| Microblogs | Microblogs are a form of blogging that allows users to publish short text updates (140 characters) either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages are often submitted by text messaging, instant messaging or email. They include services like Twitter, Tumblr, Jaiku, Posterous, Projectionist. Some social networking websites like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn have a micro-blogging feature called "status update". |
| MySpace | MySpace is a social networking website offering a web site to anyone for free, where people can post their personal profiles, pictures, videos, music, web addrfesses, blogs, and groups. The MySpace tag line is "a place for friends." as the system enables users to easily network and connect with friends through their MySpaces. Like many Web 2.0 tools, MySpace operates on revenues generated by advertising. In June 2006, MySpace was the most popular social networking site in the United States. According to comScore, MySpace has been overtaken by main competitor Facebook in April 2008, based on monthly unique visitors. ComScore reports that Facebook attracted 132.1 million unique visitors in June 2008, compared to MySpace, which attracted 117.6 million. (Wikipedia) |
