The interaction between community, computers, and society is now being referred to as \"Social Networking" and it\'s making a lot of heads turn. What is social networking really, and what does it mean to web technologists?
Press Release Body = Social Networking - Communities' needs! By: Avnish Saxena
The interaction between community, computers, and society is now being referred to as \"Social Networking" and it\'s making a lot of heads turn. What is social networking really, and what does it mean to web technologists?
Most people seek connection. In fact, most people require some kind of need to bond with others. Some of us have a significant need to create community or - at the very least - some kind of shared experience. This has occurred throughout the history of the online world, whether in the form of newsgroups, forums, email lists, chat, instant messaging (IM), and Peer-to-Peer technologies. In recent years, some new offerings have been added to the mix, and they are reviving interest in community in fresh ways.
A social network is a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations. It indicates the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds.
The first social networking website was Classmates.com, which began in 1995. Other sites followed, including SixDegrees.com, which began in 1997. This form of social networking, widely used in virtual communities, became particularly popular in 2005 and flourished with the advent of a website called MySpace. In April 2006, Humsubka.com joined the trend and emerged as the sophisticated and multi-faceted Indian version of MySpace. There are over 200 social networking sites. The popularity of these sites rapidly grew. And, by 2005 MySpace was getting more page views than Google.
HumSubka.com, targeted towards Indians, focused on personal communication similar to Orkut, Friendster and MySpace. It integrates features of social networking, blogging, polling and photo sharing. User may create a personal web page, share their photos from gallery, maintain a blog, create forums & Groups, profile information, and see which friends are currently online. The service launched on April 29, 2006 and has become available to any web user over the age of 18 in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and India.
A spoke person of HumSubka told recently, "Humsubka.com is very soon going to be equipped with more features, like - Music, Free Classified Ads to both Buyers & Sellers and free online storage facility. Moreover, HumSubka will soon be extended within the reach of Indians across all continents."
In social networking, an initial set of founders sends out messages inviting members of their own personal networks to join the site. New members repeat the process, growing the total number of members and links in the network. Sites then offer features such as automatic address book updates, viewable profiles, the ability to form new links through \"introduction services,\" and other forms of online social connections.
Social networks can also be organized around business connections, as for example in the case of HumSubka. One step ahead of all, HumSubka.com provides business community a full web page, with no charges, to display and market their products and services with unlimited pictures and features description. Above all, the advertising companies can now develop the audio & video clips about their products and upload the same under their respective public profile page to promote a particular brand. This would certainly reduce the advertising cost and will boost the awareness amongst the web surfers for the brands available in the market. Social networking websites, like HumSubka, have initiated a revolution in the advertising world by providing a lucrative and cost effective medium for the small as well as medium scale businesses.
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