101 Top web sites for ORM

Web 2.0, or the social Internet, has evolved and continues to grow with literally thousands of websites where users can register, post a profile, blog their daily thoughts, and share video and other media. For the business owner or website owner this offers a number of opportunities including the chance to promote and market their own business interests.

Many of the sites encourage active participation from other community members. Post a blog or upload a video clip and other users are not only able to view them but can comment and engage with the original poster. By building a community around an existing website or business it is possible to generate excellent social exposure and it can also help with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts.

One of the greatest benefits of using major sites like Facebook, YouTube, Reddit and others is that they are considered authoritative sites in the eyes of the search engines. This in turn means that new profiles and posts on these pages and especially those with threaded and naturally keyword rich conversations can be used to promote pages for specific keywords.

For Online Reputation Management this also makes them highly beneficial tools in the attempt to bury bad press and fill the top search results for specific keywords, phrases, and names. By adding profiles and details to the sites listed in this guide it is possible to ensure that when potential customers search for your name or the name of your company they are presented with results that are managed by you and not by others.

The list of social websites is broken down into five main categories – social networking sites, blogging sites, social news sites, social media sites, and miscellaneous social sites. While the average small business or website would struggle to maintain a regular presence on each of the 101 sites it is possible to choose the most relevant and to stick with these. Alternatively, use an online reputation management service that can help to build, improve, or repair a reputation online.

Social Blogging Sites


1 – Wordpress

Not only is Wordpress the most popular blogging software on the market but you can also set up your own ad-free blog and host it on Wordpress servers for free. It is among the most popular of blogging sites and allows users to quickly and easily create their own blog. You can change the look and design of the blog while also uploading media to your pages.

2 – Blogger

The user friendly Blogger service is another very popular blogging sites. Setting up a blog takes a few minutes and allows for some simple functions including the adding and amendment of posts as well as the deletion of comments from any post (good for removing spam).

3 – Live Journal

LiveJournal has gained in popularity with both writers and readers because it offers a reasonably unique combination of blogging platform, writer's groups, and regular writing competitions. A free blog offers restricted design and layout options and although there is an enhanced, paid membership option this isn't necessary.

4 – VOX

Vox is a very simple site to use in order to set up a blog but it does suffer for its simplicity a little in terms of the range of design and layout options that are available. One of the beneficial features it offers is the use of widgets or plug-ins to expand the functionality of your blog.

5 – Blogsome

The Irish based BlogSome utilizes the WordPress MU (Multi User) platform and has fast become one of the most widely used of all free blog hosting services. It's WordPress platform makes it very simple to use and also means that there is a mass of templates and other options for your new blog.

6 – Xanga

Xanga is a unique offering. It offers a simple template based design for quick and easy setup but with just a little HTML knowledge you can completely alter the look, feel, and usability of your blog. It also combines some of the elements of social networking with all of the elements of blogging.

7 – Insane Journal

Insane Journal uses the same platform and a similar business model to the Live Journal setup so offers a good free account as well as a largely unnecessary premium account option.

8 – Journal Fen

Another site using the same platform as LiveJournal. Directed at users that are 18 years or older, the Journal Fen site is a fan based blogging community.

9 – Blog A Bond

While this is a travel related blog hosting site it does offer some very good and technical services that make it well worthwhile if your blog or company is in any way related to travel or locations. The integrated maps are especially good for a free blogging service.

10 – Ttumblr

A blogging platform that is geared more specifically towards the posting of multimedia blogs rather than simple text posts. If you post pictures and videos then this is an especially good choice.

11 – Busy Thumbs

As the name eludes to, Busy Thumbs is a moblogging service (Mobile Blogging) so is perfect for those that post blogs using their mobile phone. Send texts and camera phone images to your blog.

12 – Netcipia

Netcipia not only lets you create and manage a blog on any topic but it also offers you a share of the revenue that is generated through your blog posts. If you're blogging for business then revenue share should be considered more of a nice bonus than an essential feature but a good site nonetheless.

13 – Trippert

Another blogging site that is dedicated to blogging about trips and your travels but as this is one of the more popular blogging topics, it's only to be expected.

14 – Word Count Journal

Word Count Journal is a unique concept. Choose the topic and change the design of your blog and then undertake the Word Count Journal challenge. Post one word on day one, two words on day two, and so on. After a year of posting you'll have more than 66,000 words.

15 – Blog

As well as having the simplest name to remember, blog.com also offers a choice of a free unlimited space account or paid accounts with reasonable benefits.

16 – Blogetery

You get a free sub-domain (actually fairly standard) as well as a host of good templates and some powerful anti-spam technology that can make your blog a better looking and more enjoyable prospect for your prospects.

17 – Blogr

Blogr is something of an amalgamation of media storage and sharing with social blogging. Set up and manage a free blog while storing and sharing podcasts as well as photos and videos.

18 – Blogster

Blogster is another blog service that combines photo sharing with a decent blogging platform. It's simple and quick to set up your blog boasting that you can create a free blog in just a few minutes.

19 – Tblog

This bannerless blogging service is all about getting traffic for your new blog. It offers instant traffic, blog subscriptions, and useful real-time statistics so you can track your performance and your visitors.

20 – Multiply

Multiply offers several unique features that help it stand out from the crowd. Share and store media as well as blog posts, set up and edit your new blog, and even enjoy free customized postcards when you sign up for a free account.

Social News Sites

21 – Reddit

A massive user base and frequent visits from the search engine spiders make Reddit one of the most valuable of all social news websites. Virtually every conceivable topic is covered with many specific sub-topics also gaining their own subreddits. Post links to informative blog posts as well as pages of your own site or other online real estate for potentially masses of traffic.

22 – Digg

Having expanded to include a broader range of topics, Digg has become one of if not the most popular social news sites on the net. Another feature of the Digg site that makes it so popular is the ability to add video and pictures as well as text and links to blog posts. The more active you are on Digg the better your results are likely to prove.

23 – Propeller

A similar offering to Digg, although not yet as popular or widely used. Submit a story or other post and users can Propel your site to the top of the listings by essentially voting for it. As such, the better the quality of posts and the more readers you can attract, the greater the potential it has of being massive. Also well crawled by search engine spiders.

24 – Fark

Post a link to a news story and let other Fark users post comments on it. A great site for engaging readers in stories that concern your business. Write a brief news story and add it to your own site or blog and then post a link. Once approved by administrators, your link will appear on the home page of the site.

25 – SlashDot

SlashDot is a social news site especially created for tech writers and tech based businesses. Submit a story under any of the subcategories which also include books and magazines as well as a few others and your story will be added once approved by editors. Slashdot has become a very popular site and well written, well considered, topical pieces can generate a lot of traffic for a site.

26 – Metafilter

Metafilter is part self edited and part editorial. Stories can be submitted and then discussed in order to generate buzz and appeal. Spammy stories tend to be quickly removed or buried low in the results so the greatest benefits come from writing those stories that are genuine and informative.

27 – I Am Bored

The amusingly titled I Am Bored tends to cater to news that borders on the strange and odd but can generate some good traffic if this kind of readership is what you’re looking for. Sign up, submit a link, and let others view it and comment on it. The nature of the pieces means that conversations can quickly start and build up.

28 – Mixx

As well as being a social news site that covers a large range of topics, Mixx also enables users to create their own groups and join others. Find groups that are relevant to your website or industry and become an active member; it can take up a lot of your time but may also generate a strong following of readers.

29 – ShoutWire

Submit a story and let readers choose whether to shout about it or to bash it. You can create a profile on ShoutWire giving you the opportunity to add some links and relevant information about you and your potential readers.

30 – Newsvine

Newsvine is slightly more serious than other social news sites but it also has great potential for promoting a website. You get your own blog page that can be updated with regular posts and also enables you to post permanent links to your most relevant and most beneficial pages.

31 – LinkFilter

Another site that is best used in conjunction with a blog, Newsvine page, or other piece of Internet real estate where you can post your own stories. Submit links to the LinkFilter community and they will be read by others and voted for according to their worth.

32 – NewsCloud

Not as popular but similar in its blogging inclusion to Newsvine. Create your own blog, add new posts, and have those posts voted for by readers. When somebody reads your posts and likes them they click the “like” button.

33 – Plime

Register with Plime in order to submit your links and have others vote on the stories that you submit. Stories can be voted or down and the resulting number determines how much prominence your story receives. Odd, funny, and slightly disturbing stories do well on Plime.

34 – Care2

The Care2 News Network is slightly different, thanks largely to its concentration on environmental issues. Stories in other topics are accepted but actions such as voting and commenting on stories rewards you with butterfly credits that allow you to take environmental actions such as starting petitions.

35 – Kirsty

If your target market consists mostly of women and you have some angle on design or fashion then Kirsty is the perfect social news website for you.

36 – NowPublic

NowPublic lets you blog and share your videos and images with the rest of the community. The design of the site and the good quality of stories means this site is especially popular as a citizen journalist site.

37 – EarthFrisk

It’s difficult to know exactly where to put EarthFrisk in terms of the type of social site it is. Create a blog, manage a photoblog, join user groups, and submit and vote on news stories and articles. A good chance to create a user profile and become active in an online community – hopefully it will gain in popularity.

38 – Tweako

This is more a social how-to site than a social news one. Users can submit how to guides, tutorials, and tips in topics including Internet and computers. If your business operates in any of these topics then posting guides can be an excellent way to build authority and traffic.

39 – Autospies

Another niche social news website, this time catering for the automotive industry and car lovers.  Create a profile and you can add reviews, stories, articles, and topical news pieces that are based on cars, motorbikes, vans etc…

40 – Small Business Brief

The Small Business Brief is ideal for small business owners so if this is your target market then posting articles and links here can really help you generate buzz and traffic.

Social Media Websites

41 – YouTube

What can be said about YouTube that hasn’t already been said? Very little. It’s one of the most popular websites in the world where businesses and individuals are able to create a profile and then post their own videos. Put up a behind the scenes video clip, or create a tutorial how-to video relevant to your industry. Individuals, bands, and businesses have been made and broken according to their performance on YouTube.

42 – Flickr

Upload and share photos and videos at Flickr. Images are tagged using relevant keywords and the service itself is used by bloggers to host the pictures that they use in posts. Largely thanks to this, Flickr now boasts more than 4 billion images being hosted on its servers making it the place to visit if you like looking at photos and graphics.

43 – Metacafe

Another video sharing website is geared specifically towards the entertainment industry. Game and movie reviews, as well as related media can be stored and shared in your Metacafe account making it a niche website as well as one of the most popular and widely used video sharing websites around.

44 – Clipmarks

Clipmarks is a social based media sharing website. Text, images, and video clips can be shared by you and other users. The social aspect of Clipmarks means that users are also encouraged to vote or POP clips and to select their favorite clippers as Guides.

45 – Now Public

Now Public, first launched in 2005, is a popular social news site that differs from others in the methods that users can post links to their news stories. Text based stories are the most popular additions to the site. However, users also have the options of adding video and photo posts to submit their “crowd powered media”.

46 – PhotoBucket

Free accounts offer limited bandwidth but this should be more than adequate for the majority of users and paid accounts are available offering greater bandwidth. The user friendly interface enables users to quickly upload photos, adding text based tags to help users search for and sort photo results.

47 – Daily Motion

Daily Motion is a diverse and popular video sharing website with channels based on a large variety of topics and categories. There’s even short amateur film clips. Users can submit their own video clips as well as those belonging to others, and it is also possible to create user specific channels offering RSS feeds and more for regular viewers.

Social Networking Sites

48 – Google Buzz

Google runs the roost in many web based ways, but a US and Western social networking site still eludes them. However, with Google buzz it looks like they may have a contender. It attempts to combine information that users receive in other social networks but through a single dashboard. While it has yet to pick up a real head of steam, largely because of its early failure to integrate Facebook results into its own, there is every chance that it will become more popular with greater features added.

49 – Orkut

While they may have had less success making headway in the US, Orkut is a Google owned social networking site that enjoys massive popularity in both Brazil and India. If your website or business has a strong presence in these markets then a profile on Orkut could well prove to be an extremely positive move.

50 – Facebook

If it’s market share you’re looking for when considering a social networking website then Facebook is unquestionably the site you should join. Second only to Google in terms of the number of visits they receive in a month, Facebook offers just about everything that you could want in such a site – status updates, threaded conversations, and media sharing are among the most popular but there is a mass of user or business generated applications as well as the opportunity to create groups and business or commercial pages. Facebook ads have also proven popular and very successful with many business and website owners.

51 – MySpace

MySpace is the 18th most visited website in the world and was one of the forerunners of social media websites. Once seen as a spammer’s playing field, MySpace has regained a lot of authority and it offers a lot of ways to personalize pages and enables page owners to create their own profile, write a regular blog, and keep their fans updated with regular news. Definitely worth considering for businesses and websites in social or music based industries.

52 – LinkedIn

LinkedIn is, according to Alexa ranking, the 29th most popular website in the world and is arguably the most popular social site dedicated to professionals, businesses, and service providers. Over 65 million users make it a site that service providers and businesses can turn to their advantage in many ways including the creation of a professional profile that may help them to win business and make new contacts.

53 – Tagged

Tagged is a similar website to Facebook, although less extensive in terms of features and users. It is largely used for social purposes but while it was originally aimed at teens it is now more widely used by those in their 40s. New users can create a profile which includes links to websites and other online real estate so has some value in relation to reputation management online.

54 – Ning

Ning has gained a lot of social networking market share because it is as much an open source platform that members can use to create their own topic based social networks. In terms of promoting your own business it means that you can create a more advanced group and for a small monthly fee it is possible to use your own domain name and control the ads that appear on network pages.

55 – Badoo

With more than 50 million registered users, Badoo is one of the most popular social networking sites but some controversy has arisen as to whether the site can really be given that title. Used mostly as an online dating site there are few features that really benefit the website owner, professional, or business owner or marketer.

56 – Tumblr

Tumblr is a social networking, blogging, and microblogging platform that attempts to make the process simpler while still offering a multitude of ways to customize the appearance and look of a person’s profile and pages. Users can “like” posts and they can even reblog them in a similar way to Twitter while pages can be customized with a variety of blocks, similar in its function to both MySpace and Facebook.

57 – Xing

Xing is a competitor to LinkedIn but with slightly different demographics and many of the more beneficial features locked by premium membership. However, used less by recruiters, Xing holds a lot of potential benefit for business owners and hopefully it will gain even more share without losing its integrity but paying for membership looks to be the only real way to take advantage of all these benefits.

58 – Bebo

Bebo was once considered one of the biggest and most important names in social networking but has become increasingly less popular. Targeting high school and college students, Bebo does offer members the chance to post blogs and the name BEBO standards for Blog Early, Blog Often.

59 – Yelp

Yelp is a hybrid that combines the benefits of a business directory with those of a social media website. Users can post reviews and descriptions of their favorite local services ranging from restaurants to hairdressers and everything in between. At the very least it’s important to ensure that your business is listed with relevant information on this popular website.

60 – Ibibo

I Build, I Bond is the name of this popular Indian social networking website. Members register and then personalize their profile and add blogs and can choose from a number of applications and other useful features to add to their page. There are a number of useful and unusual features including an application to help models promote their portfolio and a service that sends an SMS message to all registered Indian members.

61 – Xanga

Xanga is a multi-blogging social networking website that offers just about every conceivable type of blogging to its users. A standard, free membership offers users a standard blog, video blog, photo blog, audio blog, and micro blog. If blogging is your thing and you have the content to keep up with all of these then a Xanga membership could be very beneficial in building a good following.

62 – My Year Book

Created by a brother and sister team, MyYearBook is yet to gain the kind of market share that sites like Facebook can boast but it does offer a lot of features including extensive profile page customization, media sharing, blogging, and games. The site is very much geared towards the more personal aspect of social networking and may only prove beneficial to businesses that aim to attract high school and college students in the USA.

63 – Plaxo

Plaxo is a social networking website that offers one distinct and unique feature. As well as being able to blog and post media, contacts are encouraged to share contact information with one another. When a user changes their own contact information, these details are also updated in the address books of contacts.

64 – Mouth Shut

MouthShut is a social networking website with a strong tendency towards consumer and business reviews making it useful as a business promotion tool. Members can sign up for free, create a customized profile, and then write and post regular updated blogs. With a predominantly Indian demographic, the site does have users from other countries too and can prove useful for businesses and professionals.

65 – Moco Space

MocoSpace has an estimated 10 million registered users and claims to be the largest mobile social networking platform. It is designed specifically for use on mobile phones and is not phone model specific and can instead be used on any cell phone or mobile phone with access to the mobile Internet. It offers free chat, messaging, blogs, games, photo sharing, and video sharing. If you’re aiming your business at mobile users in the USA then this is a must for your business.

66 – Four Square

FourSquare is a reasonably unique site that is both a social networking and mobile device platform. Registered members send a text message from new locations and their profile is updated according to where they are. Points are awarded for visits to certain locations and badges may even be awarded. Another social networking site with potential for businesses with a strong, positive mobile offering.

67 – Daily Booth

DailyBooth is a photo blogging service that enables registered members to keep a photo journal of their daily lives. Users are encouraged to post a new photo every day with a brief status message indicating what they are doing. With a 35% monthly growth rate in the second half of 2009, DailyBooth is proving to be a popular and unique service.

68 – Tribe

Not one of the most popular social networking sites Tribe has nevertheless enjoyed some success. Tribe works in much the same way as other social networking sites but is based loosely around the principle of urban tribes.

69 – Jaiku

Jaiku is another of the ever increasing list of mobile blogging and mobile social networking websites although it also offers users the opportunity to post from any Internet connection, via SMS, and from a variety of desktop clients.

70 – Ryze

Ryze is a business specific social networking website with a number of useful features and benefits. New members can set up a profile page and add contacts; members can also set up or join sub-networks. These sub-networks are typically based around specific industries, interests, or locations. The site is especially popular with budding entrepreneurs and new business owners but is also widely used by owners and marketers of existing and established businesses.

71 – Lafango

Lafango, which was until recently called TalentTrove, is a unique social networking website. It specifically enables registered members to add media such as text, photos, and videos but users must attest to the fact that they created the media content themselves. Other social networking sites enable virtually any media to be added. If you’re an artist, designer, writer, or other creative professional then this is a good way to show off your portfolio.

72 – Face Party

FaceParty is a social networking website that apparently attempts to give back to its community of regular, heavy users. Two large parties have been arranged for active community members that were completely free and the site has continued to gain in popularity thanks to a number of claims and moves perhaps aimed to gain exposure. More social than business.

73 – Partner Up

PartnerUp is another social networking website that is geared to the entrepreneur and small business owner. It aims to provide business owners with a means to meet potential business partners and resources to help grow their business. A redesign in 2009 saw features like groups and an answers section added. A useful site for B2B marketing purposes and for generating profiles for B2B services.

74 – Qapacity

Qapacity is a relatively new social networking website that was first launched in February 2009 offering a set of tools to business owners that would help them connect with like minded people, potential contacts, and others. Tools are also on offer to help the business owner promote their own site and generate more traffic and business. Well worth looking at for the new business owner or if you’re new to marketing your business online.

75 – Bolt

Bolt is a social networking website that has something of an uncertain future thanks to several extended periods of closure. The first closure was brought about by an infringement on copyright which led to bankruptcy. The resurrection hadn’t proven as popular as expected, but the site has reopened again featuring benefits like media sharing and question and answer groups. It’s questionable how long Bolt will remain open this time so it may be worth investing time in other sites.

76 – Wakoopa

Wakoopa is an unusual social networking website. It legitimately tracks information about the applications you use on your computer and the websites that you visit and then displays some of this information on your profile while providing you with recommendations of new software to use. To many, this kind of tracking is questionable, although you do have to give permission for Wakoopa to do this.

77 – Books iRead

Books iRead is a highly specialized niche social networking website for book lovers and those that love to read. The Chuck a Book feature enables users to recommend books while Authors Corner lets authors and readers discuss and meet. Users can also read snippets and even entire titles of electronic format books thanks to the new Read Inside feature launched in April 2008.

78 –Last.fm

Last.fm is one of the most popular social networking sites in the world. It is, as expected, extremely popular with music lovers and artists. Among its numerous social networking and specialist features is the recommended bands and recommended artists features. Groups can also be established and joined by members with similarly related tastes.

79 – a Small World

aSmallWorld is a unique networking site for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons that it stands out from the crowd of similar sites including Facebook is that ASmallWorld works on an exclusive invitation only membership. If you’re fortunate enough to become a member, however, you can enjoy a raft of different features including the ability to find flat mates, buy and sell items, and user written guides to towns and cities and the businesses and establishments found in those areas.

80 – Friendster

Although Friendster has lost a lot of ground in terms of its popularity in the Western World, it remains one of the more popular social networking sites and is extremely popular in Asia. One of the more beneficial features for those looking to promote businesses and websites, fan profiles enable organizations and others to develop pages in order to encourage fans to follow them. Friendster also offers a mobile service making it a useful site for establishing a social networking profile.

81 – My Life

MyLife is an extremely large and very popular social networking website. While it was first established as a means to stay ion touch and reunite with old classmates, it has become a much more general networking site having signed agreements with Wink and ZoomInfo to provide people profiles and business related people profiles respectively. Especially popular in the USA and Canada.

82 – Open Diary

OpenDiary is worth mentioning if for nothing more than the fact that it can perhaps justifiably lay claim to being the first social networking website established in 1998. It encourages users to create and update their diary online and since its inception, the site has hosted more than five million diaries with more than half a million still active.

83 – Stumble Upon

StumbleUpon is an unusual social bookmarking and social networking website. It utilizes its own browser plugin that then allows users to bookmark or Stumble web pages and media, including a comment on those pages. Other users can then Stumble on random pages in order to enjoy a new online experience and rate the pages they visit.

84 – Technorati

Technorati is in fact a blog search engine so should be considered more of a social media tool than a dedicated social media website. Users can register and post links to user generated material including text based articles and stories. Blogs are categorized according to keyword tags and then ranked by the number of links received from other blogs over the past 6 months.

85 – Scribd

With more than 50 million visitors every month, Scribd is one of the largest social websites on the Internet and can claim to be the largest social publishing and reading website in the world. Users can upload a range of different text based files and documents including PDF and platform specific files.

86 – Blog Catalog

BlogCatalog is another blog search directory that can be used to promote your own blog or to search for an research other blogs. BlogCatalog also has a mobile website and both versions of the site are beneficial for submitting blogs in order to gain links and potentially deliver new traffic.

87 – Del.icio.us

The social bookmarking website Del.icio.us enables members to bookmark their favorite pages and then to share and discuss those bookmarks with other registered members. Bookmarks are tagged according to keywords and users can search these tags in order to find new and relevant pages and websites according to their interests.

88 – Twitter

Twitter is the leading micro-blogging website. Posts, called Tweets, are restricted to a total of 140 characters and users can post new Tweets via SMS as well as via the web and through various other sources. The Twitter API can be used by other services in order that Twitter can be used by many other websites and services for a variety of purposes. Regular posts are important for generating the best results but such a low character count requirement for each post means that this should be conceivable for virtually any business or individual.

89 – Mister Wong

Mister Wong is a social bookmarking website similar in a lot of ways to del.icio.us. Users share bookmarks with other Internet users enabling them to view and comment on the pages. Initially the site started in German but is now available in six languages including English.

90 – My Blog Log

MyBlogLog is in many respects a niche social networking site. The niche in question is blogging. Bloggers can register membership with the site and then develop their own community based around one or more blogs that they author. Other members of MyBlogLog that are also members of the blog’s community are displayed on the blog and information including links clicked and time spent on the site are displayed.

91 – Indian Pad

IndianPad is a social bookmarking website that is geared towards Asian websites and web pages. Registered members can post bookmarks of their favorite websites and tag those bookmarks. Searchers can then search for keywords and blogs are displayed according to the tags that are used to describe them.

92 – Kaboodle

Kaboodle is billed as being a social shopping website. While Kaboodle started as a social bookmarking website its largely female user base led to a swing towards shopping and product reviews. The site now relies on a combination of editor submitted and user submitted product reviews which can be added, viewed, and discussed by any registered member. Perfect for e-commerce based shopping sites and other related websites.

93 – Start Aid

StartAid is a social bookmarking website that is used by users to store and share their own favorites and bookmarks but also to search through user submitted favorites. They can then leave comments equating to ratings for each page they visit.

94 – Blink List

BlinkList, the social bookmarking site, provides users with an online means to store their favorite web pages and websites. These bookmarks can be made public so that others may also view them and comment on them. Add a browser button and blink your favorite pages. BlinkList boasts that users can find one of their favorites in 0.18 seconds.

Miscellaneous Social Websites

95 – Squidoo

Squidoo, ranked the 240th most popular website in the world by Alexa, is a social media website that enables users to create unique pages called Lenses. A Lens can be created on virtually any topic and can be customized to include a variety of different features including links to websites and web pages. Users are also able to monetize their pages using links to products from Amazon, Ebay and other popular commerce sites.

96 – Hub Pages

HubPages is a social website similar to Squidoo that enables users to create their own pages and then to monetize those pages through a revenue sharing scheme. However, where HubPages differs to other similar sites and has helped make it a popular addition to this roll call of platforms is the fact that pages are monetized using Google Adsense API.

97 –Gather

The social networking website gather.com encourages users to create and update web pages on specific topics. Users are then rewarded for certain actions by receiving Gather Points. Gather Points can be used to purchase a range of products and services. Like HubPages and Squidoo, these sites are more typically used for monetization than for promotion but they can be used to create links to your own website or blog too.

98 – Weebly

Weebly is officially a free website design and creation service but can be considered a social networking tool because it enables users to create sites combining various elements such as text, images, and videos as well as maps, blogs, and more. The free service easily enables you to set up a website but premium paid membership is needed to perform more complex functions such as adding password protected pages.

99 – Blink Web

BlinkWeb is another free website design service offering a simple, drag and drop design interface and a very good selection of elements that can be added. The template driven design suite can be used to create sales letter style websites, blogs, or any other style of site. You can even use the service to create a whole list of websites for your use.

100 – Bloggers Base

BloggersBase is an online magazine where each magazine topic is in fact a blog. The blogs are managed at a top level by BloggersBase but have multiple blog contributors. Users can contribute to their blog in order to gain exposure for their own blog or website, and they can even win prizes and improve their own online reputation.

101 – Associated Content

There are many types of website that can be considered social sites and that can be used to generate traffic to and exposure for a website. Associated Content could be considered an article directory where users can submit their articles for sale or for promotional purposes. Users are paid for their work depending on how well it performs.

Using Social Networking To Manage Your Online Reputation

Your online reputation can make or break your website or business and there are many factors to consider as well as methods to help improve an online reputation. Creating profiles with sites like those mentioned above can help to promote an appropriate image for your business or website, and it can also help to improve your search engine rankings.

It’s highly unlikely that any individual or even small business would be able to manage and maintain profiles, blogs, and bookmark lists as well as other user generated pages listed above but choosing a handful of the most relevant and paying close attention to these can also help with brand building and more.