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General Purpose
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Realtime communications-- chat, IM, VoIP, web conferencing, SMS.
AOL IM, ICQ,
Gush, IRC,
Meebo, MSN
Messenger, Net2Phone,
Skype, Yahoo!
Messenger
Virtual communities / social network services.
Alumni.net, AOL,
Classmates,
Craigslist, ezboard, FriendsReunited,
MSN Groups, MSN
Spaces, Tribe.net,
Yahoo!
Groups, Yahoo! 360
Identity management. FreshAddress, Return Path,
Ziggs
Blog readers.
Bloglines, NewsGator
Face-to-face meeting facilitation sites. Evite,
Meetup
Blog software. Blogger,
Six Apart, Radio
Userland, Wordpress
Tagging/Bookmarking. del.icio.us,
de.lirio.us, 43things,
Technorati
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Virtual community builders. Affinity
Engines, Aptium, Groupee, Internet Access Corporation,Invision Power Services,
IntroNetworks,
Lithium, SelectMinds,
vBulletin,Web
Crossing
Biography analysis. ZillionResumes,
ZoomInfo
Public social network mapping. Capital
IQ, LinkSV, TheyRule.net
Contact data management/CRM. Best
Software (Act), Frontrange (Goldmine), Salesforce.com, SugarCRM
Blog analysis/publishing tools. FeedBurner,
Pheedo
Blog seach engines. Bloglines, Technorati,
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Primarily Business Use
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Virtual communities / social network services. Always-On
Network,
Ecademy,
LinkedIn,
MediaBistro,
Monster
Networking, OpenBC, Ryze
Relationship capital management. Jigsaw, LinkedIn, Spoke
Software
Contact data synchronization.
GoodContacts,
Plaxo
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Relationship capital management (enterprise-focused). BranchIt, Contact Network, Interface
Software, Leverage
Software, Visible Path
Workflow. Basecamp,
Groove, IBM Lotus Notes, iCohere, SilkRoad
Online Marketing Intelligence. BuzzLogic, Trendum, Intelliseek, Cymfony, Brandimensions
Blogs. 21Publish, SixApart, Traction
Software
Wikis. Atlassian,
JotSpot, SocialText
Reverse social networking.
Innersell
Social network analysis/knowledge management. Entopia,
Tacit
Job referral networks. Accolo,
H3.com, Jobster
Expert network-based research. Nitron
Advisors
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Primarily Personal Use
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Blog publishing networks. Creative Weblogging, Gawker Media, Weblogs, Inc.
Virtual communities / social network services. aSmallWorld, Bebo, Friendster, hi5,
20six, LiveJournal,
Multiply,
Myspace, Orkut,
Sconex, Facebook, Tickle,
Xanga
Mobile social software. dodgeball,
Plazes, nTAG,
WaveMarket
Photo-sharing sites. Flickr,
Fotolog.net, WebShots
Dating sites. eHarmony,
lavalife, Match.com,
PerfectMatch, Spark
Networks, TRUE,
Yahoo! Personals
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