Social media dictionary

This page is continuously updated with more social media services, tools and networks.

Bebo is a social network widely used in English-speaking countries around the world. http://www.bebo.com/ 

Brightkite is a location-based social networking site available on mobile devices. http://brightkite.com/ 

Delicious is a social bookmarking service. http://delicious.com/ 

Digg is a social news site, where users can vote new stories up or down. http://digg.com/ 

Facebook is one of if not the world’s largest social network. www.facebook.com

Flickr is a photo hosting site and online community. http://www.flickr.com/

Hi5 is a social networking site. http://www.hi5.com/

LinkedIN is a business-oriented social network. http://www.linkedin.com/

Magnify is a video publishing platform. http://www.magnify.net/

Ma.gnolia is a social bookmarking site. http://ma.gnolia.com/

MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks. http://www.myspace.com/ 

Newsvine is a community-based collaborative journalism news website. http://www.newsvine.com/ 

Picasa is a software application for editing and organising digital photos. Works with upload in Picasa web albums. http://picasa.google.com/

Plaxo is an online address book and social networking service. http://www.plaxo.com/

Reddit is a social news site, where users can vote new stories up or down. http://www.reddit.com/

Scribd is a document-sharing website with various embedding features. http://www.scribd.com/

SlideShare is a website for saving and sharing PowerPoint slides online. http://www.slideshare.net/

StumbleUpon is a web community that allows users to discover and rate web pages, photos and videos. It is based on a personalised recommendation engine using peer principles. http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Swurl used to be a so-called lifecasting aggregator, but it does not seem to exist any more. http://www.swurl.com/

Tumblr is a specialised blogging platform. http://www.tumblr.com/

Twitter is a social network and a microblogging service – probably the world’s most widely used service of its kind at the moment. http://twitter.com/

YouTube is the world’s largest video-sharing website. http://www.youtube.com/