16 March 2009

Is Social Networking the Future?

Web 2.0 is fast becoming the Internet marketer’s favorite promotional tool,
Social networking on sites like FaceBook, MySpace, sqiudoo, and the new kid on the block, Twitter social site, it is moving fast up the alexia rankings.

Social networking has created new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people, and it now seems that social networking will be an enduring part of everyday life. The main types of social networking services are those which contain directories of some categories

Twitter is a Social Networking and Micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page which asks (what are you doing?) and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them.

The content of a micro-blog differs from a traditional blog in that it is typically more topical, smaller in aggregate file size (e.g. text, audio or video) but is the same in that people utilize it for both business and individual reasons. Many micro-blogs provide this short commentary on a person-to-person level, or share news about a company's products and services.

Twitter is fast becoming the number 1 choice for social networking, with around 12 million users maybe because it’s easy to use, even if you are mobile through text messaging you can update your posts.

Face book with around 175 million users have even changed the home page to compete with twitter. It’s called “What’s on your Mind?”

The good news is that you can Link twitter to your facebook account so you only need tweet once, also you can link to your blog with your tweets, you can do a lot more with twitter tools to find out more click the link below.

The Twitter Effect

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