Profiles - Site to create a personal profile to help control your public image. |
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Google+ - Social networking site. 500 million users. Second largest network behind Facebook. SN |
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Gravatar - Creates an image to represent you across the web. Appears when you comment and post. Provides personal contact info for candidates. |
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Identica - Social networking and micro-blogging service. Can also install software, customize groups and download plugins. SN |
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Instagram - Facebook-owned mobile tool to share photos and video. Now create/upload 15-second videos to share; Competes with Vine/Twitter. SN |
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Last.fm - Internet radio service that recommends new music based on what you listen to. |
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LiveJournal - Site to create and host blogs. Has a social component with friends lists. |
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Meetup - Site that helps groups of people plan online and offline meetings/meetups. SN |
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Mixx - DJ software for making mixes. Open source project. Programmers contribute code. |
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MySpace - Not used much anymore for social networking. Mostly music and entertainment. SN |
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Ning - Platform to create, customize and launch your own social network. Used to have free platform; Pay only now. |
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Orkut - Google-owned social networking and discussion site. SN |
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Pinterest - Content sharing service where users “pin” images and videos to pinboards. #3 most popular behind Facebook and Twitter. SN |
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Plancast - Site to find events and things to do near you. Helps people connect and share events. |
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Plaxo - Site to manage and sync multiple address books and contact information. |
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Plurk - Social networking and micro-blogging service with comments grouped in threads. Accepts images and videos. SN |
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Quora - Q&A site edited by users. middleics are aggregated. Large Silicon Valley user base. SN |
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Reddit - Unique bookmarking site; Social news website and forum where stories are curated and promoted by its users. |
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Seesmic - Suite of tools to help users simultaneously manage accounts for multiple social networks. |
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Squarespace - Site to create websites, pages, galleries
and blogs. |
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Stack Overflow - Q&A site for software developers. Contains library of detailed programming info. T |
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StumbleUpon - Site that finds and recommends content based on what you view and rate. Thumbs up or thumbs down content. SN |
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Technorati - Search engine specifically for blogs. Finds content based on tags and keywords. Provides popularity indexes and great for SEO. |
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TripIt - Site to organize trip details and share travel plans. |
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Tumblr - Yahoo owned blogging platform and social networking site. Recently purchased to compete with Facebook and Google. SN |
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Twitter - 140-characters social networking and micro-blogging service. #2 in users, behind Facebook. SN |
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Typepad - Service for hosting and publishing blogs and
photo albums. |
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Viadeo - Professional social network (like LinkedIn) with a major presence in Europe, India, China, and South America. SN |
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Vimeo - Non-commercial site to upload, share, and view videos (like YouTube). SN |
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WordPress - Site to create and host websites and blogs. An Open Source project. |
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Xing - Social network for business and careers with a major presence in Germany. SN |
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YouTube - A popular site to upload, share, and view videos. Operated by Google. #2 for SEO, next to Google. SN |