Buzz Networker - Social Networking

February 7th, 2008

A Look at Mahalo Social

Mahalo Social has expanded to allow you to look at and manage your current social networking and social web applications within their interface. Now I am not big on using Mahalo as a search tool in general, in fact I don’t know that many people that are. This feature though allows you to just log […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

October 7th, 2007

Review: 8hands Desktop Software

I am in love. That isn’t an easy thing for me to say but today it just freely rolls off of my tongue.
For awhile I have been looking for a social networking aggregation program that had a specific set of features, most notably the ability to have more than one profile from the same social […]

By Kevin -- 7 comments

July 30th, 2007

Social Networking Site Review: Pownce

Site: Pownce.com
Members: ??? (still invite only at the time this entry was written)

Features:
Digg fan boys and techo geeks exploded with the announcement of Pownce. This website and desktop application allows users to send music, photos, messages, links, and events to one another.
When you send your file, link, message, or event you have the ability to […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

July 23rd, 2007

Social Networking Site Review: Hoverspot

Site: Hoverspot.com
Users: Honestly… I don’t care on this one…
Features:
Normally I would sit here and try to pick out some of the different features of the website that are redeeming qualities, however there is no such thing with hoverspot. It just feel like someone decided to start a social networking website with some friends with the […]

By Kevin -- 10 comments

July 16th, 2007

Site Review: Buzznet

Site: buzznet.com

Members: 6 million

Features:
Buzznet tries to deliver an all out multimedia approach using the same base for you to hold all your video, music, and pictures. Also you can blog, as well as communicate like other social networking websites.
You can import your profile from other social networking sites, which makes setting up your profile fast […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

July 9th, 2007

Site Review: Imeem

Site: Imeem.com
Users: ??? No Data Provided
Features:
Imeem is another site that promises to be a content management site where you can deploy all your different types of content to other websites. It is basically trying to combine Flickr, Youtube, Blogger, and other social networking sites into one setup. You can create playlists of videos, music, and […]

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July 2nd, 2007

Social Networking Site Review: Humble Voice

Site: Humblevoice.com
Members: ??? I haven’t found clear cut numbers on this
Features:
Humble Voice talks about how the site is made for artists by artists, and it is crystal clear that content is king here. The site is truly designed for people to discover your writing, music, photography, or art; which makes this a good place to […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

June 18th, 2007

Review: Friendster

Site: Friendster.com
Members: Over 40 million registered users
Features:
Friendster, like most of the modern day social networking sites, has the common traits of most social networking sites: messaging, search feature, blogs, classifieds, schools, video submission, and forums.
Also included on your log in page is a friend updates section that lets the user know any new information about […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

June 5th, 2007

Review: Hi5.com

Site: Hi5.com

Members: According to the Hi5’s information page they have over 50 million registered users, with 18 million unique visitors per month.
Their age demographics breakdown:
13-17- 23%
18-24- 20%
25-34- 15%
35-44- 18%
Features:
Hi5 has standard social networking features: messaging, groups, schools, classifieds, and forums. The pages are customizable, not as much as some other sites, but customizable […]

By Kevin -- 4 comments

May 18th, 2007

Windows Live Spaces, should we stop ignoring them?

When I talk about social networking the first sites that come out of my mouth are usually myspace, facebook, bebo, friendster, and tagworld. I ignore the offerings by Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft on a regular basis, not out of spite or any other preconceived notions, I just see them as extensions for products they already […]

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