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A social network service focuses on enabling virtual communities that allow for the building and reflecting of social networks or social relationships among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web based and allow for online communities to be created so that users can interact over the internet, such as by using e-mail, instant messaging and bulletin board services.

The main types of social networking services are those which contain category divisions (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these, with Facebook, Bebo and Twitter widely used worldwide; MySpace and LinkedIn being the most widely used in North America;^[There have been some attempts to standardize these services to avoid the need to duplicate entries of friends and interests (see the FOAF standard and the Open Source Initiative), but this has led to some concerns about privacy.

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Social Networks.  It’s important to be there, but more important to have a purpose.     There are now thousands of social networking, sharing, posting and bookmark sites.  The strategy should be to create content, place it where it will have the greatest potential to reach, and then fuel it with fresh and dynamic content that will cause people not just to find it, but to embrace it, share it, tweet about it…etc.

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Mashable’s Top 10 Social Networking Sites for Women

iVillage, started in 1995, is one of the oldest sites among this lot. It is today one of the best destinations for women providing content on health, pregnancy, beauty, style, among others. You can create your profile, blog, group, and share pictures, videos, and messages among your friends on this site. There are thousands of message boards on varied topics available. You will also find a section on weddings complete with bridal fashion, style, reception and planning, etc. Finally, there are also sections on dating, online courses, and shopping.

CafeMom

CafeMom is another popular social networking site for moms to discuss parenting issues. The site has done really well since its launch in 2006, having attracted more than a million members and 6 million visits a month. There are more than 35,000 groups on the site including those of pregnancy, kitchen recipes, marriage, and relationships, among others.

You can create your journals to share your stories with other members, participate in polls, surveys, or share pictures with other members. There is a section that displays birthday moms, expecting moms, new arrivals, new members, top contributors, photo of the day, theme of the day, post of the day, and group of the day.

Glam

Glam is a pink-color editorial-driven site from Glam Media, a leading media network with 43 million unique monthly visitors. Within the site, you’ll find sections on fashion, beauty, celebrities, entertainment, living, health, wellness, and shopping, photos, videos, quizzes, and a variety of blogs. The social networking channel called Glam Space allows you to create your profile, check out the profiles of other users, and voice your opinion on a variety of topics. For women with style and glamour, this site is a must see.

ParentsConnect

ParentsConnect is a leading parenting site providing daily tips, recipes, activities, product recommendations, and other parenting informations. You can also share your parenting tips, local activities, crafts, recipes, photos, war stories, and comment and rate on other’s posts.

Kaboose

Kaboose is another premier site targeting families and providing tips on pregnancy and parenting, recipes, health, craft, and a section called ‘Just for Moms’. You can create your profile, create a blog, join the discussion forums, and share pictures with other community members.

AOL Women

AOL Women is a premier women’s section on AOL providing content on a variety of topics like beauty, fashion, well being, and horoscope. This UK version has a chat & community section where there are various all-women discussion boards where members can discuss on a lot of topics. You can also create your AOL profile and blog.

TeamSugar

TeamSugar is a social networking site for the young women where they can discuss the latest gossip, play games, and share tips on shopping, fashion, beauty secrets, recipes, photos, videos, bookmarks, blogs, and more. There are separate sections on celebrities, fashion and style, beauty, entertainment, news & politics, love & sex, baby & parents, career & money, love & sex, health & fitness, food & party, pets, tech & web, food & party, jokes, shopping, communities, weddings.

You can create your homepage and a blog, or chat with other users. Doing various things on the site, like posting a comment, creating a group, posting a blog, creating a sales alert, or doing a review gives you points which you can redeem to earn Sugar points.

ClubMom

ClubMom has been present since 1999 and is a place for moms to connect with other moms. They can ask questions and get answers from other moms on which they can rate and comment on. Topics range from pregnancy to teenagers, and from cooking to relationships. They can also also share photos, and win prizes. There is also a ClubMom Rewards program where moms can earn ClubMom Points that they can redeem for rewards at the ClubMom online mall.

MayasMom

MayasMom is another place for parents to connect with others parents and share stories. They can also join groups, create their own, and seek advice from other members. They can also create their journals and share picture of their kids.

Minti

 

Minti is a nice site where you can connect with other parents and discuss parenting issues. They called themselves ‘the world’s largest parent to parent adviceopedia’. You can create content in the form of articles that can be rated and commented on by other members. Topics include pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, babies, early childhood, schooling, tweens, and teenage years.

By registering, you get your own family page, a blog and a photo album. There is Minti ranking system where you can go up by contributing parenting advice, blogging and by commenting. There are also more than 600 interest groups you can join.