The Social Networking Weblog

Now IT professionals have their own social networking website where they can find great opportunities for career growth both for themselves as well as their peers. With the new site, IT professionals …

If you're looking for a place to build your own social network, Ning probbaly comes to mind first. But the fastest growing DIY social network platform out there may be GROU.PS.GROU.PS, a do-it-…

PRESS RELEASE – Aug 23 – uVme's online-game-of-skill.com has launched. The site, which combines social networking, online gaming, and network marketing, allows people to host online games and earn…

10 ZEN MONKEYS – Aug 22 – NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments. The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by sch…

Want to find people in your own city. Go to Ning and search for a social networking site that's in your area. If you find that Ning doesn't have a social networking site in your area, create y…

ASSOCIATED PRESS – Aug 17 – A number of sites satirize some of the most popular destinations on the Internet. GetAFirstLife, a one-page site with the Slogan "Go Outside. Membership is Free."…

PC MAGAZINE – Aug 7 – Online VoIP application Skype released Skype 3.5 for Windows, which adds videos from popular social networking sites to the Skype experience. Previous versions let users talk via…

Along the same lines as photo sharing sites like Flickr or video sharing sites like YouTube, YouMail will let you do the same thing with voicemail. Upload your favorite voicemail messages or create yo…

Yahoo Answers has added the ability for users to add other members to their Yahoo Answers network. Now when someone gives you a good answer you can add them to your network. Next time you have a quest…

"..there is clearly no dominating SN for the post graduate crowd like Facebook and LinkedIn are with their demos." — Social Degree — Mar 12

Is there a gap between the college age social …