Web 2.0 Tools
This is a short list of Social Media tools organized by their most compelling feature.
It’s not meant to be comprehensive, but instead a starter set. If you’re looking for something more extensive, I suggest Top 100 Social Media Tools by Steve Dale online.
Great examples of online social media tools often used (and referred to in conversations) include these.
I’ve left room to add in more. Feel free to suggest links for each category. If you think it’s useful, I’ll compile them into a pdf when I return from BlogWorld Expo.
Monitoring and Listening
Search: Google and other search traditional engines, Google Blog Search, Technorati, and others . . .
Alerts: Google Alerts, Twitter Search, and others . . .
Online Presence
Online Professional Networks: LinkedIn, Xing, and others . . .
Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace, Ning, CollectiveX, and others . . .
Microblogging and Conversation:
Twitter, Pownce, Plurk, Identi.ca, and others . . .
Media Sharing Communities
Digital Publishing and SlideShows
SlideShare, YUDU, PictureTrail, Slideoo, Slide.com and others . . .
Video Sharing: YouTube, BlogTV, Vimeo, Viddler and others . . .
Photo Sharing: Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, PlaceandTime, and others . . .
Content Sharing
Blogging Platforms
WordPress, Typepad, Blogspot, tumblr,and others . . .
Blog communities: MyBlogLog, FuelMyBlog, BlogCatalog and others . . .
Social Bookmarking
Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon Sphinn, and others . . .
RSS and Email Syndication tools: Feedburner, Feedblitz, Zookoda, others . . .
Aggregation tools: Friendfeed, Second Brain, and others . . .
Blog readers: Google Reader, Bloglines, NetVibes and others . . .
As I said, it’s a starter list with plenty of room to edit and add your own. The more everyone contributes the more useful it will be for all of us.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!
I’d add MovableType (http://www.movabletype.com), ExpressionEngine (http://www.expressionengine.com) and the up and coming Habari (http://habariproject.org) to blogging platforms.
Also, Mixx (http://www.mixx.com) and Reddit (http://reddit.com) should definitely be on the “social bookmarking” list.
Good initiative Liz, as always!
Liz – I’m a long-time reader. Since you asked I hoped you could add our social network to future lists. It is a real estate social network called BiggerPockets – http://www.BiggerPockets.com
Thanks!
Josh
Hi Alex,
I’ll add those when I recompile. Thanks!
Sure thing, Josh!
Thanks Liz!!! Much appreciated.
Hi Liz
I’d like to add TheGoodBlogs – You belong here – in the Blog Communities category.
Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)
I would add http://www.IPopU.com to that list, its a pretty big Social Bookmarking site with 15,000+ members, and tens of thousands of submissions already. Clean simple layout, easy navigation, quick and easy submissions.Many categories to suite a variety of niches across the net.
Check it out.
Cool!
Thanks for sharing these helpful tools. I have been looking for ways on how I can make my blog feel like Web 2.0. Good thing I bumped into your post.
Great list of social tools that I’ll have to try out
Great list of tool. I myself use Google Alerts quite a bit