Social Media Defined

Entries Tagged ‘web 2.0’

Propeller Defined

Overview: Much like digg and reddit, Propeller is a social news portal, where users can vote up the most interesting news stories to the front page and interact with other users on the site. While Propeller is extremely easy to navigate, it lags behind the popularity of its competitors and offers little in the way [...]

friendfeed Defined

Overview: friendfeed is a noble attempt to bring the countless social media applications out there under one roof, to make it easy to keep up with every bookmark, video, link, review, RSS, and otherwise that your friends might be posting on the internet. Unfortunately, friendfeed still has some work to do.
Defined: Launched with huge investment [...]

Squidoo Defined

Overview: Squidoo is a collection of millions of pages made by individual users about whatever topic they so choose. While setting up your own page doesn’t cost anything and does have the potential of earning revenues from advertisements, there are a number of aspects that make Squidoo a poor choice for investing time into.
Defined: With [...]

Mister Wong Defined

Overview: Mister Wong is a social bookmarking site that has a decent following, especially in Europe. While it does have a few unique features that distinguish it from other bookmarking sites like Digg and Reddit, Mister Wong is not the most effective tool for American users.
Defined: Mister Wong is part of a long list of [...]

twitter Defined

Overview: twitter is a microblogging application that is more or less a combination of instant messaging and blogging. twitter has quickly established itself as a powerful tool for communicating news, market trends, questions and answers, links, and a whole lot more with numerous benefits for business and personal use.
Defined: For many users, twitter is a [...]

Yelp Defined

Overview: Yelp is an incredible online community of locals and travelers that have honest opinions about everything. Through user reviews and ratings, you can find a wealth of information on the best and worst places to eat, visit, and do business with from restaurants to dentists. Yelp is a powerful tool with both business and [...]

StumbleUpon Defined

Overview: StumbleUpon’s 6 million + users ensure that this social bookmarking tool allows you to discover and share websites that you otherwise might never find. Not only is StumbeUpon a great tool for creating extra traffic on your website, it also provides a means of finding other quality sites with benefits for both personal and [...]