The Coming Consolidation in Social Networking


	The Coming Consolidation in Social Networking

tomcat66_g500

1-7-2008 11:03 AM

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social media sites, web 2.0 social tagging sites, twitter, paul dunay, mahalo, topnetpix, del.icio.us, digg

tomcat66_g500 says:

With more than 100 social networking sites competing for traffic, which services are likely to survive, and how?

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