Technical Blogging

Select the Social Networks You Intend to Target

A large number of successful networks have been established over the past few years. The following list includes a few types of common social networking sites:

• General social networks (e.g., Facebook or Twitter)

• Professional networks (e.g., LinkedIn)

• Networks specific to a particular segment of the population (e.g., CafeMom or patientslikeme^[125])

• Media-specific networks (e.g., Flickr or YouTube^[126])

• Social networks around a particular interest (e.g., Geni or GoodReads^[127])

• Industry-specific social networks (e.g., GovLoop or Channel DB2^[128])

• Mobile and location-based social networks (e.g., foursquare^[129])

There are thousands of social networks, with at least a few hundred well-known ...