1. Wiki’s A online social presentation Presented by Beth O` Regan

9. List of social networking websites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Name description user count Registration By invite or payment ( OpenID ) 490,310 [16] "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal DeadJournal Open Unknown Collective narratives or "shared biographies" Dandelife Open 15,000,000 [15] Young South Koreans Cyworld Open 21,000 [14] "Consumeetings" Consumating Open 40,000,000 [13] School, college, work and the military Classmates.com Open 6,900,000 [12] Green living and activism Care2 Open 1,600,000 [11] Car enthusiasts CarDomain Open 4,000,000 [10] General (music and video) Bolt Open 947,169 [9] Blogs, based on LiveJournal Blurty Open 26,000,000 [8] Video sharing and webcam chat Broadcaster Open 80,000 [7] Link sharing Blue Dot Open 22,000,000 [6] Schools and colleges Bebo Open 16,000,000 [5] African-Americans BlackPlanet.com Open to students but approval based Hundreds [4] Mutually good-looking students Amiworthit Invite-only 150,000 [3] European jet set and social elite aSmallWorld Open 11,000 [2] Free Software and Open Source developers Advogato Open 627,000 [1] Tagging 43 Things

10. Open 400,000 [32] Virtual pets GoPets Open Unknown General Gazzag Open 5,000,000 [31] Anime and Games Gaia Online Open 10,100 [30] General Frühstückstreff Open 29,100,000 [29] General Friendster Open 12,000,000 [28] School, college, work, sport and streets Friends Reunited Open 1,000,000 [27] Photo sharing Fotki Open ( Yahoo! login) 4,000,000 [26] Photo sharing Flickr Open to people 18 and older. 265,000 [25] Flirting/Dating Flirtomatic Open 5,900,000 [24] British teens and 20-somethings Faceparty Open 14,000,000 [23] European young adults (14-24) Facebox Open 16,000,000 [22] College/High School students Facebook Open 3,800,000 [21] General eSPIN Open 100,000 [20] Business Ecademy Invite-only 53,000 [19] Careers Doostang Open 235,000+ [18] Clubbing (primarily UK) DontStayIn Open Unknown [17] Mobile location-based service, owned by Google Dodgeball.com Open Unknown [37] Instant messaging imeem Open 2,311,790 [36] General; focus on students and Dutch speakers Hyves Open Unknown General Hi5 Invite-only 830,000 [35] Poland Grono.net Open 1,514,865 [34] Blogs, based on LiveJournal GreatestJournal Open 650,000 [33] School, college, and work Graduates.com

11. Open 989,000 [52] Canada Nexopia Open 950,000 [51] General myYearbook Open 162,400,000 [50] General MySpace Open 1,510,000 [49] Cell phones myGamma Open 3,000,000 [48] "Real world" relationships Multiply Open Unknown Music MOG Invite-only 8,000,000 [47] Japan Mixi Open 3,600,000 [46] Latinos MiGente.com Open 67,000 [45] General MEETin Open 1,200,000 [44] Sweden LunarStorm Open ( OpenID ) 10,921,263 [43] Blogging LiveJournal Open 8,500,000 [42] Business LinkedIn Open 15,000,000 [41] Music Last.fm Open Unknown Football (soccer) Joga Bonito Invite only 1,500,000 [40] Hungary iWiW Open 400,000 [39] Finland IRC-Galleria Open 1,000,000 [38] 3D chat software IMVU Open 500,000 [63] American high schools Sconex Open 250,000 [62] Business Ryze College students only 400,000 [61] Music Ruckus Open 25,000,000 [60] Locating friends and family Reunion.com Open 900,000 [59] Consumer ratings + social networking RateItAll Open 100,000 [58] British teens ProfileHeaven Open 530,000 [57] Swedish teenagers Playahead Open 10,000,000 [56] Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing Piczo Open 100,000 [55] Foreign Languages (education) Phrasebase Open 4,700,000 [54] General Passado Open ( Google login) 46,423,762 [53] Owned by Google orkut

12. Open ( Windows Live ID ) 30,000,000 [75] Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) Windows Live Spaces Open Unknown [74] Genealogy & Biography WebBiographies Open to people 18 and older 7,000,000 [73] Travel & Lifestyle WAYN Open Unknown Blogging Vox Open 20,000 [72] Vietnamese VietSpace Open 766,000 [71] Gothic industrial culture Vampire Freaks Open Unknown Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces Twitter Open 602,876 [70] General Tribe Open 90,000 [69] Travel Travellerspoint Open 364,474 Custom T-shirts Threadless Open 800,000 [68] Teens and colleges The Student Center Open 116,000 [67] Social action TakingITGlobal Open 1,850,692 [66] General (tagging) TagWorld Open 1,200,000 [65] Websurfing Stumbleupon Open 1,000,000 University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries Studivz Open 18,000 [64] Recreational Sports Sportsvite Open 36,467 [80] Social consciousness Zaadz Open Unknown United States adults Yelp Open to people 18 and older ( Yahoo! login) 4,700,000 [79] Linked to Yahoo! IDs Yahoo! 360° Open 1,000,000 [78] Colleges Xuqa Open 1,000,000 [77] Business XING Open 40,000,000 [76] Blogs and "metro" areas Xanga

14. Example of the a search result in wikipedia

17. Thank you for listening to my presentation Slan leat

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