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The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recently published a report on harmful content on the internet.  This once again brought a renewed focus on social networking following the earlier publication of the Byron Report this year and the Home Office best practice document on social networking.   The report was written to address the "in

With everything happening in social media and the proliferation of online dating, it got me thinking that because of the power of six pixels of separation (not the Podcast title, but the concept - a world where individuals are connecting in ways we could have never imagined possible) - that the North American divorce rate will decrease significantly in the coming years. When we're connecting like

Computer security researchers have warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust. Opportunities for mischief abound as users place intimate details of their lives on profile pages and install mini-applications made by strangers that don't always have their privacy at heart. In a trend pioneered with tremendous success by F

There is a new way to campaign for an office in the Philippines - E-campaign (electronic campaign, if I may say). This is because presidentiables and senatoriables have joined cyberspace (by way of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Social networks website are becoming popular day by day and tons of news site are being introduced by companies. But its is becoming difficult for the users to update their profile every time on different social networking site. All of the social networks site have lots of fiels to fill out and most of them [...]

Great Presentation from David Cushman here focusing on Traditional Advertising Models with reference to Youth Advertising in youth social networks Why Traditional Ad Models will not work in social networks (and what will…) view presentation (tags: advertising networks social marketing)

Those of you who have 100’s of social networking account’s, This post is dedicated to you. Spokeo searches your friends’ blogs and photos across 40 social networks so you don’t have to visit hundreds of websites one by one. All social networks in a box. [...]

As I've said in the past, social networks play a big role in getting you traffic. There are hundreds of them spreaded out on the internet. The only thing you got to do is to sign up with them, and make a lot of friends. Why, should you make a lot of friends? Well, they are the ones who decide if your article will get any attention at all. No votes, no traffic.Once you've added some friends, you'll

eMarketer estimates that among the 37 million UK Internet users in 2007, about 30%—or 11 million of them—visited social network sites regularly. In addition, social network usage is rising rapidly. According to a 2008 study by Universal McCann, 60% of UK Internet users ages 16 to 54 have created a social network profile, more than double the 27% who reported having one in 2007. "Online social

Marketing 101: Target Your Branding Niche and the Community Water Coolers: How do you successfully do that? Social networking is a very powerful way to implement that business strategy. And between work, home, friends and play your time is very short supply, so its critically important to focus. Basically, you want to be where your [...]

One of my favorite parts of marketing Iowa Avenue is joining other social networks and getting to know different people from all walks of life. As you already know, social networks are a great way to meet and get to know people online who live in all different parts of the world. Through their blogs, comments, and personal contact, you learn who they are, what’s important to them, and the kind

June is Internet Safety month. With hundred of millions of teens, pre-teens--and adults--around the world using social networking sites, there's no better time for parents to be aware of the fun, the benefits, the powerful attractions, and the potential... Tech Tags: children's newswatch children's news kids news children kids youth

Traffic to social networks comprise almost 40% of the mobile Web according to Opera Software’s “State of the Mobile Web” report, published today. The results both show healthy growth in the numbers of consumers accessing the Web from their mobile devices and provide insight into aggregate consumer preferences when browsing

13th May, London – Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com) today announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with “free calls, chat and more.” Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending

T-Mobile and Nokia plans to work together to provide Social Networking services to their customers via mobile devices and coupled services. First in the line are European customers and they stand to start off with high speed web'n'walk from T-Mobile and Nokia's Ovi internet services on a wide range of Nokia devices.The companies will partner to further enhance T-Mobile's community-oriented MyFaves service, launched in October 2007 in Europe, empowered by the well-known Nokia user experience.Widget cooperation is another focus area for the companies, where T-Mobile's leading web'n'walk offering will provide an even richer user experience. T-Mobile's web'n'walk offers customers an instant and customizable access to their most preferred Internet and messaging services. For T-Mobile customers

This blog is a result of an interesting discussion with Nithya of Muziboo fame. Muziboo is a young startup, which reaches out to the musician in everyone. Finally there is a space which goes beyond encouraging just young bands to encouraging individuals interested in music. More on Muziboo in another post This network is based on common interests in music, and not necessarily on an existent

T-Mobile and Nokia today announced that they are collaborating to accelerate the availability of new Internet services and personal social communities on mobile devices. By signing this collaboration agreement, T-Mobile and Nokia will be able to offer their European customers faster and easier access to all of T-Mobile’s web’n'walk Internet services as well as all to [...]

Hook Mobile today announced the availability of its MobileHook API for Web 2.0 application developers to push multimedia, including photos, video, audio, and slideshows, from social networking applications to mobile phones. This API provides open access into Hook Mobile's MAX 2.0 platform that provides Multimedia Messaging (MMS) delivery into wireless carrier networks, with the potential to reach nearly 200 million phones in the US and Canada. Hook Mobile's REST-based API removes the complex layers of application integration, media transcoding, wireless carrier approval and message delivery that previously made it nearly impossible for application developers to use MMS. Hook provides access to the MAX 2.0 platform for seamless mobile delivery across an endless variety of de

News Corp (NWS) is likely to miss revenue targets at its internet division, Fox Interactive. According to TechCruch, the company may be short as much as $100... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Lily Allen, the talented British singer won this year’s NME award for the “Best Band Blog”. The outspoken singer established a MySpace presence in 2005 when her record label couldn’t find the time to support and market her music. The demos which she posted on her blog attracted stupendous popularity and shot her to fame with at least 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of her song rush released.The Lily Allen website too has a ton of cool stuff that would appeal to youngsters like MySpace skins and website banners, not to mention more free songs and videos. This young lady has got some real smart online marketing and web development teams working on her online image, no doubt about it.The younger section of the populace accesses the Internet even more than older working professio

 TechWeb Media team manage and promote websites for 28 clients. We decide to check their March statistics and find social networks which provide good / average traffic. Here list in order: 1. www.stumbleupon.com 2. www.digg.com 3. www.sphinn.com (SEO / Internet only) 3. www.9rules.com 4. www.indianpad.com 5. www.blogcatalog.com (not all our clients listed) 6. www.plime.com 7. www.designfloat.com (design only) 8. www.mybloglog.com 9. www.zimbio.com 10. www.del.icio.us (we wasn’t active [...]

    Μπορώ να πω ότι γενικά δεν είμαι πολύ fan των IM προγραμμάτων. Εντάξει έχω λογαριασμούς τόσο στο Google Talk όσο και στο Windows Live αλλά η αλήθεια είναι ότι δεν τους πολυχρησιμο&p

Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform that demonstrate Microsoft’s commitment to data portability and giving users a choice of how to use and control their information. John Richards, Director of Windows Live Platform announced : "Microsoft has partnered with some of the world’s top social networks on contact data portability. Starting

Social networking: the art of making ‘friends’ online with scores of sickeningly jolly people you’ll most likely never meet. If this description rings true, perhaps social networks aren’t for you - after all, the ‘real world’ caters quite well for the socially inept, so it was only a matter of time before a number of [...]

Social networks, social bookmarking, Web 2.0, social media, blogging, wikis ... there's a lot to keep up with these days in terms of internet and online marketing strategies. Here are 3 social networks I recommend joining to enhance your online...

AOL’s announcement to buy Social Network Bebo for $850 Million has to be a big boost for social networks around the globe. While many as of late have been saying the “hype” around... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Not longer than a century ago – or maybe that’s a lot of time comparing to the time’s new rhythm – Gustave Le Bon said mobs are by nature irrational, unconscious, angry, negatively gregarious and stupid. They were ready to praise effective leaders and to devour inefficient ones. They needed and they were offered heroes and gods, bread and circus

I’m not supposed to be working today but while on BlogTV this morning I did manage to fire off this rant about peoples expectations of privacy when they publish pictures and information onto the web and more specifically social networks. This rant was brought on by reading a BBC article about the British Press Complaints Commission [...]

Educational social networks are not like your typical online social networks. Our networks do not condone aimless discussions or irreverent, meaningless pursuits. Our networks are not a haven for the “generation me” teenagers who would rather talk about themselves and their needs rather than reflect on the world, society, and the social richness of our cultures. Our Edu-S0cial [...]

Laura De Benedetto è una professionista del Social Networking, dal 1998 si occupa di Marketing e Comunicazione in società multinazionali. Dal 2005 lavora nel Marketing di Dada occupandosi del programma friend$ powered by Google AdSense per gli utenti del Social Network Dada.net. Nel frattempo, con i suoi 7.300+ contatti professionali diretti su LinkedIn è da [...]

Despite Social Networks being the most popular destinations on the web and they making efforts to boost their ad platforms advertising has not really been very successful on social networks and Google just confirmed it in their conference call to showcase their last quarter earnings.CFO George Reyes said social networking advertising is not monetizing as expected. When questioned further Sergey Brin, president of technology, said: “We don’t talk about individual partners or anything like that.” Brin noted some things were tried that didn’t pan out. While Brin won’t talk about partners it’s fairly obvious that MySpace is an issue. Google is obligated to pay at least $900 million in minimum revenue guarantees to MySpace through 2010. Later, the question was revisited again. He no

Edu-Social Networks aims to offer a gateway to online communities on the internet that are transformational in nature, that help educate, inform, entertain, as well as encourage collaboration of members to discuss issues, solve problems, and explore possiblities for the greater good. This website was created by Teach Me Help Me Educational Services, creator of numerous [...]

Fellow writer, and assumingly great guy, Jonathan Crossfield recently got a taste of social networking groveling, something everyone who dabbles in social networking of any type has - or will have - experienced at least once.That's right: Mr. Crossfield got on his knees and begged an online community to give him some attention.And, to no one's surprise, it worked. Members gathered together and supported Mr. Crossfield by giving his blog and his incredible writing talent a little bit of attention.But was it worth it? Is a little online social attention worth groveling? Believe it or not: by groveling on social networks, you risk your image, your worth, and your future. Don't do it.Say goodbye to your image Mr. Crossfield.Mr. Crossfield got a bit of attention, his name - and incredible writing ability - is now known, but at what cost? If Mr. Crossfield had not looked to groveling for attention and had, instead, broken out of the blogging mold, he would have received more positive atte

In questo blog ho parlato spesso e volentieri dei vari metodi per guadagnare online, oggi ve ne propongo uno completamente nuovo e decisamente interessante: Shareapic. Shareapic è a tutti gli effetti un sito di Photo Sharing, permette infatti di caricare fotografie. Oltre a questo, però, ci permette di guadagnare online con le stesse. Vediamo come. Il funzionamento di Shareapic è molto semplice, possiamo guadagnare in 2 modi differenti: a) Tramite Google Adsense: possiamo inserire il nostro codice Adsense nella pagina della foto o nella galleria. Qui penso non servano altre spiegazioni, ad ogni click fatto da un visitatore noi ricaviamo qualcosa b) Il secondo metodo, invece, consiste nel condividere sui vari Social Networks la pagina della foto, ogni 1000 visite noi instachiamo 0,22 $. Tra le caratteristiche di Shareapic, le più importanti sono: - Possibilità di caricare infinite foto - Dimensione illimitata di ogni singola foto - Convidisione su Social Networks in 1 cli

I’ve been increasingly interested in health-focused social networks. Why? Because several recent scientific studies have found that real-life social networks are quite relevant to health. Indeed, a study published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine evaluated a large social network of over 12,000 people over 32 years to assess the person-to-person spread of obesity [1]. The study results suggest that friends, siblings and spouses have an even greater effect on a person’s risk of obesity than genetics. What’s interesting is that this type of research is being done now, when the use of web 2.0 services facilitating collaboration and sharing between users on the internet is thriving. We’re witnessing an explosion of social networking sites, many of which are focused on health. Social Networks and Health I’ve published an article titled Social Networks and Health over at the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory. It describes some of the recent

Some rambling thoughts provoked by Steven Hodsons post "Social networks are destroying blogging". Share This This post originally appeared on Paul OFlahertys Technology Blog. © 2007 Paul OFlaherty Link to original post: Social Networks destroying Blogging? | 2 comments---Related Articles at O'Flaherty:Local is the next GlobalDaily Del.icio.usLend and Borrow with Lending ClubHappy Hour with Mr. Business Golf - Part 2Wright gets canned for Blogging

Social Networking is like a ‘digital cocktail party’: a powerful mixture of human social instincts and web 2.0 technology which is revolutionising the Internet. In this position paper, ENISA emphasises the many benefits of Social Networking but identifies 14 important threats. This leads to 17 recommendations on how Social Networking can be made safer.Download the PDF(454 kB) here: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/doc/pdf/deliverables/enisa_pp_social_networks.pdf

It's a busy Sunday evening - first the news on Yahoo Mosh, and now news that Google is working on its own next generation social networking service called Socialstream, possibly to take the spotlight away from the ailing Orkut.Yahoo Mosh’s We don’t know much yet, other than the project exists, it will be launched at mosh.yahoo.com and is being called a “new cool social network product” within Yahoo. No screen shots are available yet. See our earlier post for more.Google Socialstream Google Operating System is reporting that Google is sponsoring a project at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute to “rethink and reinvent online social networking.” The project is called Socialstream. Click on the image for a larger view.The project goal is to “create a system for users to seamlessly share, view, and respond to many types of social content across multiple networks.” More information is available deeper in the site:Socialstream emphasizes impr

It's a busy Sunday evening - first the news on Yahoo Mosh, and now news that Google is working on its own next generation social networking service called Socialstream, possibly to take the spotlight away from the ailing Orkut.Yahoo Mosh’s We don’t know much yet, other than the project exists, it will be launched at mosh.yahoo.com and is being called a “new cool social network product” within Yahoo. No screen shots are available yet. See our earlier post for more.Google Socialstream Google Operating System is reporting that Google is sponsoring a project at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute to “rethink and reinvent online social networking.” The project is called Socialstream. Click on the image for a larger view.The project goal is to “create a system for users to seamlessly share, view, and respond to many types of social content across multiple networks.” More information is available deeper in the site:Socialstream emphasizes impr

While the news is focusing on Google’s entry into the social networking world, and running ga ga on it, there is a bigger fundamental shift here that only Robert Scoble seems to have touched on, and seems to be one of the few that understands not only what is happening now, but what is going to be one of the hallmarks of web 3.0, and that is componetized social networking applications. Robert States: Can the social graph be componetized so that I could add a social network to my blog, for instance? Source: Scobleizer This is the question to be asking, then the next question is what does this do for the client/customer base, business both internal and external channels, who is going to want to use the technology, and what business and social drivers are going to lead to adoption of this. Of all the social networks, Linked In has proven to be the most important for me, it gives me a chance to find folks from previous jobs who I lost contact with and find them again. MySpace has

www.flotones.com, is a monetized social network for artists and their fans. The most interesting feature is the possibility to promote and distribute artist’s content via mobile phones (such as ringtones and mobile wallpapers). After you register and add your content, you’ll be able to promote your mobile content at your shows, on your website and on your MySpace profile. You’ll be asked to sign a contract before getting paid.www.radio2-0.com, is a social network with an integrated free music listening service (that sustains itself through contextual music-centered ads), as well as a personal-webcasting platform. Mercora Radio 2.0 will search your hard disk for all the music tracks you have legally acquired and then you are ready to broadcast your own music library to the world. Each radio station has multiple channels and each DJ can also create his own playlists.www.mog.com, is a social network that helps you “discover people through music and discover music through people”

 Millions pages have been written about Digg, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Furl… These social networks provide are popular, famous, and provide good traffic to a websites. I would like to share some networks which less popular, but grow really fast and pretty soon they could be Alexa top 100.

Why not make money placing advertisements and promoting your home business? Why not join a Free Business Social Network and get Free Leads? Why not join Business Networks with other Business Social Network members? Why not add your business to the Business Social Network Marketplaces? You can make money promoting your business with Business Social Networks! Here are two promising Business Social Networks, ApSense and Sales Spider. Both offer members free advertising, social networks and income marketing their businesses. ApSense members earn points for every 15 minutes of the ApSense Express. Sales Spider members can get Free Leads. Every night Sales Spider searches the Internet for leads and puts them on the SaleSpider website.How To Have Your Own Business Social Network!Build A Large Social Network Fast!Combine Social Networking, Business And Marketing!You Earn Points For Every 15 Minutes Of ApSense Express!With ApSense Express You'llBroadcast Messages Directly To 1,000's Of Deskto

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digFoot: Directory for Social Networks. Browse Site Categories or Search (Name / Keyword, Category, Type, Language) and save your favorites with their Bookmark Tool. Possible to add your Review and Rate the Networks. Useful if you want to join a Social Network and don’t know where to start.

I have just posted again on September 6th at Sales and Marketing Management Soundoff Blog from ManageSmarter.com. This one is "LinkedIn, and the power of social networks" .In this short post I explain the incredible grow of my LinkedIn network in just few months, and how important are proffesional networking tools like this one.Open to comments...

I have just posted again on September 6th at Sales and Marketing Management Soundoff Blog from ManageSmarter.com. This one is "LinkedIn, and the power of social networks" .In this short post I explain the incredible grow of my LinkedIn network in just few months, and how important are proffesional networking tools like this one.Open to comments...

This is timely in light of recent posts:The problem with healthcare is that too often information does not flow easily between those who need it most: doctors and patients. In this week's episode of the New Disruptors, I speak with the CEOs of two startups—Ben Heywood of PatientsLikeMe and Daniel Palestrant of Sermo—trying to change all of that. Both are creating social networks for healthcare. PatientsLikeMe gathers together patients who suffer from the same diseases and compare notes, track their symptoms, and anonymously compare their progress with one another (read our profile here). On the flip side, Sermo is a social network for physicians to communicate directly with one another about the latest treatments and how they are working with actual patients.Be sure to read the article's Q&A between Erik Schonfeld, Ben Heywood, and Daniel Palestrant - Heywood and Palestrant, a surgeon, are addressing the issue like "Web guys," not healthcare professionals (not to say they are

Ein Grundprinzip von zeitgenössischen Web 2.0 Diensten besteht ja darin dass es einer möglichst großen Community bedarf wo jeder mitmachen soll und gratis jenen Content produzieren soll mit dem der Betreiber dann sein Geld verdient. Dass dieser freie Zugang möglichst vieler Mitglieder auch nachteilig sein kann weiß jeder Moderator aus leidvoller Erfahrung zu berichten, je später der Dienst desto nicht unbedingt besser die Gäste. Neue Social Networks treffen daher penible Selektion...Soziale ElitenIm realen Leben (Hinweis an die Blogger: jene sinnlose Überbrückungszeit in denen Ihr nicht online seid) gehen die Schönen und Reichen dieser Welt auch nicht in die Fankurve West oder ins erdige Bierstüberl, sondern ins VIP-Zelt oder in den Szeneclub mit Türsteher. So nimmt es nicht Wunder dass es auch im Bereich der Social Networks dergleichen Entsprechungen für die (ab)gehobeneren Leute bedarf. Wie Die Presse berichtete gibt es das nun demnach auch für das Web 2.0 : aSmallWorld

In the RIAA wishful spreading of lawsuits around the country, it comes as no surprise that a few targeted individuals have flashed with counter-suit action. One such person is Tanya Anderson, a disabled mother, who was recently dismissed in a two year court-side battle with the RIAA. Now she is launching the the first class action lawsuit against the RIAA, claiming negligence, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and RICO racketeering violations. Further, another suit has been filed by Michelle Santangelo, this time against AOL and her friend, holding the company liable for not filtering illegal activity performed on KaZaa, a file sharing software item installed by her friend.(Link)Sonific today announced an Application Interface that will instantly connect content providers with 100s of partner social networking sites. Additionally the Interface allows record labels and musician the ability to shovel-in songs for streaming across the respective networking sites. In retu

Useful resources related to Social Networking: Twitter - What are you doing? Social Networking site that lets you follow updates of fellow twitter people or “twits” that you think are interesting. You can receieve twitter updates through their website, Instant messages, text (SMS) or one of the many user generated tools. MyBlogLog Social Networking for bloggers with widgets and useful visitor statistics tracking BlogCatalog “Web Directory” meets “Social Networking” for bloggers BUMPzee Communities of niche bloggers looking to meet other related niche bloggers SpicyPage - The best of the web at a glance. Share blogs or post articles, make comments, vote for blogs or articles you enjoy. blog communities, BlogCatalog, BumpZee, mybloglog, Networking, social networking, Social Networks, SpicyPage, Twitter

Over seven out of 10 US children ages 9 to 17 visit social networking sites weekly, according to the Alloy Media and Marketing-commissioned "Social Networking and Advertising" paper. The study was underwritten by Microsoft, News Corporation and Verizon, and fielded by Grunwald Associates in March 2007.The study also revealed over half of teens had participated in some kind of advertiser-branded activity like visiting company profile pages in the past month. Nine in 10 tweens and teens said they would like to hear about one or more types of entertainment products on social networking sites. About a fifth said they were willing to add branded content to their own sites. Over 30% of teens also wanted to hear about college information or educational products from social networking sites. Half of online tweens and teens actually hear about new Web sites from their parents, while 44% used Web searches to find new sites.

Over seven out of 10 US children ages 9 to 17 visit social networking sites weekly, according to the Alloy Media and Marketing-commissioned "Social Networking and Advertising" paper. The study was underwritten by Microsoft, News Corporation and Verizon, and fielded by Grunwald Associates in March 2007.The study also revealed over half of teens had participated in some kind of advertiser-branded activity like visiting company profile pages in the past month. Nine in 10 tweens and teens said they would like to hear about one or more types of entertainment products on social networking sites. About a fifth said they were willing to add branded content to their own sites. Over 30% of teens also wanted to hear about college information or educational products from social networking sites. Half of online tweens and teens actually hear about new Web sites from their parents, while 44% used Web searches to find new sites.

Like it or Hate it you just can't ignore social networks like Orkut because of no of users (Orkut has nearly 96 lakhs or 9.6 million Indian profiles).So back after a break I go back to the issue of marketing using social networks like Orkut and I found that MTV India is using it quite well there is a profile created by sumone from MTV who interacts with various people on Orkut has a few photos of MTV office and VJ Sophie also to lend credibility This is quite a interesting use of social networks to promote the brand as the user chats about latest programs on MTV with the guy this gives MTV a direct connect with its target segments the young generation of India.Besides this another method of promotion are the communities which lead to lot of members(MTV India however not all people who are part of community participate in activities of communities and it needs effective moderating also.Social Networks are being experimented even in USA for marketing purposes with a special emphasi

(Archived in: Social Design Social Media Optimization)Digital Nomads need a way to stay in touch and play a part in groups, even if it is only through being connected via technology.Recently I asked Peopleized creator, Halil Mandal, about Social Networks in the EU. I have always been puzzled why it is so hard to find online networks outside the Western Hemisphere. Another aspect of this is that US based networks apparently do not discriminate on your whereabouts in the world. Just take a look at all the blogs listed on Blogcatalog and MBL and a fair number are certainly from outside the US of A.Social Networking continues to be a big deal as Social Media Marketing, Social Media Optimization, and other concepts, continue to grow and be defined as part of the Web 2.0 fabric.There are countless community sites where you can register, create a profile, and start networking. We all pretty much are familiar with the most popular...although "Xing" and "Mr. Wong" sound like they should be in G

The following videos should serve as an introduction to "Web 2.0" theories and practices. Web 2.0 has many different definitions, and I don’t want to get into that debate. However I use it as a generic term when referring to "new" web technologies that are social/publisher driven or highly interactive. Web 2.0 [...]

Don't forget the power of finding people through the use of online social networks. Social networks include places like MySpace or You Tube. These are free online resources that can be extremely helpful. Places like MySpace only require a free membership that takes minutes to create. After you create an account, locating your person of choice is as easy as typing their name in and sifting through the results. Finding people over these social networks will be more helpful if you are looking for someone that is somewhat young because you can't expect many older people to have MySpace accounts. Searching for people over social networks should be your first place to look because it is free and easy.

The theory of six degrees of separation is a fairly well known one. For those of you who are in the dark, this is a theory that states that [almost] everyone in the world is no more than six steps away from every other person in the world. It's a pretty nifty theory I think.The reason that I am talking about this theory is that many people know the theory in relation to Kevin Bacon (the actor). I have heard that every person in the world is within sex steps or less of Kevin. Firstly I always wondered how is that actually possible, prove it. Then I would wonder why the theory uses Kevin Bacon and not, for example, James Dean?Anyways, The Oracle of Bacon is one hell of a cool site that illustrates links from any Hollywood star, dead or alive, to Kevin. Go ahead, make my day, try and find an actor alive or dead without a link to Mr Bacon, I don't think you can do it.Then on to more pressing and interesting business:Six degrees of seperation and social networksFor a while now I have been

The above commercial for Coke Zero features an elderly man with his grandson drinking a Coke. Believing what he is drinking is the "same Coke" he has drank for years, the grandfather doesn't understand that this particular beverage is actually a new version of Coke. The grandson lets him go off on a tangent figuring his gramps simply doesn't get it. My question is whether social networking is completely lost on older generations? While some reports argue that the MySpace demographic is aging rapidly, I think this is a complete miscalculation: just look at how many users enter their age as the maximum - 99. Driving with my parents recently, I was talking for the millionth time about social networks when my mother looks at my father and asks "I wonder what a social network looks like?" This coming from parents who could name more social networks than most 20 year olds: they have heard about them, but never seen one in action. The point is that no one has truly explained the

A lot of fun and cash in social networks $$$-Earn money by using HashBush[HB]-$$$ We have implemented a system to give everyone who uses the HB the ability to make money. The idea is pretty simple - For all the activities you do here in our community you will get activity points.The activity points will be converted to Dollars..and you get those money. Our goal is to provide HB users a place

Best for new music: Last.FM www.last.fmLast.FM lets you set up "band radio stations.' However, its killer feature lies in its ability to "scrobble' the tunes on your Media Player or iTunes. It means the website can take a peek at your collection and recommend new tracks for you to check out. Blog about what you've heard and who you like, share tunes with friends or just discuss your love of ignorant rap bangers.Best for forgetting reality: Second Life www.secondlife.comAll-consuming, Second Life could bring an end to you interacting like an average human being. Based in a fictional flat earth called Linden World, you can either join the basic version for free or front up anything up to $9.95 a month to get your "resident' out into the big bad world. "Linden Dollars', SL's in-game currency, let you buy experiences and fun but pointless goods. Just like real life then!It takes social networking to the absolute limit, allowing you to hang out with friends and even go t

Have you ever strived to be a millionaire, yes…I think we all have or do. I came across an interesting website after reading a review on John Chow’s blog the other day. It was about a 19 year old guy from Canada with a big idea to become just that - a millionaire.

Digsby - Combine Your IM, Email and Social Networks in one simple program. We have more than one instant messaging account and more than one email account from different provider. Every time we... [If you want to know the secret then follow the mysterious link to the secret !! Am Sorry]