Top 10 Social Sites

Nielson/NetRatings May 2006

My Space: Social networking, music

Blogger: On-line diary

Classmates online: School, college, work, and the military

YouTube: Videos

MSN Groups: Social networking

AOL Hometown: Hobbies and interests

Six Apart: Blog community for professsionals, small businesses

Xanga.com: Blog community


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Del.icio.us: Tagging

Digg: User powered content

Listable: Save bookmarks

Furl: Save articles

Yahoo My Web 2.0 Beta:Organize all your bookmarks

Flickr: Photos

Slashdot: News for Nerds. Stuff that matters

Simpy: Tagging


Contenders

Piczo: Build your own website

Bebo: Tops in the UK

LiveJournal: Blog

DeadJournal: Dark side of LiveJournal

MyDeadSpace:MySpace Obituaries. A must see site.

Photobucket: Photos

Friendster: Social networking.

Facebook: Stalkers' paradise for college students?

Orkut: Networking through friends. 58% of users are Brazilian

Tribe: Find YOUR community

Second Life: A virtual world.


Popular with 'tweens

Webkinz: Commercial tie in to stuffed animals that come with a "secret code" that you use to access the Webkinz site.

Club Penguin: A safe, gentle world on ice

Runescape: Massive online adventure game

MiniClips: Free Little Games

CandyStand: More free Games, brought to you by Wrigley's!

Neopets: Create and grow a cyber pet