1. Social Networking Tools
Type Description Examples
• Facebook
An on-line community for people who share interests, activities, • MySpace
Social Networking or a connection of some sort; allows for grouping and • LinkedIn (Professional)
categorizing. • Orkut
• Ning
A contraction of the term “web log,” a blog may be a journal or • Twitter (micro-blogging)
diary, or a forum for an individual to make regular entries of • Blogger
Blogging commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as • WordPress
graphics or video. May be hosted on a social networking site or • LiveJournal
on a blog specific site. • MyBlogLog
• Flickr
Photos can be uploaded onto websites, tagged, grouped, and
• Photobucket
shared. Tagging allows photos to be organized by subject
Photo Sharing • Picasa
matter. Groups allow multiple users to upload photos that share
a common theme. • Snapfish
• Shutterfly
Websites or software where users can distribute their video • YouTube
clips, they may be user generated video, video sharing • Vimeo
Video Sharing
platforms, or web based video editing. These host sites allow • BuzzNet
videos to be linked to or inserted into blogs, webpages, etc. • Flickr
Most commonly stands for Really Simple Syndication, it’s a • Google Reader
RSS Feeds feed from one source to an aggregated site, may be newsfeed or • RSSOwl
personal; individuals can add sites to their RSS feeds to follow • SharpReader
• Delicious
A method for internet users to share, organize, search, and
Social Bookmarking • Diigo
manage bookmarks of web resources.
• Gnolia (formerly Magnolia)
• Instant Message (IM): Skype, Yahoo!
Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger
A range of software systems that allow users to interact and (AIM), Pidgin, etc
Social Tools & Software share data, also known as collaborative software, includes both • Google and Yahoo Groups
communication tools and interactive tools. • Document sharing & editing: Google
Docs, Windows Live, Zoho, DeskAway
• Wikis: Wikipedia, PBworks, Wikia, etc