Open Web Social Icon Guide

About.me – Platform to create a central user profile that links to all of your social networks.

Bebo – Social networking site that is similar to Facebook. SN

Bitbucket – Hosting site for software developers to share code and collaborate. 3 million users. T

Blip.fm – Internet radio with music streaming and sharing.

Blogger – Site to create and host blogs.

BusinessWeek.com – Business news with profiles of successful business people.

CrunchBase – Database of technology companies, people and investors. T

Delicious – Tool to save, organize and remember links you find interesting on the web.

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

Digg – User-generated news website where people vote content up or down.

Disqus – Service that helps facilitate comments and discussions on your website.

Facebook – Social networking site, connects people with friends and others. 1+ billion users. SN

Flickr – Photo management and sharing application.

Foursquare – Geo-targeting tool that recommends places and deals based on where people visit. See where candidates check-in to connect. SN

FriendFeed – Site that consolidates updates from social networks in one spot.

GitHub – Hosting site for software developers to share code and collaborate. Largest code host in world. 3 million users. T

Google Profiles – Site to create a personal profile to help control your public image.

Gravatar – Creates an image to represent you across the web. Appears when you comment and post. Provides personal contact info for candidates.

Identica – Social networking and micro-blogging service. Can also install software, customize groups and download plugins. SN

Instagram – Facebook-owned mobile tool to share photos and video. Now create/upload 15-second videos to share; Competes with Vine/Twitter. SN

Last.fm – Internet radio service that recommends new music based on what you listen to.

LiveJournal – Site to create and host blogs. Has a social component with friends lists.

Meetup – Site that helps groups of people plan online and offline meetings/meetups. SN

Mixx – DJ software for making mixes. Open source project. Programmers contribute code.

MySpace – Not used much anymore for social networking. Mostly music and entertainment. SN

Ning – Platform to create, customize and launch your own social network. Used to have free platform; Pay only now.

Orkut – Google-owned social networking and discussion site. SN

Pinterest – Content sharing service where users “pin” images and videos to pinboards. #3 most popular behind Facebook and Twitter. SN

Plancast – Site to find events and things to do near you. Helps people connect and share events.

Plaxo – Site to manage and sync multiple address books and contact information.

Plurk – Social networking and micro-blogging service with comments grouped in threads. Accepts images and videos. SN

Quora – Q A site edited by users. middleics are aggregated. Large Silicon Valley user base. SN

Reddit – Unique bookmarking site; Social news website and forum where stories are curated and promoted by its users.

Seesmic – Suite of tools to help users simultaneously manage accounts for multiple social networks.

Squarespace – Site to create websites, pages, galleries and blogs.

Stack Overflow – Q A site for software developers. Contains library of detailed programming info. T

StumbleUpon – Site that finds and recommends content based on what you view and rate. Thumbs up or thumbs down content. SN

Technorati – Search engine specifically for blogs. Finds content based on tags and keywords. Provides popularity indexes and great for SEO.

TripIt – Site to organize trip details and share travel plans.

Tumblr – Yahoo owned blogging platform and social networking site. Recently purchased to compete with Facebook and Google. SN

Twitter – 140-characters social networking and micro-blogging service. #2 in users, behind Facebook. SN

Typepad – Service for hosting and publishing blogs and photo albums.

Viadeo – Professional social network (like LinkedIn) with a major presence in Europe, India, China, and South America. SN

Vimeo – Non-commercial site to upload, share, and view videos (like YouTube). SN

WordPress – Site to create and host websites and blogs. An Open Source project.

Xing – Social network for business and careers with a major presence in Germany. SN

YouTube – A popular site to upload, share, and view videos. Operated by Google. #2 for SEO, next to Google. SN