Social Networking Made Easy

By Chris Nickson
August 8th, 2007

If you haven't heard of social networking sites, we have only one question: What type of rock have you been living under for the last couple of years? They've currently become the biggest of Internet businesses, with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. snapping up MySpace and Google dipping into its seemingly bottomless coffers to purchase YouTube.

Honestly, you can barely turn around without hearing about social networking. In fact, to an entire generation or two, it's become one of the main forms of personal communication. Having your own individualized online profile is easily eclipsing instant messaging (although you can do that too on some of the sites) in popularity. But to those of a certain age, it seems a mystery. So what exactly is it, and why is it so popular?

A Brief Overview

As of 2006, there were 25 social networking sites that each claim more than four ...

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