Google | Search Engines -The amount and quality of your content is important in making sure your site or blog is indeed. Links to and from other related sites are also useful |
Bing (Microsoft’s new search engine) | |
Yahoo | |
MSN | |
Wikipedia | An authoritative site with definitions of just about everything. Look and see if a subject you know about is in need of an editor – but be careful to be unbiased and non-commercial in what you say |
Delicious | bookmarking sites where people can search for articles and blogs. |
Digg | |
Twitter | A micro-blogging site – people post 140 character messages about what they’re doing. You can follow people you find interesting and other people can follow you. |
Google Buzz | Google’s version of Twitter |
Facebook | Used heavily by teenagers and increasingly adults to run their social lives. Post events, pictures, messages and play games |
LinkedIn | Much used by professionals, particularly those looking for work. Can post a detailed CV, start discussion groups, post events etc. There are many LinkedIn groups for professional disciplines and other organisations – or set up your own. |
Viadeo | Similar to LinkedIn – some different features on each. Generally business oriented |
Naymz | |
ecademy | |
YouTube | Video sharing site – great time waster! |
FlickR | Photo sharing |
MySpace | |
Free index | Business directory and forums for small business |
Hotfrog | Free Business directory |
Plaxo | Online contacts/address book |
Hi5 | Like facebook but (allegedly) more fun |
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Wordpress | Sites that allow you to build a blog very quickly – just subscribe and you can have a blog within a few minutes. Then you just need something to say! |
Typepad | |
Blogger | |
joomla | |
Technorati | An index of blogs – mainly US dominated |
Feedburner | A way of providing people with feeds from your blog/twitter account |
Moonfruit | Template based website building sites |
Webeden | |
google | |
Crazyegg | Shows a heatmap of your website, tells you where people click |
Google analytics | Shows you how many people visit and what they look at |
Google Wave | Tools to help you collaborate with partners and clients eg share calendars, co-edit documents |
Google Wiki | |
Huddle | |
Tweetdeck | Have multliple twitter personalities and/or searches going |
Twitterfeed | Link your blog or website feed into twitter |
Hootsuite | Similar to tweetdeck - Other twitter clients here http://www.twitstat.com/twitterclientusers.html |
friendfeed | Allows you to pull together feeds from friends and display in one place |
slideshare | A place to share slide presentations on LinkedIn |
Xobni | Link your Outlook email to LinkedIn – similar facilities are also part of the next release of Office. |
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