China on the horizon for Social Networking

Piercing China's great firewall - San Jose Mercury News

A huge new market that is virtually untouched. Trying to break into it is hard, but worth the effort.

Piercing China's great firewall San Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 Jul 2006 ... the censors are ``big mamas'' who monitor cybercafes and chat rooms ... use my proxy, said Onyuksel in an email, ``but I ... kid in New York check out his Myspace profile ...

technorati tags:social_networking, china, myspace, markets, asia, asian+markets

Safety of Kids is prime concern

MySpace gets a social conscience - Email Battles

One thing all parents worry about when their kids go online is what they will see. And when they begin to communicate online, whether it be chatting, email or on a social site like MySpace, the worries gets even greater. MySpace realizes this and is trying to look at ways to improve in this direction.

MySpace gets a social conscience Email Battles, IA - 5 Jul 2006 ... MySpace is walking a fine line, though, between cleaning up the site and turning off the kids who come to chat about stuff they don't say in front of the folks ...

technorati tags:social+networking, myspace, children, kids, social+conscience, online+predators

Great use of Social Networking

Nonprofits and Humanitarians Turning to MySpace - PR Web (press release)

Now this is a positive for the social networking arena. I can really see this working. Myspace continues to open doors for different forms of communication and getting a message delivered, as does many of the other social networking sites.

Nonprofits and Humanitarians Turning to MySpace PR Web (press release), WA - 11 hours ago Nonprofits turn to MySpace to generate support for their cause, and MySpace members can become activists simply by logging on. Seattle ...

technorati tags:social+networking, myspace, charity, non+profit, nonprofit

Business Side of Social Networking

This Social Networking Site Means Business - Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

With any fad or trend, there is a business side. Many many times this part of the equation is ignored, and if it is ignored too long, then the trend dies.

It looks like at least one company has made it into the black, which is a good sign!

This Social Networking Site Means Business Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - Jun 16, 2006 ... Subscriptions might be the best business model for social networking sites, says Forrester's Li. ... The only reason people go there is to do business networking.". ...

technorati tags:social+networking, business+model, trends, fad, money