LeMonde.fr posted a graphic showing which social network websites are most visited by continent. According to this graphic, MySpace, Facebook and Bebo are the most visited social network websites in North America, while Bebo, MySpace and Skyrock are the most popular ones in Europe. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know…

• that Facebook and MySpace image uploaders are currently vulnerable to attack? More information >>
• that Flock 1.1, the social Web browser, will be released in a few weeks? Read a review here.
• that Paramount will sell virtual goods based on some of its films on Habbo?
• that according to one study, social networking websites are safer than instant messaging or chat rooms? But not everyone agrees. More info >>

Here is a non-exhaustive list of social networking websites by subject. I have put the most popular site of every section in bold. This page will be updated regularly. Read the rest of this entry »

In May 2007, Facebook announced it was opening its platform to developers. This resulted in the creation of over 15,000 applications that interact with Facebook’s core features.

Nine months later, MySpace is ready to do the same. This may come as a surprise since MySpace used to be more than reluctant to open up to third party widgets, going as far as blocking links to video-sharing site YouTube and opting to create its own rival service, MySpace TV. Read the rest of this entry »

MOLI.com was launched on January 28 at the DEMO 08 conference. In the press release Mainstream Holdings, Inc. Expands Its Social Networking Site MOLI.com With New Funding: $29.6 Million From Private Investors, MOLI is described as

a next-generation social networking site where members can manage multiple profiles in one account. Members can separate their social, business and family relationships and keep control over their privacy. Targeted at both enterprising individuals above the age of 18 and small business owners, MOLI provides an easy to use, content-rich, multimedia interactive platform ideal for both community collaboration and e-commerce. MOLI sites are currently located in the U.S. (www.moli.com), the U.K. (www.uk.moli.com) and Ireland (www.ie.moli.com). ¹ Read the rest of this entry »

Is MySpace Over? That is the question asked by Ashley Phillips in her article at ABCNews.

I will be honest. I do have a MySpace account but I never even attempted to find out if my friends were on MySpace. I opened an account to find out what MySpace was all about and if it could indeed help some of my clients get more exposure online. I currently use it to perform tests and research for this blog. As a web designer, I always felt MySpace was a usability professional’s nightmare. I understand that it offers the flexibility of customizing your profile but wouldn’t you agree that most people do a terrible job at it? That being said, MySpace is doing something right because it still has “twice the traffic and more users than its biggest competitor, Facebook” ¹ And that is definitely good news for small businesses, professionals or musicians seeking more visibility. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know…

… that, according to some, social network websites make breaking up even harder to do?
… that a social network for Christians was launched?
… that a social network for pet lovers was launched?
… that a DIY phishing service was discovered?
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Many articles are reporting that MyCBBC, BBC’s new “social network website” for children, is being launched to offer an alternative for children who are too young for MySpace, Facebook and other such social networking websites. They report the dismissive critics as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

In an article titled MySpace Bug Leaks ‘Private’ Teen Photos to Voyeurs (Jan 17 2008), Kevin Poulsen reported that the photographs of some MySpace users with private profiles could be accessed simply by putting the user’s account number into a specially constructed URL ¹. This only worked if the user has set their profile as private but not the photos themselves. Read the rest of this entry »

After seven teenagers committed suicide in South Wales in the past year, people are starting to feel social network website can be quite dangerous. Many of the victims were using Bebo, a social network website where friends of the victims have posted “memory walls”. Wayne Davies at icWales sees it this way: Read the rest of this entry »