Comments on: The king of all social media sites? http://www.seounique.com/blog/the-king-of-all-social-media-sites/ SEO & Internet Marketing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: twhman http://www.seounique.com/blog/the-king-of-all-social-media-sites/#comment-8 twhman Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:08:08 +0000 http://seounique.com/blog/?p=5#comment-8 You are right about integrating social networks being hard, but I also think that it's impossible. Integrating multiple social networks is not the same as combining instant messenger clients; rather, it's like merging different cultures into one. Here is another good blog post on this issue: http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=262 However, building a simple aggregator/reader like <a href="http://www.spokeo.com" rel="nofollow">spokeo</a> for these social networks can make sense. Since most of the time people browse, having a specialized reader can add value. The key is that the aggregator has to be simpler to use than the original sites themselves. You are right about integrating social networks being hard, but I also think that it’s impossible. Integrating multiple social networks is not the same as combining instant messenger clients; rather, it’s like merging different cultures into one. Here is another good blog post on this issue: http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=262

However, building a simple aggregator/reader like spokeo for these social networks can make sense. Since most of the time people browse, having a specialized reader can add value. The key is that the aggregator has to be simpler to use than the original sites themselves.

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