What is the difference between Facebook and Myspace?

March 24, 2008 | By admin In facebook, myspace | Comments(0)

Basically, there are several opinions regarding the issue. Facebook was started targeting the colleges only, but it expanded to high schools and then to everyone. Facebook is essentially a social utility site that attempts to connect people around the world with their friends and others who interact with them. Most of the people using it are school and college goers. On the other hand, MySpace was always open to everyone. MySpace is basically a global website that offers forums, emails, communities, videos and blogging space.

MySpace is the better choice if you want updates about your favorite music bands or TV shows. Facebook is a lot simpler to use but if you want to completely personalize your page, you can use MySpace. MySpace has some good web 2.0 widgets but to be in the competition they need to be more progressive. In Facebook you can import flicker photos.

According to market survey, the size of Myspace’s member base and the flourishing local business membership will lead to success. Facebook, offers a unique solution evolving advertisements to endorsements and encourages members to subscribe to a brand. This brand is termed “Fan-Sumers” -an evolution of the consumers.

According to sociologist Danah Boyd the real difference between the two leading social networking sites is about class. She opines that Facebook users are mainly middle class kids, while the working classes use MySpace.

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What’s the difference between a blog and a message board?

February 13, 2008 | By admin In Youtube, blogger, link building, myspace, social bookmarking, social networking, web 2.0 | Comments(0)

There are many points of difference between a blog and a message board. They are the following:

  • While the loci of control in the blog sites are centralized and personal, in a message board, it is decentralized and can be accessed by a group of people.
  • While authoring new topics, the blog site is generally operated by a single person or a small group. In a message board, a group of people shares a similar idea and they can post whatever they like into the site.
  • A blog site is basically intended for putting up personal views, news, and reflections. In a message board, group output, collaboration and decision making are usually done.
  • In a blog site, the comments are not essential, but replies are essential in a message board for the discussion to continue.
  • The tools used in blog site include RSS, aggregation, cross linking and track back. The tools used in a message board are integrated equipments.
  • There is a revere chronological order of topics in the blog sites. In a message board, there is a wide variety of topic for discussion.
  • The blog is usually un-spam able or un-flammable by others while the message board must be maintained.

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What’s the best social networking site?

January 11, 2008 | By admin In adsense, facebook, furl, myspace, social bookmarking, social networking, stumble upon, web 2.0 | Comments(0)

Social networking is now the most popular phenomenon on the internet today. This is solely due to the fact that people like people. Yes we do know that people on line like to shop, they like to read and they like to watch, but social interaction is undoubtedly the core of civilization and that’s why social networking has become so popular.

The search is now on for the most innovative and interactive social network, and though there are many out there the best is really a combination of all the facets of the internet. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Stumble Upon and a host of other have been able to combine new technologies and sharing the most important aspects of building a good social network.

In the midst of the internet boom, social networking sites have also prospered. Some of them have become so regularly visited, they provide quicker information and to more people than many other media outlets. Of the grandest sites, one stands out as being better than the rest.

If you’ve seen a singer begin in an online blog and eventually turn to radio or if you’ve watched the wedding couple dance to a choreographed version of “Baby Got Back”, then you’ve seen YouTube. This online super broadcaster is one of the biggest social networking sites out there - and it came out of no where.

Visiting YouTube can do several things for the online browser. A great deal of entertainment is provided as videos are uploaded in the blink of an eye. In speed-of-light fashion, singing, dancing, and just plain goofing around episodes are shared with millions.

If watching videos isn’t your thing, then several million others have flocked to MySpace and created their own friend pages and chat logs. Users can literally build web pages for themselves, link those to others, be public or invisible and make constant contact with other users all over the globe.

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While YouTube provides great diversions from reality, MySpace provides security features for those not yet in adulthood.

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