Saturday, 10 May 2008
Sunday, 4 May 2008
most common activities on when social networking
Wheather your on facebook,myspace,bebo or even Hi5, social networking pages have really expanded on the types of different activities you can do on your page.Wheather it's playing games,leaving comments for friends or uploading pictures it's no longer a boring blog account or profile page. Here is some recebt data from google highlighting the most common activities.
Thursday, 1 May 2008
unlucky myspace......
Facebook Hammers MySpace on Almost All Key Features
When you think of social networks you probably think of MySpace. But recently, Facebook has been gaining popularity - since it opened up beyond college users, it has enjoyed a flood of new users, boosted further by the launch of Facebook apps. It’s time these two social networks fought it out.
Round 1: Design
Layout: Facebook wins here because the profiles are well set up and neatly organized and it’s easy to navigate through the profiles to find the info you want. It mainly beats MySpace because most profiles are so ugly and inconsistent.
Overall Site Design: Facebook is obviously the winner here. MySpace looks so unprofessionally done when compared to Facebook, mainly again because of it’s inconsistent design. This time its MySpace themselves, not the users, who make the site difficult to use.
Profiles: This is a tie because MySpace has a lot of customization, but Facebook’s default looks better than MySpace’s and it’s very neat and well organized.
Customization: MySpace and Facebook tie here. While Facebook lets you add and remove applications, MySpace lets you do whatever you want with the pages, if you know a little HTML that is. Unfortunately thats the reason MySpace’s design is so unruly for the most part.
Site Organization: Both site are pretty well organized. However, Facebook wins because of its clean layout that allows you to find everything right away, and it’s start page is a link to everything you need in neat and tidy boxes.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 2: Media
Pictures: Facebook wins here because of its well-organized picture section and the ability to tag people and have people tag themselves. Also, with the apps recently released you can now add Fiickr and other photosharing site streams to your profile. However, Fox now owns Photobucket, which provides photo hosting to MySpace users.
Videos: This one is a tie because both MySpace and Facebook let you upload video and they both have their own flash player. MySpace will let you embed video into your profile but you can post videos to Facebook as well.
Music: MySpace wins, but only just - we all know that every band ever has a MySpace account . However, with the new Facebook apps you can add your data from music tracking sites like Last.fm and iLike: in fact the top app on Facebook at the moment is the iLike app.
Sharing: Now, Facebook’s advantage here is only a slight one. Facebook allows you to share media links very easily and i fact automatically though the Facebook feed, something that I’m sure many MySpace users would like to be able to do (MySpace News isn’t really suited to this). You can, however, grab embedded media like videos from other profiles to repost on MySpace.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 3: Community
Relationships: A big difference on Facebook is that the friends you add are usually your real friends. It’s not a contest like on MySpace where everyone is trying to have the most friends. On Facebook it about talking to the people you know and sharing things with them.
Groups: Both sites have groups, but Facebook makes them more prominent. They are a bigger part of the service and there are a lot of people using them for clever uses like planning meet up and giving info to fans.
Keeping Track of What’s New: Facebook kills MySpace here. On MySpace the only way to know if a friend added something new to their profile is to go look at it, and the only way to know if you made a new friends is to look for the person. Facebook has two feeds. One tells you what’s new with you, like who accepted your friend request or your posted items, etc. The other feed tells you what’s up with all your friends, like who they added and what groups they joined.
Messaging: This is a tie. They both have a place where people can leave messages on your profile and they both have a basic mail system.
Co-Workers: Facebook can be used as a tool to talk to the people you work with also and see what’s new with them. You can even join a network for your company. MySpace was really designed for teens so it doesn’t really have these types of features.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 4: Usefulness
Finding Old Friends: One of the major reasons for joining a social network is to reconnect with old friends or classmates. Facebook makes this really easy because the whole site is organized by schools and now by locations too. So unless you forgot your friends name you will probably be able to find them if they have an account. MySpace lets you search for school friends, but doesn’t put the emphasis on real friendships.
Communication:Facebook is a good way to contact people if you don’t know their contact info. Someone is more likely to notice a Facebook message than a MySpace Message due to the fact that there is less Facebook spam.
Promoting Yourself: MySpace wins here. Thousands of bands use MySpace to promote their music and their fans use it to show their support. This isn’t nearly as evident on Facebook, although groups allow companies to promote themselves.
Getting Laid: If you are looking for action, then you’ll probably want to go with MySpace - see our survey for the reasons behind this.
Round Winner: MySpace!
Round 5: Ease of Use
Adding Friends: MySpace wins here because adding new friends and accepting friends requests is usually a one click process. The major advance here over Facebook is the ability to add large amounts of friends at once which for some reason was never added to Facebook.
Search: The winner here is a little bit surprising when you consider Google does the search for the loser. Facebook’s search beats MySpace by a mile. Even though the search engine giant Google is providing MySpace’s search, its results are not nearly as useful as Facebook’s. The big issue here is that MySpace’s search looks in the whole profile, even when just looking for a person, Facebook’s is smart enough to know if you are looking for a user or a movie in someone’s interests.
Navigation: Both MySpace and Facebook have pretty decent navigation, but Facebook beats MySpace when it comes to getting to specific people’s profiles due to its superior search.
Privacy: Facebook makes it really easy to hide info from certain people and to not show information that you want to be kept private. So, if you only want you close friends to see you contact info, it only takes a second. MySpace has privacy too, but it’s far less granular.
Round Winner: Facebook!
An the Winner is… Facebook!!
MySpace was a great social network for a while, but now there are too many spammers and the developers have stopped innovating. Facebook is just starting to become popular (well, popular with those who were not on it when it was limited to schools). So, you might want to check it out, while it’s still cool.
When you think of social networks you probably think of MySpace. But recently, Facebook has been gaining popularity - since it opened up beyond college users, it has enjoyed a flood of new users, boosted further by the launch of Facebook apps. It’s time these two social networks fought it out.
Round 1: Design
Layout: Facebook wins here because the profiles are well set up and neatly organized and it’s easy to navigate through the profiles to find the info you want. It mainly beats MySpace because most profiles are so ugly and inconsistent.
Overall Site Design: Facebook is obviously the winner here. MySpace looks so unprofessionally done when compared to Facebook, mainly again because of it’s inconsistent design. This time its MySpace themselves, not the users, who make the site difficult to use.
Profiles: This is a tie because MySpace has a lot of customization, but Facebook’s default looks better than MySpace’s and it’s very neat and well organized.
Customization: MySpace and Facebook tie here. While Facebook lets you add and remove applications, MySpace lets you do whatever you want with the pages, if you know a little HTML that is. Unfortunately thats the reason MySpace’s design is so unruly for the most part.
Site Organization: Both site are pretty well organized. However, Facebook wins because of its clean layout that allows you to find everything right away, and it’s start page is a link to everything you need in neat and tidy boxes.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 2: Media
Pictures: Facebook wins here because of its well-organized picture section and the ability to tag people and have people tag themselves. Also, with the apps recently released you can now add Fiickr and other photosharing site streams to your profile. However, Fox now owns Photobucket, which provides photo hosting to MySpace users.
Videos: This one is a tie because both MySpace and Facebook let you upload video and they both have their own flash player. MySpace will let you embed video into your profile but you can post videos to Facebook as well.
Music: MySpace wins, but only just - we all know that every band ever has a MySpace account . However, with the new Facebook apps you can add your data from music tracking sites like Last.fm and iLike: in fact the top app on Facebook at the moment is the iLike app.
Sharing: Now, Facebook’s advantage here is only a slight one. Facebook allows you to share media links very easily and i fact automatically though the Facebook feed, something that I’m sure many MySpace users would like to be able to do (MySpace News isn’t really suited to this). You can, however, grab embedded media like videos from other profiles to repost on MySpace.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 3: Community
Relationships: A big difference on Facebook is that the friends you add are usually your real friends. It’s not a contest like on MySpace where everyone is trying to have the most friends. On Facebook it about talking to the people you know and sharing things with them.
Groups: Both sites have groups, but Facebook makes them more prominent. They are a bigger part of the service and there are a lot of people using them for clever uses like planning meet up and giving info to fans.
Keeping Track of What’s New: Facebook kills MySpace here. On MySpace the only way to know if a friend added something new to their profile is to go look at it, and the only way to know if you made a new friends is to look for the person. Facebook has two feeds. One tells you what’s new with you, like who accepted your friend request or your posted items, etc. The other feed tells you what’s up with all your friends, like who they added and what groups they joined.
Messaging: This is a tie. They both have a place where people can leave messages on your profile and they both have a basic mail system.
Co-Workers: Facebook can be used as a tool to talk to the people you work with also and see what’s new with them. You can even join a network for your company. MySpace was really designed for teens so it doesn’t really have these types of features.
Round Winner: Facebook!
Round 4: Usefulness
Finding Old Friends: One of the major reasons for joining a social network is to reconnect with old friends or classmates. Facebook makes this really easy because the whole site is organized by schools and now by locations too. So unless you forgot your friends name you will probably be able to find them if they have an account. MySpace lets you search for school friends, but doesn’t put the emphasis on real friendships.
Communication:Facebook is a good way to contact people if you don’t know their contact info. Someone is more likely to notice a Facebook message than a MySpace Message due to the fact that there is less Facebook spam.
Promoting Yourself: MySpace wins here. Thousands of bands use MySpace to promote their music and their fans use it to show their support. This isn’t nearly as evident on Facebook, although groups allow companies to promote themselves.
Getting Laid: If you are looking for action, then you’ll probably want to go with MySpace - see our survey for the reasons behind this.
Round Winner: MySpace!
Round 5: Ease of Use
Adding Friends: MySpace wins here because adding new friends and accepting friends requests is usually a one click process. The major advance here over Facebook is the ability to add large amounts of friends at once which for some reason was never added to Facebook.
Search: The winner here is a little bit surprising when you consider Google does the search for the loser. Facebook’s search beats MySpace by a mile. Even though the search engine giant Google is providing MySpace’s search, its results are not nearly as useful as Facebook’s. The big issue here is that MySpace’s search looks in the whole profile, even when just looking for a person, Facebook’s is smart enough to know if you are looking for a user or a movie in someone’s interests.
Navigation: Both MySpace and Facebook have pretty decent navigation, but Facebook beats MySpace when it comes to getting to specific people’s profiles due to its superior search.
Privacy: Facebook makes it really easy to hide info from certain people and to not show information that you want to be kept private. So, if you only want you close friends to see you contact info, it only takes a second. MySpace has privacy too, but it’s far less granular.
Round Winner: Facebook!
An the Winner is… Facebook!!
MySpace was a great social network for a while, but now there are too many spammers and the developers have stopped innovating. Facebook is just starting to become popular (well, popular with those who were not on it when it was limited to schools). So, you might want to check it out, while it’s still cool.
Hackers attack MySpace and Facebook
Buffer overflows are at the heart of a series of attacks against Facebook and MySpace, security firm Fortify Software has warned..
Criminal hackers now view social networking sites as their best target for attacks, according to Rob Rachwald, director of product marketing at Fortify Software.
Part of the reason is that such sites are designed to be usable by "unsophisticated" consumers, meaning that the barrier to entry for attacks is potentially lower as users are more likely to click on a link that leads to malware.
"A buffer overflow enabled hackers to exploit the Aurigma ActiveX image uploading software used by Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites," said Rachwald.
"The bad news is that this exploit is being used in a hacker toolkit currently being offered for download on several Chinese language sites, meaning that novices have been able to stage these attacks, and not just professional hackers."
Rachwald argued that social networking sites can no longer limit protection to their own security practices, but must take in the practices of their suppliers.
"Had Facebook and MySpace required Aurigma to provide proof of a code audit before sourcing the plug-in this latest security issue could have been avoided," he said.
Criminal hackers now view social networking sites as their best target for attacks, according to Rob Rachwald, director of product marketing at Fortify Software.
Part of the reason is that such sites are designed to be usable by "unsophisticated" consumers, meaning that the barrier to entry for attacks is potentially lower as users are more likely to click on a link that leads to malware.
"A buffer overflow enabled hackers to exploit the Aurigma ActiveX image uploading software used by Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites," said Rachwald.
"The bad news is that this exploit is being used in a hacker toolkit currently being offered for download on several Chinese language sites, meaning that novices have been able to stage these attacks, and not just professional hackers."
Rachwald argued that social networking sites can no longer limit protection to their own security practices, but must take in the practices of their suppliers.
"Had Facebook and MySpace required Aurigma to provide proof of a code audit before sourcing the plug-in this latest security issue could have been avoided," he said.
myspace VS. facebook
MySpace v. Facebook: “It’s Not A Decision. It’s an IQ Test”
Facebook’s timing is perfect. They just released an API that gives third party developers deep access to Facebook functionality and its 20 million users. Not only can these third party startups get a widget placed on people’s Facebook profiles, but they can also get viral distribution through users’ news feeds and access core Facebook features. Using the tools that Facebook made available, developers could build new versions of some of Facebook’s own applications, like Facebook Photos. Users can then remove those default applications and add the new ones. Like Microsoft with Windows, Facebook is now competing with application developers on its own platform.
This isn’t all just talk, either. The most popular third party application, iLike, has nearly 400,000 users just a couple of days after launching and 10x what they had just last Friday. That means nearly 5% of Facebook’s users have now included it on their profile.
Kopelman’s post looks at the new reality from the perspective of a startup. MySpace is a minefield - startups want access to their users but suffer from the very real possibility of being banned, either temporarily or permanently.
Facebook is viewing things from exactly the opposite position: they are giving startups access to Facebook’s core feature set, and allowing them to show advertising and conduct transactions with users without even asking for a cut. This is exactly why I called Facebook the Anti-MySpace last week. Kopelman goes on to say:
Facebook’s timing is perfect. They just released an API that gives third party developers deep access to Facebook functionality and its 20 million users. Not only can these third party startups get a widget placed on people’s Facebook profiles, but they can also get viral distribution through users’ news feeds and access core Facebook features. Using the tools that Facebook made available, developers could build new versions of some of Facebook’s own applications, like Facebook Photos. Users can then remove those default applications and add the new ones. Like Microsoft with Windows, Facebook is now competing with application developers on its own platform.
This isn’t all just talk, either. The most popular third party application, iLike, has nearly 400,000 users just a couple of days after launching and 10x what they had just last Friday. That means nearly 5% of Facebook’s users have now included it on their profile.
Kopelman’s post looks at the new reality from the perspective of a startup. MySpace is a minefield - startups want access to their users but suffer from the very real possibility of being banned, either temporarily or permanently.
Facebook is viewing things from exactly the opposite position: they are giving startups access to Facebook’s core feature set, and allowing them to show advertising and conduct transactions with users without even asking for a cut. This is exactly why I called Facebook the Anti-MySpace last week. Kopelman goes on to say:
IM on facebook....
Instant Messaging service by Facebook soon!
Instant Messaging has become one of the most popular usages on the Internet. I don’t know a single person who uses the Internet that doesn’t have an instant messaging account. Whether it’s MSN Messenger, GTalk, Aim, ICQ, Skype or even services like Twitter and twhirl, everyone is connected and chatting online in some regards.
Facebook is soon to release its own Instant Messaging service in the next several days. Word has it that the chat service will be built into users profile pages and allow their friends to chat to them directly via their profile. Unfortunately, previous plans of building the chat client on the jabber framework is no longer the case. I think this is a greedy move on Facebook’s behalf, but I’m sure they have a valid reason for this, time will tell. Jabber would have allowed users using services such as GTalk (jabber based) to interface with Facebook chat - that would be ultimate connectivity, everyone so very connected!
I wonder whether this is going to be the step that takes Facebook to a new level and become the number 1 social network in the world, above MySpace. I have an idea for Facebook, that has not been done, in fact, I almost guarantee that my idea would take Facebook to the number 1 position as most interactive social network on the web :)
Instant Messaging has become one of the most popular usages on the Internet. I don’t know a single person who uses the Internet that doesn’t have an instant messaging account. Whether it’s MSN Messenger, GTalk, Aim, ICQ, Skype or even services like Twitter and twhirl, everyone is connected and chatting online in some regards.
Facebook is soon to release its own Instant Messaging service in the next several days. Word has it that the chat service will be built into users profile pages and allow their friends to chat to them directly via their profile. Unfortunately, previous plans of building the chat client on the jabber framework is no longer the case. I think this is a greedy move on Facebook’s behalf, but I’m sure they have a valid reason for this, time will tell. Jabber would have allowed users using services such as GTalk (jabber based) to interface with Facebook chat - that would be ultimate connectivity, everyone so very connected!
I wonder whether this is going to be the step that takes Facebook to a new level and become the number 1 social network in the world, above MySpace. I have an idea for Facebook, that has not been done, in fact, I almost guarantee that my idea would take Facebook to the number 1 position as most interactive social network on the web :)
Msn on Facebook???
Facebook To Launch Instant Messaging Service
Facebook has been testing a new instant messaging service and will be launching it to the public soon, perhaps in the next week.
The service will be built into user’s Facebook pages and allow them to web chat with their Facebook friends. We’ve also heard that, like Gtalk, it will be built on the Jabber open source platform, allowing users to add the service to many popular Instant messaging clients like Trillian (Windows) and Adium (Mac). I’d also expect web chat services like Meebo and eBuddy to add support for the service.
This spells trouble for a slew of instant messaging services that third parties have built on Facebook. Social.IM, for example, is one (funded) startup we’ve written about a couple of times. (As is FriendVox from UK startup Techlightenment). Those applications are now basically dead.
The timing on this certainly is interesting. Yesterday AOL talked extensively about marrying their AIM platform with their newly acquired Bebo social network.
Facebook has been testing a new instant messaging service and will be launching it to the public soon, perhaps in the next week.
The service will be built into user’s Facebook pages and allow them to web chat with their Facebook friends. We’ve also heard that, like Gtalk, it will be built on the Jabber open source platform, allowing users to add the service to many popular Instant messaging clients like Trillian (Windows) and Adium (Mac). I’d also expect web chat services like Meebo and eBuddy to add support for the service.
This spells trouble for a slew of instant messaging services that third parties have built on Facebook. Social.IM, for example, is one (funded) startup we’ve written about a couple of times. (As is FriendVox from UK startup Techlightenment). Those applications are now basically dead.
The timing on this certainly is interesting. Yesterday AOL talked extensively about marrying their AIM platform with their newly acquired Bebo social network.
What us myspace??????!!!! Pro's & Con's
Pros and Cons
MySpace is a place where you can create a profile page that you can use to meet new friends. MySpace has a lot more to offer than that though. Find out what you can do with MySpace.
Pros
* Big Network: If you are looking to meet or find people MySpace is a good place to look. There are lots of people on MySpace so finding people there is easy.
* Multimedia: They have music and videos you can add to your site for free.
* Advanced Editing: Add all sorts of things to your MySpace profile. Since you can use HTML and JavaScript in your MySpace editor you are open to adding almost anything.
* Keep In Touch: With email, blogs, IM, forums, bulletins and groups you can keep in touch with all your friends.
Cons
* No Easy Editor: Even though you can find templates online and add the code to your profile there is no way for you to simple create your own unique profile page directly from MySpace itself.
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# The blog offers ways to change the colors, backgrounds and other things but you need to know the codes to enter to do it.
# Anyone Can Contact You: There is a privacy setting for your profile but that means no one can see your profile. There is no way to allow people to see your profile but still keep them from emailing your and trying to add you to their friends list. You may get a lot of people trying to add you and if you don't want just anyone sending you messages then this can become a big bother.
# Options Are Hard To Find: There are many things you can do on your MySpace profile that are not obvious. Creating a slideshow is one of those things. Adding HTML templates is another. Adding other HTML or JavaScripts is yet another. As you browse MySpace you will see some pretty amazing things on some of the profiles you come across and you will wonder how they are done because MySpace doesn't tell you.
MySpace is a place where you can create a profile page that you can use to meet new friends. MySpace has a lot more to offer than that though. Find out what you can do with MySpace.
Pros
* Big Network: If you are looking to meet or find people MySpace is a good place to look. There are lots of people on MySpace so finding people there is easy.
* Multimedia: They have music and videos you can add to your site for free.
* Advanced Editing: Add all sorts of things to your MySpace profile. Since you can use HTML and JavaScript in your MySpace editor you are open to adding almost anything.
* Keep In Touch: With email, blogs, IM, forums, bulletins and groups you can keep in touch with all your friends.
Cons
* No Easy Editor: Even though you can find templates online and add the code to your profile there is no way for you to simple create your own unique profile page directly from MySpace itself.
Sponsored Links
MySpace.comGet your own blog and profile plus meet new friends - free at MySpace!uk.myspace.com
Backgrounds & LayoutsFree- Layouts, Comment Boxes Free myspacebackgrounds!Myspace.BackgroundsandLayouts.net
Layouts & BackgroundsCustom Layouts & Backgrounds - 100s to choose From - Download Them Now!MyspaceCake.com
# The blog offers ways to change the colors, backgrounds and other things but you need to know the codes to enter to do it.
# Anyone Can Contact You: There is a privacy setting for your profile but that means no one can see your profile. There is no way to allow people to see your profile but still keep them from emailing your and trying to add you to their friends list. You may get a lot of people trying to add you and if you don't want just anyone sending you messages then this can become a big bother.
# Options Are Hard To Find: There are many things you can do on your MySpace profile that are not obvious. Creating a slideshow is one of those things. Adding HTML templates is another. Adding other HTML or JavaScripts is yet another. As you browse MySpace you will see some pretty amazing things on some of the profiles you come across and you will wonder how they are done because MySpace doesn't tell you.
BBC exposes FACEBOOKS' FLAWS
BBC exposes Facebook flaw
The BBC's technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy.
The BBC's technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy.
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