Social Media Web Sites (www.chiefingredient.com)
A mindmap of the more popular social media web sites available today.
1. Top 20 Bookmarking Sites
1.1. digg.com
1.1.1. build friends first
1.1.2. then submit
1.1.3. must manually submit stories
1.2. Propeller.com
1.2.1. Make friends first
1.2.2. then submit
1.2.3. must manually submit stories
1.3. Technorati.com
1.3.1. you are found through tags
1.3.2. in wordpress category slugs = tags
1.3.3. automtically grabs your latest blog posts
1.4. del.icio.us
1.4.1. set up subscriptions
1.4.2. expand network
1.4.3. share bookmarked pages
1.4.4. tags are separated by spaces and multiple word tags should be combined into one word (internetmarketing)
1.4.5. must manually save stories
1.5. Fark.com
1.6. StumbleUpon.com
1.6.1. Make an account and join groups right away
1.6.2. wait a few days, because it won't let you post discussions in the forums if your account is new
1.6.3. After a couple days, save favorites and join discussions
1.6.4. Must manually favorite stories
1.7. Mybloglog.com
1.7.1. use keywords in the URL and blog name
1.7.2. will automatically pull stories
1.7.3. join communities to get noticed
1.7.4. write quality content
1.8. reddit.com
1.8.1. hard to promote business here
1.8.2. friends don't seem to do much
1.8.3. need to msg and build networks the hard way
1.9. kaboodle.com
1.9.1. If there isn't a product to promote, then do research and find supporting products to your service.
1.9.2. Sell merchandise related to your company or service
1.10. Slashdot.com
1.11. bloglines.com
1.11.1. good for if you don't already have a blog
1.12. blinklist.com
1.12.1. friends are hard to find/save
1.12.2. works well for connections through tagging
1.13. netvouz.com
1.13.1. bookmarking
1.14. Clipmarks.com
1.14.1. save portions of web pages you like
1.14.2. comments and views a left within the site
1.14.3. harder to generate traffic to your site
1.15. Furl.net
1.16. Newsvine.com
1.16.1. seed news stories
1.17. Mister-wong.com
1.18. dzone.com
1.18.1. made for developers only
1.19. ma.gnolia.com
1.20. tailrank.com
1.21. listal.com
1.22. plugim.com
1.22.1. specifically focuses on internet marketing
1.23. sphere.com
1.24. spicypage.com
1.24.1. blog voting system
1.24.2. generates decent traffic
1.25. sphinn.com
1.25.1. focuses on marketing
1.25.2. focuses on seo
1.26. 9rules.com
1.26.1. Good for discussions and getting real questions answered
1.26.2. High-quality network
1.26.3. very protective of their content
1.26.4. Not open for new members
2. Professional Networking
2.1. linkedin.com
2.2. spoke.com
2.3. xing.com
2.4. salesspider.com
3. RSS / Microblog
3.1. squidoo.com
3.2. kingofthelist.com
3.3. listdump.com
3.4. twitter.com
3.5. epinions.com
3.6. yelp.com
3.7. tumblr.com
3.8. jaiku.com
3.9. friendfeed.com
4. Just Plain Cool Stuff
4.1. mindmeister.com
4.2. Shopify.info
4.3. lulu.com
4.4. booklocker.com
4.5. wufoo.com
4.6. projectstat.us
4.7. editgrid.com
4.8. numsum.com
4.9. sezwho.com
4.10. buyitsellit.com
5. Top Social Networking Sites
5.1. MySpace.com
5.2. Facebook.com
5.3. Bebo.com
5.4. BlackPlanet.com
5.5. Xanga.com
5.6. iMeem.com
5.7. 360.yahoo.com
5.8. Classmates.com
5.9. hi5.com
5.10. tagged.com
5.11. livejournal.com
5.12. gaiaonline.com
5.13. friendster.com
5.14. orkut.com
5.15. spaces.live.com
5.16. hoverspot.com
5.17. buzznet.com
5.18. sconex.com
5.19. migente.com
5.20. myyearbook.com
5.21. lime.com
5.22. virb.com
5.23. eons.com
5.24. rezoom.com
5.25. multiply.com
5.26. mayasmom.com
5.27. boomj.com
5.28. boomertown.com
5.29. imagini.net
6. Q&A Sites
6.1. answers.yahoo.com
6.2. quimble.com
6.3. say-so.org
6.4. ideaspit.com
6.5. linkedin.com/answers
7. E-mail and Automated Follow-up
7.1. icontact.com
7.2. streamsend.com
7.3. emaillabs.com
7.4. exacttarget.com
7.5. verticalresponse.com
7.6. topica.com
7.7. silverpop.com
7.8. feedblitz.com
7.8.1. allow e-mail newsletters to be created from rss feeds
7.8.2. fully customizable