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Editorial ....................................................................................3
Popular Social Networking Sites ............................................4
FEATURES
Comparison of Social Networking Sites .................................6
Safe Social Networking..........................................................10
Social networking for business ............................................. 12
The Facebook Mania .............................................................. 17
Useful Social Networking Groups .........................................21
Do you have a Facebook? .......................................................24
Perils of Social Networking ...................................................28
AT ONE GLANCE
Online Bookworm! .................................................................32
Make Friends the hi5 way ......................................................34
WORKSHOPS
Meet like-minded folks ..........................................................36
Get started with Orkut ...........................................................40
Share, Blog and Multiply!.......................................................44
Tips & Tricks ...........................................................................47
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SOCIAL NETWORKING W EDITORIAL
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Social Networking
Gone are the days when you had to personally meet people to
socialize and stay in touch. Today there is a much better way to stay
connected… Social Networking. Just launch Internet Explorer from
your computer and type any of the social networking site’s name in
the address bar. And here you go! Find old friends, make new friends,
share videos, photos, and be a part of the world wide network of
people from all over the world.
In this issue of CHIP Plus, we show how to use the various social
networking websites to connect with people, update knowledge,
entertainment, and a lot more!
If there is some confusion in chosing the social networking site
you want to join, our article which compares most commonly used
websites will help you choose the one which is suitable for you. Apart
from making friends online, you can also use social networking sites
for business. Read about some popular business networking sites
such as LinkedIn to learn how to create your own business groups.
Social Networking websites such as Facebook are becoming
increasingly popular amongst the new generation. Learn to open a
Facebook account and how to use its various features to socialize.
Read to find out how to enhance your knowledge using social
networking. We will also tell you the threats that social networking
can pose and how to stay safe while networking.
Just take a look at the website hi5 and learn how to get connected
using it. Also, take a look at Shelfari where you can create a virtual
shelf of your books, share it with your friends and find out the most
popular books.
So, why wait? Meet old friends, make new friends, and get
connected!
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Popular Social Networking Sites
Social networking has reached a new high in recent times with teenagers
logging onto the internet more often than they did before. It has replaced
most past time activities and has also given youngsters a chance to express
themselves and share their experiences. Here are some of the most popular
social networking sites around. BY GARETH MANKOO
Orkut
Orkut has been flourishing among users globally, especially
in India. The site has undergone some major changes
and developments in recent times that has increased the
functionalities and attracted even more people to sign
up. Orkut communities are very famous and are useful
for promotional activity and as discussion forums. A new
feature on the site is the addition of profile themes.
BigAdda
BigAdda is the most famous Indian social networking site.
It adds an Indian touch to the conventional design and
structure of a blog with features like creation of ‘Addas’
(groups) and localized music and videos. You can upload
your images to share them with your contacts.
MySpace
MySpace is among the most popular social networking sites
globally. It is known for the amazing themes that can be
used on the profiles that are created. The site can also be
used for promotion of music artists and designers. Music
and images can be uploaded on the site and can be later
shared with your friends. Other MySpace features include:
MySpaceIM, MySpaceTV, MySpace Mobile, MySpace News,
MySpace Classifieds, MySpace Karaoke and MySpace polls.
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Fropper
Fropper fulfills the basic requirements of anyone who
wishes to enter into the world of social networking. It’s a
great way to get started with online socializing. Thanks to
the simplicity of the site’s structure and ease of use, even
unseasoned users can try their hand at one of the most
popular teen activities of today.
WAYN
WAYN is an acronym for ‘Where Are You Now?’ It deals
with networking of members based on their geographical
location. It provides you with facilities like a travel guide,
a desktop guide and an online club for users to interact
with one another. It also provides with image uploading and
blogging.
Facebook
Facebook has outgrown most social networking sites and
has made its place in most user’s free time musings. It
stands as the most feature rich social networking sites
since it includes applications, chat, groups, photo blogs
and many other features. You can catch up with old school
buddies and participate on various surveys on the site.
Hi5
Hi5 is a fun filled site that adds color and life to online
socializing. It doesn’t have extravagant features or anything;
it’s simply the idea of making friends and catching up with
old buddies. You can join various groups and discuss on
common topics. Like most other social networking sites you
can develop a blog and upload images to share with your
contacts.

FEATURE X SOCIAL NETWORKING
Comparison of Social
Networking Sites
Are you dazzled with the number of options available to stay connected?
Confused as to which one is best for you? If your answer is YES, you are reading
the perfect article, written especially for YOU. BY DELNAAZ EDULJI
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oday, we are no longer also sure the person is someone you profiles, sending virtual gifts, receiving
interested in only exchanging can rely on. notifications about updates like
e-mails or having chat Sites that provide e-mail and chat birthdates, or change in location etc.
conversations. We want to socialize options are soon dwindling out… the With each site providing their own
more and increase our circle of latest is social networking sites. So list of features, while trying to compete
friends. With e-mails and chat, we are what’s different about these social with each other, it is difficult to decide
restricted to communication with only networking sites? While a lot of social which one is the best or the safest
our friends. Now, we want to make networking sites provide e-mail and for you. While some sites are more
new friends, while making sure they chatting as one of their features, they sensitive about keeping your data
are trustworthy. So how do we achieve also have numerous other facilities, personal, others publicize your data.
this? It’s simple, get to know your like scribbling public messages Besides the features available, you can
friend’s friends. This way you not only for friends, sharing photo albums, also check on the security and privacy
increase you circle of friends, but are viewing your friend’s and their friends’ levels that suit your needs.

SOCIAL NETWORKING W FEATURE
Click the “Try it on” link next to the skin which you wish to apply for your Enter your friend’s e-mail address in the “Find/Add Friend” box and click the
profile. “Add” button.
Are you even aware of the social feature. Once you login to your account, networking sites, is the security and
networking sites that exist? To name a click the Explore tab and click the privacy settings available.
few; Bebo, Classmates.com, Facebook, Skins link. A list of all available skins
Flicker, Friendster, Habbo, hi5, is displayed. Select the look you’d like Online on Orkut
LinkedIn, MySpace, Neopets, Orkut, to give to your profile and click the Try Orkut is another popular site, mostly
Ryze, and Tagged.com are some of the it on link next to the skin you choose. used among the college students. It
generally used and “heard of” social You can now view how your profile will is most popular in Brazil and India.
networking sites. look with the new skin on. You will also In Orkut you can rate your friends as
With more than 350 social see a confirmation message. Do you Haven’t met, Acquaintances, Friends,
networking websites available, how want to change your profile skin to this. Good friends, or best friends. You
do you know which one to register Click Yes. can also scrap a message to multiple
with? The confusion and competition Now that we’ve got the right look on, friends at a time.
is quite intense. To help you decide let’s go and invite our friends and let We’ve all heard of “actors” and
on this, here is a brief overview and them know we exist on the network! Go “actresses” having millions of fans all
comparison of some of the most to the Friends tab. Enter your friend’s across the globe. Do you want to get
commonly used social networking sites e-mail address in the Find/Add Friend some fans too? Let’s see how Orkut
across the globe. Go ahead and explore box and click the Add button. If your allows you to rate your friends and
your online world… friend is a member of Bebo, you can let them know that you’re their “Fans”.
add them to your list, else you will To do this, click the Friends tab. You
Being connected with Bebo receive a message stating that No can now view all your friends. Next
Today, Bebo is named as one of the match could be found for the email to each friend, you can provide your
top performers among all social address. You can click the Invite Them rating for them.
networking sites. It is most popular in button to send an invitation e-mail to To let your friend know that you’re
the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and your friend’s e-mail account. a fan, click the star. Your name will
the Pacific Islands. With the number Bebo is a little different here too! be added as a Fan in your friend’s My
of features available and respectable Bebo also allows you to search for Fans section. To mark your friends to
security levels, Bebo is one of the contacts, available in your personal be trusty, click the smiley, and they
most “thrilling” social networking account’s address book, on the Bebo will become yellow in colour. The more
sites to use. network. So though, you may not smileys you select, the more trusty you
Bebo makes your profile interesting recollect you friend’s address to invite rate your friend. If you find your friend
by providing you with different “skins” them, Bebo will do the job for you! to be cool, click the squares, and they
that you can apply to your profile. Some of the other noteworthy will become blue in colour. The more
Applying a skin means applying a features provided by Bebo include squares you select, the more cool you
different look-and-feel to your profile. online videos, list of different rate your friend. Similarly, if you want
Most social networking sites only allow applications, upload photo albums, to mark your friend as sexy, you can
you to enter plain text data while Bebo white board, blogs, quizzes, the Wall, click the heart, and they turn red. The
allows you to customize the way your and integration of instant messengers more hearts you click, the more sexy
profile looks, and looks do matter! like Skype and AIM into the website. you rate your friend to be.
Let’s see how to use this unique What sets Bebo above the other social These rating will be combined

You can select the “show profile visits” option and click on the “save Enter the place of accommodation, nature of accomodation, rent range,
changes” button. number of bedrooms, and click the “Search” button.
with the ratings provided by other visitors section, select the show profile will need to look for a place to stay
friends, and the average rating will be visits option. Click “Save Changes”. near your school before you reach
displayed on your friend’s profile and there. Sounds difficult, doesn’t it?
will be visible to everyone who visits Find friends on Facebook That’s when you need to go to the
the profile. One of the most popular website Marketplace on Facebook.
A very useful feature provided by among college students is Facebook. In the left pane, under Applications,
Orkut, is tracking users who view your This is because Facebook provides click the Marketplace link. To look for
profile. This will help you know the with a variety of features to convey accommodation, click the Housing
kind of people interested in seeing messages and emotions. You can link. Enter the place where you are
your profile. You have the option to turn scribble on your friend’s wall, send looking for accommodation, the kind
this feature on or off. If you turn this pokes, exchange photo and videos, and of accommodation (example: rent/
feature on, you can view the names send virtual gifts. apartment), rent range and number
of users who view your profile, and Besides features with the help of of bedrooms. Click the Search button.
similarly if you view someone’s profile, which you can convey emotions and You can now view the list of options
they can view your name. If you turn send across messages, one of the matching your criteria.
this feature off, you will not be able to interesting and handy applications
track the name of users who visited available of Facebook is the Maintain contacts with
your profile. Similarly, if you visit other “Marketplace”. This is a feature unique MySpace
people’s profile while this feature is to Facebook. Here you can look for MySpace has given a new dimension
turned off, they will not be able to view jobs, housing, different items like to the music industry. Yes, this one
your name. books, furniture, car and many other aims at promoting music bands by
To track users who view your such things. Lets take a scenario, giving them a platform to sell music.
profile, click settings in the left pane. where you are a student who’s got a MySpace has become the number
Click the privacy tab. In the profile scholarship abroad for studies. You one destination for upcoming bands.
Click on a category of your interest to view the list of all the articles available In “Set Search Criteria”, enter data based on which you want the bands to be
under it. listed and click “Update”.

Select the appropriate options and click the “Save Settings” button to add To start a job search, enter basic job search criteria and click the “Search”
contacts to your list. button.
In fact, it is said that promoters book Search in the Music tab. In Set Search collect relevant data regarding your
bands based on the number of friends Criteria, enter data based on which profession.
the band’s profile has on MySpace. you want the bands to be listed. Click Go to www.linkedin.com and click
It gives you the freedom to add Update. Click on the band’s name to the Join now button. Once you enter
slideshows, pictures and customize listen to their music tracks, download the required details and click the Join
your design online. them and get more information about LinkedIn button, you will be asked how
MySpace has a very interesting your favourite band. you want to use LinkedIn. Select the
forum where you can read comments appropriate options and click the Save
posted by people on different topics Link your business with Settings button. Your initial settings
and share your opinion too. To do this LinkedIn are saved and you have the option to
you need to click the Forum tab. You LinkedIn is a business oriented social further update your profile. Since you
will be able to view a list of different networking sites. The number of are here on LinkedIn for professional
topics. Click on a category of your features available is restricted to reasons, let’s get to some serious
interest to view a list of articles those required to create your business business. How can you look for a job
available. Click the topic/article you network. LinkedIn allows you to create opening? To do so, click the Jobs tab
want to read. You will now see a list a list of professionals you know and at the top of the page. You can enter
of comments posted by people about trust - called “Connections”. You can basic job search criteria here and click
their views and experiences about use these conQnections to create the Search button. To perform a more
the topic. If you want to add your networks, to find jobs, or these can details search, click the Advanced Job
views and comments, simply click be useful for employees to search Search tab. Enter the details, and click
the Reply button, enter your message for potential candidates. Unlike other the Search button. Thought some other
and click Post. social networking sites, right from the social networking sites too provide
For all the music fans, there is a time you sign up for an account you job search features, they are not as
special Music tab where you can find will require entering your professional powerful as LinkedIn. The number of
all possible music bands. Even local data, and that is mandatory. According jobs and employee seekers available
bands and start-up bands can be to the options you select you will are larger than other social networking
viewed. To search for your band, click be provided with further fields to sites that aim at family and friends.
Feature Comparison of the 5 Most Trendy Social Networking Sites

Bebo Orkut LinkedIn FaceBook MySpace
Target Audience College College Business College Music Bands
Security (1-5), 5= Best 5 3 4 2 4
Chat rooms Download application Download application Not available In-built Download application
Profile customization Use Skins Not available Not available Not available Use HTML
Forums ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Job search Not available Not available Most Effective Not very effective Not available
Virtual Gifts ✖ ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖
Profile viewing Only Friends Everyone Everyone Only Friends Everyone

Hemali Limbachiya
Safe Social Networking
Social networking websites are a great way to get to know people. But are you
aware of the implications involved in meeting strangers online? BY DELNAAZ EDULJI
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ave you conveniently become a sites, but are you aware of the way These sites aim to create awareness
part of today’s well-connected in which the personal information or bonds between individuals for
world, where the earth is that you provide on these sites can friendship, love, or professional
shrinking continuously? If yes, then be accessed and misused, the fake connections.
you’ve probably started to realize profiles that are continuously being You can provide personal
how we are all so well connected created by pranksters, and the anti- information on these sites that may
across cities, states, and countries social groups being formed? Have you be visible to members of the site.
not only by transportation channels, read the agreements for these sites Individuals with similar interests can
such as planes, but more so by the before signing up for a new account? get to know each other and even form
Internet. Along with e-mails and If not, then you may be heading for online groups. Most social networking
instant messengers came along social trouble! Here’s some advice on the sites like Orkut allow you to search for
networking sites, which allow you to threats of social networking and some an individual, while others require you
search for your friends, relatives, and tips on safe social networking. to contact an individual only through a
even enemies who are members of known reference.
the same site. What is social networking?
You may have found your best Social networking is a concept where The paradox of social
friend, your life partner, or a well you make new friends by a reference networking
paying job on social networking from a friend you already know. Orkut, MySpace, Windows Live

Spaces, Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, and Antagonist groups that of the MW.Orc worm that spread
Xanga are a few from the long list of Along with the liberty to search for across Orkut in June last year. This
social networking sites, which today individuals with similar interests, worm stole an individual’s information
have more than 40,000,000 members post messages that can be read like username, password, and bank
on each site. But each of these sites by everyone, and the ability to hide details. Due to the increasing risks
face some common threats, which original identity, various individuals involved in online networking, sites
remain unresolved even today. came together to form communities like Xanga have created locks like
and groups that focus on religion and the Xanga Lock and the Friends Lock
Fake profiles racism. For example, in 2005, Brazil that provide restricted information
With no limits on the number of presented very strong resistance to members to check other people’s
accounts one can own on social through the media and police against profiles.
networking sites, it is of no surprise the racism communities. Finally in
that there are users who own a 2006, the Brazil Federation justice Professionalism
number of accounts. Due to the large denounced a 20-year-old student While posting content on their
number of users, it is difficult to who was charged for promoting profiles, many individuals forget the
remove the profiles that are no longer racism against black people through fact that their postings are visible
in use, and even if they are removed, offensive content on Orkut. to many people. For example, on
they can be easily re-created. These Orkut, many individuals express their
accounts are generally used to post Privacy and security frustration towards the company they
provocative and insulting messages Creating social networks was a step work for. Such individuals may be in
with the intent of stimulating forward towards connecting people, trouble when their boss reads such
reactions from other members. but also a step forward to spread scraps. Another instance is that of
Others use such fake accounts to viruses and worms. These worms MySpace, where a visitor does not
send spam or entertaining messages would steal an individual’s personal need an account to search for users
to flood accounts. Soon fake details and misuse them. or access personal information. As
accounts discovered JavaScript For example, in October 2005, a result, a prospective employer
codes that automatically flood user MySpace witnessed the spread of the may not hire a candidate if his
accounts, leading to flooding wars Samy (XSS) worm, which carried a profile contains content that may
between rivals. friend request with the message “but be inappropriate or go against the
In the year 2005, Orkut experienced most of all, Samy is my hero”. In just a company policies.
the creation of invisible profiles and few hours, millions of friend requests Social networking is absolutely
communities using HTML codes. A were automatically sent to the creator instinctive and a great avenue to
special software called Floodtudo of the worm. On pleading guilty in connect people in any part of the
had been created to flood Orkut. The court, the creator of the worm was world. The prevailing security issues
software was easily available, and this sentenced to 3 years of probation. in these situations are also a big
led to a full-size spam wave in Orkut Many such other incidences have concern. So keep these issues in mind
in September and October 2005. also happened. Another example was and carry on mingling!
TIPS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY ON NETWORKING SITES

} Understand the site’s rules: Make impressed with an individual’s with other companies. This may lead
sure you know if the site allows profile, photograph, or job, but to spam messages.
only a selected group of users or remember that not all information } Be careful of the messages
everyone to view messages. provided online is true. you post online: Be aware that the
} Be careful while posting personal } Beware, if you are meeting a new messages you post may be read by
information: Do not post vulnerable online friend for the first time: It anyone online, even your current
information like your address, phone is very common for online friends or potential future boss. This may
number, social security number, or to meet in person. Before you meet be a threat to your career if you
bank and credit card numbers. someone, make sure the person are caught doing something you
} Avoid posting you photograph: has not provided you with fake shouldn’t.
Photographs can be easily information. Insist on meeting in a } Make sure you know the site’s
altered and misused to ruin your public place. culture: There are different types
reputation. } Check the site’s privacy policies: of social networking sites available.
} Be careful while mingling There may be sites that disclose Some focus on professional
with strangers: You may be very information like e-mail addresses interests, while others are for dating.

Social networking for business

Being well connected does ensure career success. We’ll show you how to
network with LinkedIn and other social business social networking sites.
BY BRIAN PEREIRA
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areer Success. It’s what People introduce themselves and some people to begin with. Social
everyone wants. Heard about exchange business cards. Then they networking sites let you share your
terms like ‘connections’ and keep in touch over e-mail or through profile, interests, photos, videos and
‘networking?’ It’s all about building follow-up calls. Business executives other trivia with friends, relatives and
‘business contacts’ or meeting people usually maintain a business card business peers. People use business
in the corporate world, especially holder (Rolodex) or an e-mail address social networking sites for various
those in your industry. With contacts book. Some use a card scanner to reasons. If one is looking for a job,
or connections it becomes far easier copy details from business cards into then he could post his profile (resume)
to do business, plan an event, or get a their e-mail address books. Following online. Others use it to plan events or
job. Try to meet influential people like a new trend, people in the corporate just to keep in touch with peers.
decision makers, business influencers world now use Social Networking sites Social networking sites are more
and key people in government. One to connect with colleagues, business exciting than job portals, which are
must ‘network’ to ‘connect’. This partners, and friends. static or fl at. On a job portal, one could
means attending public events or Social networking is a platform for just post one’s resume and hope that
doing relationship meetings and socializing. But instead of meeting a head hunting firm or HR department
presentations. One can network at people at public events, you socialize picks it up through a search query, on
a party or press conference too. online. Of course, you need to know that site. In contrast, social networking

They can also sites. More on this later.

use this tool to All this makes social networking
sell products and special, and it is the very reason why
services, or look so many register at sites like Orkut,
for new business Facebook, LinkedIn, Ryze and others.
opportunities. Elsewhere in this booklet there
The unique are articles that show how friends,
selling point for family, and old batch mates keep in
social networks is touch through social networking sites.
interconnections. In this article, we limit the discussion
These sites allow to business networking. Because
you to connect to a its features are suited to business
friend of a friend. networking, we’ll take LinkedIn.com
On the home page there are two search boxes for locating LinkedIn members
In other words, one as a model. We’ll briefly discuss what
in your company or from your school or college.
establishes a chain other sites have to offer, and their
is more interactive and offers effective of links. Each person has a network unique selling points.
tools like ‘recommendations,’ as seen of friends (connections) and networks
on LinkedIn.com (See Terminator box). can be interlinked. For instance, if you Get on to LinkedIn.com
Human Resources departments know an executive working in a bank One may first encounter LinkedIn.
are now using social networking as a and connect to him through a social com on receiving an e-mail invitation
tool to scout for talent. And they find network, then you can also see his to view a friend’s profile. Look closely
it highly effective since it works on a friends (connections). By coincidence and you’ll find a link in that message
global platform. It is difficult to find you may know one of his friends. We’ll which leads to your friend’s profile
the right candidates at the mid and explain how to make connections later page on LinkedIn.com. If you attempt
senior levels, on employment portals. in the article. to click the “Connect” button on
But one is more likely to find such You could also join a Group of that site, LinkedIn will prompt you
professionals on a social networking people that share similar interests, to register for an account (or log on
site. or work in a particular industry or if you already have one). And that’s
Business persons can use social company. It’s highly possible that your usually how one gets an account on
networks to stay in touch with their old batch mates may have formed a LinkedIn. Otherwise, one can log in to
customers, partners and suppliers. group at one of the social networking www.LinkedIn.com and click the “Join
GLOSSARY
RECOMMENDATION: A recommendation is a network. Likewise, you are in the 1st degree of their
comment written by a boss, friend, colleague network. First degree connections let people view and
or business partner, who has worked with you browse each others’ profiles and networks,
or done business with you. Through a recommendation communicate directly via e-mail and forward each other
he may endorse your products or services or write a few introductions from users who aren’t directly connected
lines about your character and the experiences he had to the intended recipient.
working with you. Good recommendations increase your On the other hand, if you know a friend, and want to
chances of getting a job, selling a product, or finding connect to his friend (who isn’t in your network) then
new business opportunities. Besides character, one also that becomes a second degree contact. And everyone
gets to know about the candidate’s preferences and his else (who is very distantly connected) becomes a third
career history. degree contact. You’ll see degrees of contact as little
‘1st’ ‘2nd’ or ‘3rd’ icons.
NETWORK: A chain of links. It could also be a
Group on LinkedIn. INTRODUCTION: If a person is two or three degrees
away (not in your network) then you need to ask your
CONNECTION: A connection is a person to whom friend (first degree connection) for an introduction.
you are directly connected to on LinkedIn. Your friend will decide whether to forward it on to the
desired recipient (if in your 2nd degree) or to a shared
CONNECTION DEGREES: A direct link to someone is connection (if in your 3rd degree). This is how people get
regarded as a 1st degree connection in your connected using LinkedIn.

While registering specify why you want to use LinkedIn. Future searches for LinkedIn can import e-mail contacts from Web mail address books and also
people will be based on these parameters. from the Outlook client. These are your first connections.
Today” link at the top of the page. e-mail addresses from one of your Click the “Profile” link and specify
Perhaps the best part about Web mail accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, your name and current occupation
LinkedIn is that it makes it easy to find Gmail, AOL) or from your Microsoft (name of the company). Also specify
people you are associated with—right Outlook address book on your PC. And the places where you worked at
on the home page itself. Here you’ll that’s how the first few connections previously, and the time period. Specify
see two search boxes for finding a are made for you. After the e-mail other details like your industry, job
group of people from your company addresses are imported, LinkedIn title, and your personal websites or
or school. It’s most likely that people lists these out. You can then select blogs (links). LinkedIn also lets you
from your company (or school) have e-mail addresses and send invitations write a brief summary about yourself.
already got LinkedIn profiles, and to contacts (to view your profile and You can Edit your profile and update
these will be grouped. connect to you on LinkedIn). LinkedIn it whenever you like. Don’t forget to
While signing up for a new account, helpfully offers a predefined message update it as you advance in your career,
you’ll fill in your personal details, for those who are lazy to type out the adding details about new gained skills
e-mail address, and also specify the invitation. and knowledge, or updates on new
name of your company and industry. LinkedIn also searches its database places of employment. Remember,
Even as you do that, LinkedIn searches for any e-mail address matches (your if you describe yourself well (more
its database and helpfully lists already friends who have already registered at details) you improve the chances of
defined company groups, which are LinkedIn). more people being interested in you.
likely to match what you have typed. There are two ways to know if That also improves your business or
LinkedIn then asks you to fill a form people respond to your invitation. job prospects! LinkedIn shows the
where you select check boxes and Log in to your LinkedIn account and completeness of your profile, as a
specify how you want to use this view the pending invitations in your percentile.
service. Some of the things you can do Inbox. Simply respond by selecting
on LinkedIn are: find a job, reconnect an invitation and clicking the “Accept” Making more connections
with colleagues you’ve lost touch button. Alternatively, you will receive Besides sending invitations to all those
with, hire employees or contractors, an e-mail informing you who has in your e-mail address book (as we
explore business opportunities or responded to your invitation. earlier described), there are other
seek information about products and ways to add connections. You can
services of interest. Specify the options Create a profile search for people through a search
you want and click “Save Settings.” At this point you may be tempted to box at the bottom of the LinkedIn
Once through with the registration, connect to all the people you know (and home page (or at the top of your profile
a confirmation e-mail is sent to the perhaps some of their connections). It page after you log in). There is also an
e-mail address that you specified. would be wise to resist the temptation! alphabetical listing of people on the
Log in to check your mail, open the First spend some time setting up your home page.
message from LinkedIn and simply own Profile. You want people to know In the ‘Contacts’ section you’ll find
click on the confirmation link within it all about you, your interests, your lists of all your LinkedIn connections
to start using this service. qualifications, experience, business and also your imported contacts
When logging in for the first time services, and the products your (imported from your address book).
LinkedIn will prompt you to import business offers. Just check the ‘Contacts’ section,

On the home page there is an alphabetical listing of people (by last name). In Advanced Search you’ ll specify details (keywords) like the person’s
The chances of finding someone you know may be slim. company name, location, industry and other details.
select people and send out invitations. box for explanations. The number of Built-in e-mail
When searching through the Search connections in everyone’s network The e-mail program within LinkedIn
box (top of the page) you may not find is also shown in the search results. receives alerts when someone is
people you know immediately. Try the Some people will also have a ‘thumbs trying to connect with you. It also
‘Advanced Search’ feature. up’ icon. This means they have one or informs you when someone asks
You can also search for people using more recommendations against their for a recommendation or makes a
‘Advanced People Search,’ ‘Name profile (see Glossary). recommendation against your profile.
Search,’ and ‘Reference Search’. Using the various search tools So when you log into LinkedIn check
Within the ‘Advanced People Search’ that we just described can help you your Inbox first. Inbox also keeps a
tab you can specify some details increase your connections. An easier history of all your recommendations,
about the person you seek. Specify way is to just check the connections of invitations, job offers, received
a few keywords, like their job title or your first level connections (people you profiles, and received questions.
industry, location or company name. know). Browse through your friends’ This is useful for tracking how you
‘Name Search’ is simpler. Here you profiles and check their connections. responded to invitations and it also
specify the name of the person (who is See someone you know? Click on that keeps a check of pending invitations.
possibly on LinkedIn) and his location. connection and send out an invitation! In addition, there is a feature
Under ‘Reference Search’ you called InMail Feedback that checks
specify the name of the person, and his Other features on LinkedIn for unsolicited mail. It’s a type of
employment history (the companies he LinkedIn offers a couple of features screening technology to ensure that
worked for and the relative durations). to make it easier for users to you receive mail from only reputable
As you search for people you will track connections or find people senders. InMail Feedback has a
encounter terms (and icons) like on networks. While some of these ranking system for senders, based
‘connection,’ ‘degrees,’ ‘network,’ and features are not yet complete, others on based on recipients’ responses to
‘recommendation’. See the ‘Glossary’ come at a premium. senders InMail messages. You will
In the search results, the icons on the right represent the degree of Inbox maintains a record of all invitations, recommendations, job offers,
connection, recommendations, and number of connections. received profiles, and received questions.

groups online. In fact, there was once

a site called eGroups (long acquired by
Yahoo) that were very popular in their
time. The Groups feature is now being
integrated into social networking.
People with similar interests form
and join Groups on LinkedIn. Presently
LinkedIn just provides a listing of
Groups. The Groups Directory lists
groups under six categories: Alumni,
Corporate, Conference, Networking,
Non-Profit, and Professional. There
is no search feature yet (though
LinkedIn says it is working on such a
feature). So locating the right group
can be a time-consuming process.
Groups are listed under six categories and there is no search feature yet. So it may take some time to
locate a group of interest.
People join groups and post questions
to others in a particular group. Others
normally be notified only of those more effective in getting a response, regard LinkedIn Groups as virtual
InMails that come from senders whose than using the email approach to make clubs or associations that are formed
rating is three stars or higher. If you a connection. However, this is a paid for knowledge sharing. You can even
prefer to be notified of every InMail, or service. keep in touch with your school or
to receive no notifications at all, then college batch mates through the
change your Contact Settings to reflect Join a Group Alumni group. Groups can also be
that preference. Groups are not a new feature in the used for sharing notes before/during
LinkedIn claims InMail is 30 times online world. You see many types of conferences and events.
OTHER BUSINESS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

RYZE.COM: One of the earliest social networking sites, which is still around. It has similar
features as LinkedIn, though it is not as well organized. The site could do with a redesign.
BIZNIK.COM: This site is for businessmen who want to work closely in a community and share
their experiences and best practices. It offers a platform to connect with other business
persons in your town, state, country, or globally.
PEOPLETHATCLICK.COM: This site is for entrepreneurs who are genuinely interested in starting
a business and meeting other entrepreneurs. They can meet other entrepreneurs with
similar interests here. This site screens new members carefully with its e-Profiling system (a
questionnaire). People that click offers good advice for entrepreneurs. Persons in your town,
state, country, or globally.
PAIRUP.COM: This site ensures that you stay in touch with peers and colleagues while traveling
for conferences and events. Aimed at business travelers, members can share travel plans and
itineraries with people they are about to meet at events.
SOCIALPICKS.COM: This site is directed for those who are stock market investors. Here people
share investment strategies, discuss stocks, and track the performance of each other’s
portfolios. There is a SocialPicks Point system wherein users can submit stocks that they think
will do well in the market (Picks). Others can vote on the pick if they agree.
XING.COM: Focuses on businesses in the Far East countries. Xing can import contacts from
your address books. But the best way to interact with others on Xing is through a Group.

Hemali Limbachiya
The Facebook Mania
Are you ready to join the bandwagon of social networking sites? Then here’s one
that can really get you started quickly… Facebook! BY DELNAAZ EDULJI
I
f you are a social person and other social networking sites by While Facebook is fun, it is
are looking at maintaining your providing multiple features all packed important for you to know that your
contacts, Facebook is just the place into one website. Yes, using Facebook profile is visible to the mass online and
to be. You can not only maintain your you can scrap, e-mail, chat, share anyone can read it… may be your best
existing contacts but also increase photographs, send gifts, and much friend, your next employer, or your
your contacts by getting to know your more! enemy! Therefore, you should be well
friend’s friends and family. Facebook Facebook is a free-access site aware of the data and photographs you
not only provides friends but also that allows users to join networks provide on your profile.
has room for business contacts and like schools, work place, or places
profiles. You can select just what across geographic locations. Due to Getting Started
you want. its widespread usage, the site is rated Once you are on Facebook, its time
Facebook bags the privilege of as 7th in terms of traffic compared to take action and get active! So let’s
being the second largest social all websites. So you may want to go get started by searching for friends,
networking sites on the Web, as per to www.facebook.com and register adding them and get chatting.
the New York Times issue. This site yourself as a member right away! This
has approximately 60 million members is a simple and short process and also Watch out for your friends
and continues to grow at the fastest allows you to create you profile, as you Friends are today no less than an
speed. Facebook competes with the may want others to see it. extended family. So the first thing you

When you enter a name and click the “Search” button, a list of members Enter the e-mail address in the “To” field, and your message in the “Message
matching the name are displayed. field, and click “Invite”.
may want to do is get in touch with Check box. Click “Add Friend” and What sets Facebook Apart?
your family and friends. Let’s see how congratulations! You have your first Remember your childhood days, where
we can achieve that… friend added to your list! you were scolded for scribbling on the
Let’s say you have logged into your So what do I do if I want to add home wall? Well, now with Facebook,
account and now you want to know a friend who is not a member of you have a special wall designed
who of your friends are already a part Facebook? The answer is simple, especially for you to scribble as much
of Facebook, so you can immediately send an invite to your friend to join as you desire! how’s that.
add them. This is as simple as Facebook and after which you can The Facebook wall is a place in
searching for content over a search add your friend to your list. To send each profile where friends can leave
engine! All you need to do is, enter an invite, click the “Friends” option messages for you and others logging
the name of your friend in the Search at the top. On the right side, there into your profile to view. Anyone who
field in the left pane and click the is an option to invite your friend to can view your profile can read the
magnifying glass icon. Facebook will join Facebook. Click the “Invite your messages on your Wall. General
now list all members who match the friends” link. Enter your friend’s messages and notes are posted on
search criteria. e-mail address in the To field. You Walls while more personal messages
can add multiple e-mail addresses, are sent to the Inbox.
Add friends to your list each separated by a comma. Enter To scribble on your friend’s wall,
Once you have located your friend, any message you want to send your select your friend from the friend’s
adding them to your list is just a click friend along with the invitation in the list. You can now view your friend’s
away! Right next to your friend you Message field. Click the “Invite” button profile. Scroll down to the “The Wall”
can view a link saying Add as Friend. to send the invitation. The invitation section and enter you message in
Click the link and you will receive a will be sent to your friend’s e-mail the text area available. Once your
confirmation message asking if you address. Your friend has the option message is complete, click the “Post”
want to add the selected person as accept the invitation and create a login button. You can view all existing Wall
your friend. Click the “Add Friend to join Facebook, after which you can posts right below the text area.
button”. Enter the code in the Security add your friend to your list.
Make your friends feel
QUICK SEARCHING TIPS: special - Send “Gifts”
} Make sure you have spelt your attributes like the place where Today is my best friend’s birthday
friend’s name correctly; else you will they live. and it completely slipped of my mind.
not be able to locate them. } Make sure your friend is already There’s no time to go to that gift shop
} Enter the entire name (first name a member of Facebook; else you will as I’m caught up at my workplace,
and last name) to reduce the number not be able to locate him/her. what do I do? Do you find yourself
of search results. If possible, enter } In case this doesn’t help, in such situations? Well, no more
the city name too. Else you may have Facebook provides a “Can’t find panicking! All you need to do is log on
to scroll through a long list of names who you’re looking for” box at the to Facebook and send you friend a gift
to locate your pal! end of the search results. Enter the without getting out of your workplace
} If you still have problem locating required data there and you are sure or home. Isn’t that cool? So then let
your friend, try entering their to find your friend. see how exactly we can do this.

Select a gift, enter your friend’s name, type your message, select a method of After selecting a gift you can review it or change it. When you are satisfied
delivery, and click “Continue” button. click the “Send Gift” button.
To send your friend a gift, go to of keeping in touch with your friends consider it a way to express love or
your friend’s profile. Click the “Send without writing any message. There affection.
<<friend name>> a Gift” link. is no strict definition of a poke and To poke your friend, click your
} Select the gift you want to send it can be interpreted by the sender friend’s name in the friend’s list. You
your friend. On the right pane you can and receiver in different ways. For can now view your friend’s profile.
select the Free link under Item Filters example, for some it is just a way to Click “Poke <<friend name>>.” You
to send a free gift to your friend. say “I remember”, others consider it will receive a confirmation message.
} Select your friend’s name in the a friendly “nudge”, while still others Click the “Poke” button.
Choose your recipient box.
} Enter a message in the Add your GET CHATTING
message box. Chat is a feature everyone wants on any site they go… that’s because it helps in
} You can also select a Method of immediate communication. You do not need to wait for a response if your friend
delivery. Selecting Public will send is online. Let’s use Facebook’s chat feature. It appears in the extreme right
the gift to your friend’s gift box and bottom of the screen.
the Wall where everyone can view
your gift and message along with
your name. Selecting Private will
send the gift only to your friend’s
gift box, and others will only be able
to view the gift, not your name and
message. Selecting Anonymous will
send the gift with the sender’s name
as Anonymous. The gift will be sent
only to your friend’s gift box, and
others will only be able to view the Click the “Chat” icon. The chat application will Click the Pop Out “Chat” option in the chat
gift, not your name and message. Even pop-up. application to open chat in a new larger window.
your friend will not be able to view
your name as it will be displayed as
Anonymous. However, your friend can
view the message.
} Click the “Continue” button to send
the gift.
} Click the “Send Gift” button.
Nudge your friend’s with

“Pokes”
Facebook also has an unique feature
called poke has attracted the Click the “What are you doing right now” link Click the name of your online friend in the Pop
and enter your status. Out Chat window and start chatting.
attention of many. Poke is just a way

Keep yourself updated - hands on some other exciting features Zuckerberg, stating that he illegally
Check “Status” available that provide everything from used the source code they asked him
Just like most chat applications provide e-mails and scraps, to photos and to create for their website. The case
a status feature to let the others know gifts. Because of the variety of features was however dismissed due to lack of
what you are doing, Facebook too available, Facebook has become the evidence. Connect U filed a second case
provides a similar feature. By updating most popular website among college against Facebook which is currently
you status you can let your friends students. continuing.
know about your location or what you Not only does Facebook provide Even after all the allegations, the
are currently doing, or simple display a entertainment and various other number of users on Facebook continues
message or proverb you like. To applications to use, but also provides to grow. As of today, Facebook
view your friends’ status, click the educative information like News on your is undoubtedly one of the fastest
Friends option and go to the Recently Home page. increasing and the most popular social
Updated tab. Facebook has also been in news, networking site. Continuous website
because of some controversies, like updates and additional features/
Conclusion the most famous Connect U. Connect applications being added continuously,
After all the fun you had with Facebook, U is a social networking site that filed maintain the interest level of its
explore some more and get your a case against the owner of Facebook, members and attract more!
MINI-WORKSHOP
GIVE ROOM TO THE “PHOTO” GALLERY
We all look for fancy camera phones and pick-up cell phones with the best picture output. So what do we do with all these
pictures if we can’t share it with our friends? E-mailing these can be a lot of trouble since most accounts have a size
limit. Facebook helps you to share not only photographs but entire albums. Yes, you can now give room to your creative
photographic side and publicize them online free of cost!
1 In the left pane, under

Applications, click “Photos”. You
can view all recent photo albums of
2 Click the Create a “Photo Album”
button. You may want to have a look
at existing albums before this.
3 Enter details like the album name,
location and description. Don’t
forget to set the Privacy option.
your friends.
4 Click the “Create Album button”.

NOTE: At this point you may
be prompted to install an ActiveX
5 In the left pane, browse to the
folder that contains the photos you
want to upload. You will now be able to
6 Select the photos you want to
upload and click the “Upload”
button at the top. You will Receive a
control. Install it. view the photos in the right pane. confirmation message. Click “OK”.

Hemali Limbachiya
Useful Social Networking Groups
Socializing over the Internet has never been so easy, nor has finding solutions
on the go. Read on to understand how different sites can come to your rescue at
different walks of life! BY KAMAKSHI VENUGOPAL
I
t isn’t very surprising that use on the internet, and find out age of extensive blogging, facilities
practically every one today has how online communities can work have been made available at no extra
put up their profiles on most of to your benefit! cost, absolutely anyone and everyone
the popular networking websites. But can find their way on the internet
as time goes by, the novelty factor of Knowledge networking and make themselves heard without
these sites begin to diminish. While sites registering a domain. Knowledge
most people have an account created Internet is an acronym for the term networking sites are not really blogs,
out of sheer curiosity, others utilize it interconnected network. Thus, the very in that sense. They are web portals
as a means to specific ends. Whatever idea of conceiving the internet was to which allow a person to begin with a
be the reason, there is no denying the create a chain where information could topic of their interest, and they can go
fact that social networking websites flow easily between various users. And on to provide as much as information
have made the modern man even thus, each “web portal” appearing on as they have on that subject.
more willingly social. Although some this “Web” of knowledge belongs to
sites do not fall in the ambit of social a particular class or group, based on Wikipedia.org
networking; they can still come to your the nature of its contents. One such This website revolutionized the concept
rescue in your hour of need. Read on to emerging genre of websites is the of using the internet as a tool for
find out the different genre of sites of “knowledge networking sites”. In an garnering information. Going by the

By logging into Wikipedia you can contribute with articles and participate in For authentic information on various topics log on to Scholarpedia. It is from
other activities on the site. the same parent organization as Wikipedia.
tag line “Welcome to Wikipedia, the CONS: CONS:

free encyclopedia that anyone can edit” } Content on the site not completely } Induction of authors and curators
the portal serves as a brilliant option reliable. happens through a screen of
for knowledge and research. This web } Although the site maintains strict credentials or public invites. This
portal re-defined the term knowledge editing standards, many of the articles makes the process tiring and long.
networking. The content on the site appear as “Stubs” (short articles which } Corrections to be approved by the
is contributed by its online members. need to be expanded) on the site. article curator before being updated
Thus, the reliability of authentic data } The portal cannot be cited as a on the portal. This can cause an
on this encyclopedia is not acceptable source for research papers. undue delay.
as a major source for research papers. } Since the portal is relatively new,
This is the reason why the website Scholarpedia.org the citation might not be acceptable as
itself provides disclaimers on the After the success of Wikipedia, the of now.
content available. The web portal parent organization “Mediawiki” has
has strict quality checks on the kind come up with another gem of a web MSDN forums:
of content that is hosted on its site. portal, called “Scholarpedia”. Although MSDN forums are created and
Armed with style sheets, strict content the site has the look and feel of managed by the development wing of
adherence, articles in over 70 different Wikipedia, it differs at various levels. Microsoft. MSDN stands for Microsoft
languages, over 23,92,997 articles in This portal is a project designed, Developer Network. Apart from
English alone and open discussions not only to overcome the pitfalls the blogs and the special software
on articles, make Wikipedia a hot of Wikipedia, but also maintain the information service for the .NET
favorite for intellectual discussions authenticity of the contents of the platform, MSDN is one of the largest,
and knowledge exchange. Wikipedia site. Firstly, the site can host content most popular and most extended
has come up with an innovative way written only by designated “Scholars”. support available to programmers
to combat content hooliganism. These authors are either select by a using the Microsoft platform. The site
While users can add / edit text, they list of curators, or elected by public is a perfect example of an all-in-one
cannot delete the content of the story. votes. Each article has a curator who is public forum. The users who post
However, they can browse through the responsible for the content. Changes if threads on this support group include
“History” of a story and compare the any, should be approved by the curator. various kinds of developers such as
various edit versions created for it. This is an important and significant those into Operating System and those
There is also a provision that allows difference between the two sites, leveraging API’s, languages or scripts
you to edit specific parts of the story, which thus authenticates the document of Microsoft applications. This portal is
rather than the entire story. and keeps it updated, and can be the perfect example of a need based,
PROS: considered as reliable sources. to the point and focused networking
} Free Encyclopedia for public use. PROS: among a set of people with common
} Content is generated by its portal } Credentials of authors and curators interests. On the forum, any existing
members and can be edited by any one, make the articles authentic. member can start a thread, and other
with or without a site login. } Very reliable and accurate content. members can come forward with their
} Traces content variation through the } The portal can be cited as a source expert suggestions to tackle the issue
version history of every edition. for research papers. at hand.

PROS: thread can close the thread as per the } The site has over 1000 “Hate”
} The forum is ideal for immediate policies and structure of the portals. communities, which is detrimental to
help on bug fixing in the middle of tolerance.
crucial projects. Orkut Communities
} You can increase your social Okrut.com from Google Inc. has WAYN.com
network in your profession. emerged as one of the most popular WAYN is an acronym for “Where are
} You can initiate threads or post help social networking sites especially you now?”. The website mainly targets
on them. in countries like India and Brazil. those who are fond of traveling. The
CONS: One of the features provided by the portal primarily brings together
} The data cannot be trusted as some site known as “Orkut Communities” travelers from all around the world,
users may have malicious intentions. has improved the face of social and helps them to share their
} You might not get useful responses networking. While most of these experiences.
all the time. sites aim at collating members The portal is also useful to students
} Technical questions are not who share a common interest, and other professionals on the move.
entertained on the forum; you can only There are certain communities that Although this site is not all that popular
post development queries. generate employment opportunities, compared to its contemporaries like
share specific information like visa Orkut and Facebook, it has been
Support Groups applications to study or work abroad, quite successful in collecting a large
Another modern day invention which share e-books, promote events. number of faithful users.
has changed the face of online Overall every member who comes The Club section empowers user
communication is forum and support in with a query on the community to find out the latest travel updates.
groups. These sites have not only forum page would benefit from the It also high-lights some of the ways
provided with software and hardware experience of the other members. in which they can help make a
support for various applications, PROS: difference to the issues that matter
it has drastically changed the face } Different communities exist for to them the most .
of troubleshooting through the different purposes. PROS:
conventional methods of phone calls, } You can join several communities } Exchange travel information with
emails and service centers. Online at once. family and friends, and trace their
forums server as a virtual location for } Owners and moderator of whereabouts.
starting online discussions, posting communities can be different, making } Send e-mails and SMS to members
messages on message boards, etc… the communities easy to manage. and non members.
Most of the support groups and } Easy to navigate and create } Built-in instant chat application to
internet forum are theme based. communities. chat with your friends.
Unlike blogging sites, any member CONS: CONS:
can start a thread (discussions are } Most communities on the site are } It is free to join, but very has a high
called as threads on forums), and frivolous and meaningless. membership cost.
other members can provide solutions } Many of the forums responses may } Poses high degrees of spamming
and answers and continue the threads. prove to be useless, even to the point and has security issues.
Forum moderators or the author of the of being insulting. } The Site is a bit slow.
Microsoft developers often encounter various hurdles during development If you like travelling then WAYN (Where are you now?) is a great site to meet
activity. MSDN helps them in such situations. people who meet your interest.

Do you have a Facebook?

With social networking sites becoming the talk of the town, it is no wonder that
an increasing number of online users are frequenting them. But what exactly has
captivated 24 million users to one website in particular, namely Facebook? Read
on to find out.
W
hat happens when a student MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, and the rest? But what’s unique about Facebook?
from Harvard decides to Let’s find out. The most significant difference with
run a hobby project? Well, Like most social networking Facebook is the flexibility in the way it
he still ends up making millions! websites, Facebook allows users can be used. Whether it is for catching
This may sound rather clichéd, but it to create their own profile that can up on old time buddies, meeting new
happens to be just how the popular include their personal interests, people, or even getting connected
social networking site, Facebook, pictures, and—with only a few with potential business partners, this
originated! The founder Mark limitations—almost anything else is the ideal place to meet people who
Zuckerberg, an ex-Harvard student an individual wants to post. The share similar interests with you. And
who originally started off Facebook information entered in a profile is then with Facebook reportedly being the
as an on-campus site for students to linked to others on the user’s contact 6th most trafficked site in the US, it
collaborate with each other, is now list. You can also see what each of can also make for a great personal
heading a website that has about your contacts are doing and who they media broadcasting channel—getting
100,000 new users everyday! So what are making friends with at any time you the publicity you want—all for
makes Facebook different from its of the day, all with the Mini-new feeds free! Sounds interesting? Read on to
social networking contenders like that bring you this information. find out how you can create your own

to start socializing!
MAKE MONEY ON FACEBOOK Once you log in to Facebook, you
FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER…
If you have been a Facebook user for are then navigated to your Facebook } Only display on your profile what
sometime and now wish to do more account where you will first see you’d put on your desk.
than just socialize online or build invites from those already on } Add apps based on their privacy
potential business contacts, then Facebook. The second step involves settings.
try using some of the third-party using a Friend finder tool that enables } Use the “Limited Profile” option
applications that can be accessed you to enter an e-mail address and for strangers.
through Facebook to make some its corresponding password to invite } Post confidential messages as
quick bucks. One such application everyone in your contact list and private messages and not as wall
is the CashCliques application that find friends who are already using posts.
allows users to click on ads and Facebook. } Limit the time you spend on
even refer new contacts in order to It is important to use this tool with Facebook.
build a network. Each advertisement discretion since you might not want
clicked on generates a revenue of 1 all of your contacts on your e-mail that Facebook is a powerful tool
cent for the user and you also earn list to get an invite from certain when used for either of the two
what your referrals earn each day. people, for instance, an ex-employer. purposes; however, if you try to mix
You are then directed to a page that the two, the result might not always
Facebook, get networked with people recommends you to fill out your be according to what you initially
who have similar affiliations, catch up profile information. The next step expected. For example, you wouldn’t
with old friends, and much more. involves joining a network to give you display a similar photograph of you
access to viewing profiles of other taken at your birthday party on your
Get a Facebook people in your selected network. If professional profile where you want to
Here’s how you can get started with you are a bit wary of disclosing all this be associated with potential business
creating your own Facebook and join information, you can also skip these partners.
the 24 million users who have their steps initially and keep them on hold The same goes for the personal
own profiles already. If you haven’t until you get better acquainted with details. So proceed with the utmost
got an invite, it doesn’t matter. Simply your Facebook. care. You wouldn’t want your
log on to www.facebook.com and After you’ve decided to start using Facebook profile to be the reason you
then sign up using your e-mail ID. your Facebook, it is important to keep lose out on business opportunities
After confirming your account via in mind the reason why you want or even your job, simply because you
the confirmation e-mail Facebook to own a Facebook profile, that is, entered information into it without
sends you, you are all ready to get whether it is for personal reasons or giving it much thought.
started. Just login with your e-mail for professional use. Based on this If you are looking to create a
ID and password to create your own decision, you can then update your personal account to catch up with
personalized Facebook profile to enjoy profile and other details that will be friends and make new ones, the
all the site’s features and, of course, visible to your contacts. Remember first thing you would want to do is
ADD AN APPLICATION
1 2 You will then be directed to a page 3 You will then be navigated to a page that
When browsing through the application
that informs you about all the features allows you to determine different levels
directory, click on the application of your
associated with the application. Click on of privacy and usage of the application.
choice depending on the manner in which
the “Add Application” button to proceed Here you can either add the application
you want to use Facebook and interact with
once you have decided on using a particular or cancel the process depending on your
your contacts.
application. preference.

put your picture on your profile for a similar application, socializing is

two reasons: so that others can made much easier.
STAY NOTIFIED WITH FOSIMO
recognize you instantly or put a face Here you can also check which Now you can stay in touch with all
to your profile and second to prevent applications have the most activity, that’s happening on your Facebook
Facebook from putting a big blue are the most popular, or have the by installing a desktop program
question mark on your display profile most active users. called Fosimo that will allow you
to mark the absence of a display In case you’re using an account for to keep track of all your Facebook
picture. professional purposes, it is important activity without using a browser.
Once you’ve edited your profile, to carefully update your “Work” and With Fosimo, you can also upload
and searched for friends using the “Contact” profiles accurately and keep photos and create new photo
“Search” field featured on the left them updated. You wouldn’t want an albums without surfing through
pane of your Facebook account, you outdated contact number to prevent Facebook. If you are dying to
can then also add photo albums to a potential business partner from know what your friends are doing,
your profile, join groups, or even contacting you. don’t fret; Fosimo also keeps you
create your own. Facebook also After creating your profile and updated with all of your friends’
includes some great third-party setting up your Facebook account, the status changes. In addition, you
applications, which can be used next step would be to get networked. are also notified of new friend
according to your discretion and taste. Read on to learn how. requests, new event invites,
Although adding these applications new group invites and unread
can be fun, it is essential to check Get networked messages. To download Fosimo,
their privacy settings and determine Consider you are looking to migrate to visit http://tinyurl.com/33v5nt.
how much of your personal a new place or might even want to set
information they will be able to view. up a business there. Many online tools To join a network, simply click
To browse through applications to like Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual on the “Network” link on the main
add them to your profile, click on the Earth 3D can help you get better menu in your Facebook account.
“Applications” link in your Facebook acquainted with the landscape of this You then have a choice of joining a
account. new territory. regional, school, or work network,
In the “Edit my Applications” page Meeting people can also be done depending on your preference. You
that you are navigated to, click on through chat sites, but these contacts might be unsure about the network
the “Browse More Applications” normally hide behind obscure names to join. In this case, you can click on
button and then select from various like BigWolf91 and Lil_jane2. So the “Browse All Networks” link and
categories of applications. For how do you build contacts and still then select from any of the host of
example, the “iLike” application control the amount of personal networks listed or make use of the
allows you to add music to your information you divulge? Make way for “Search for a Network” search tool
profile or even dedicate a song Facebook—your online space where to quicken the search.
to a friend. you can not only network with people If the network of your choice is
With over 2000 applications to with similar interests as yours but will not already listed, click on the
choose from and the ability to know also be updated about local events and “Suggest a new network” link and
which of your network contacts share happenings. recommend it.
Professional Facebook users can make use of applications like the “Business Facebook features certain 3rd party applications that allow users to start a
Cards” applications to widen their contact base. food fight or even turn into a zombie!

MINI-WORKSHOP
CONTROL PRIVACY SETTINGS IN FACEBOOK

All social networking websites have one common challenge—they all publicize a lot of personal user information. This
information can be used in several ways. But there is always a chance that it could be misused even to the extent of people
impersonating users on other sites. If you want to control your privacy settings in Facebook, here’s how you can do it:
1 Click on the “Privacy” link in the main menu of your

Facebook account. Click on the “Edit Settings” link
against each of these to make changes to the privacy levels.
4 Click on the “New Feed and Mini-Feed” link (refer to
screenshot 1) to check or uncheck the information that
is relevant to you.
2 Click on the “Profile” link (refer to screenshot 1) to edit

the privacy settings to determine who can view the
information on your profile.
5 Click on the “Poke, Message and Friend Request” link
(refer to screenshot 1) to select the details that can be
seen when you are contacted through a poke, message or
3 Click on the “Search” link (refer to screenshot 1) to go

to “Privacy Settings for Search” to set who can find you
using the Search function.
6 In the “Privacy Overview” page, you can also decide
which of your contacts are on your blocked or limited
profile lists.

Perils of Social Networking

Publicly sharing your identity and even interests on social networking sites in
order to make new friends or to keep in touch with old ones doesn’t really seem
like a bad idea. But what happens when this information is misused? Read on to
find out the many dangers of social networking and how to avoid them.
Watch what you post
D
o you have a profile on a social no privacy options—often leave your
networking site? Chances are personal information exposed.This As soon as you sign up, most social
you may have already disclosed is what makes these sites extremely networking sites will want you to
enough information to become dangerous and they need to be used create your own profile. This may
seriously exposed to an online sexual with the utmost caution. So how can require you to enter basic information
predator, a scam artist, or even a user continue to use these social like your name, interests, and
worse—have your identity stolen by networking sites for what they were hobbies. You may also be prompted
a complete stranger who at this very intended and yet manage to keep to enter details such as your address
moment may be pretending to be you! themselves from falling prey to online and phone number. It is all well and
We do agree that social networking predators? good if the information you post
sites are one of the best means to Read on to find out what dangers allows your friends to recognize you
keep in touch with old buddies and you may have to face on social instantly and enough for someone
find other people who have the same networking sites and how to evade with the same interests to locate
interests as yours. However, the fact them by using simple guidelines that you quickly. However, it is important
that these sites—which most often will help you network smartly and to know that divulging too many
come with minimal or sometimes fearlessly. details about yourself can also

where you come to many more people than just the

from. Moreover, person you intended it for. So if you
any person will don’t wish to have others know your
not be able to day-to-day activities and also want
pinpoint your exact to avoid stalkers, it would be wise to
location. It is also simply telephone your friend or send
advisable not to him or her an email of what you intend
use your actual on doing.
name and instead
use an alias or a Avoid downloading
nickname specially unknown files
created for online Many a times, other users on social
use. Also be networking will send files that are
Avoid clicking links on social networking sites. Clicking on unknown links may extremely cautious seemingly inconspicuous without
cause you to run the risk of allowing access to viruses, spyware, and adware.
when posting any noticeable reason for you to be
pose as an easy way for exploiters photographs that may contain sexually suspicious.
to find sufficient information about provocative images of yourself or According to the survey
you to make you a victim of online your friends. Check the backgrounds co-sponsored by the National Cyber
sexual harassment. In cases where in these photographs. Are these Security Alliance (NCSA) on American
you display your home address, the photographs taken at a school, adults that was conducted in 2006,
information is more than enough to college, workplace, or in front of a 83% of the users who use social
provide the offender access right to popular mall? Also check for any networking sites were found to readily
your doorstep. license plates in the background download unknown files to their
Here’s what you can do to keep this or any such visual details that may personal computers. These files often
from happening. Before you create allow someone to put the pieces of contain potentially harmful programs,
your profile on any social networking information together to determine which are disguised as something
site, check the information that is exactly where you live or the places useful.
being sought. It isn’t necessary to that you frequent. These files could also contain
keep your profile blank for fields you Another thing to keep in mind is spyware that will monitor your
don’t wish to enter information in. You that although social networking sites every online action, thus making you
should simply enter information that may be a great way to advertise, many forfeit all your privacy and also end
may reflect your actual details. For a times even the private information up having your computer resources
example, if you need to enter details you post on a friend’s page may often being used without your knowledge.
about your whereabouts, just enter be read by hundred pairs of eyes. This So be wary of what you download,
your country and state so that people implies that all your social plans and and if you absolutely must download
can identify your nationality and other engagements may be known a file, ensure that you scan the
DOS & DON’TS

DOS DON’TS
} Remember that people on these sites may not be as } Post images of yourself, family, or friends.
they appear to be. } Display your actual name.
} Discuss Internet threats with your child. } Enter your contact details in your profile.
} Always set up and run a spam filter, virus scanner, and } Post your home or business address.
firewall on your computer. } Display the name of the school or college that you
} Keep track of your child’s Web activity. studied in.
} Report abuse in case of suspicious behavior. } Post details of your appointments and engagements.
} Report criminal behavior to the law enforcement } Invite work colleagues into your online life.
agency in your locality. } Forget that the IT dept at work can check your Web
} Remember that what you post may also be seen by a activity.
potential employer. } Post anything that you wouldn’t display offline.
} Look for “https” in the URL whenever you are entering } Click on attachments. Report unsolicited e-mail to
confidential information in a website. www.fraud.org and then delete it.
} Also virtual social networking cannot replace } Do not reveal your credit card number on a newsgroup
socializing in real life. or other public forum.

attachment and only then proceed Can these third-party other information they may not want
with the download. Most of these developers gain access to your to disclose to their entire friend’s list.
programs also allow data thieves to personal information? Many of the Orkut allows users to enable only
freely access the personal information social networking sites take no their friends to view their photographs
stored on your computer like your responsibility for the credibility of or scraps. However, users must
social security number, credit card these apps, thereby leaving it upto the realize that even material intended to
details, bank account numbers, users to be extremely cautious before be private and viewable to only certain
important passwords, and other adding any of these applications. Also friends can easily be made public by
equally confidential details. Google’s check to see how you can restrict the recipient or even the owners of
popular social networking site Orkut these third parties from accessing the website.
also instructs users not to click on your personal information. MySpace guarantees its users
any links posted in their scrapbooks Read the terms and conditions of complete ownership rights of any
since this may compromise their the social networking site to check material posted allowing it only a
privacy and they may run the risk whether your information is being limited license of using the content
of putting their personal information sold to these third-party developers. solely on MySpace services. However,
at stake. However, to reduce the risk of opening if users read the End User license
doors to adware and spyware, try to Agreements of most of the other
Think twice before adding limit the number of apps you add. social networking sites like Facebook,
third-party apps Orkut, and hi5, they will learn that
Online food fights are fun and Adjust Privacy Settings these sites claim total rights to all
turning into a zombie couldn’t have Sometimes you may want to share the information posted on them by
gotten easier, all thanks to the personal information with your friends the users.
social networking sites that have who live across the globe. You don’t Although Facebook in its “Privacy
now started welcoming third-party need to feel deprived of not being Settings for Other Applications”
developers to build innovative able to do so because of possible denies selling any information to
applications to increase their security risks. developers of third-party applications
user base. All you need to do is tweak your developers, it still states that it can
With Facebook, Friendster, privacy settings on your social use any information on the site for
and Zorpia, users find a host of networking site so as to allow only its own purpose. This could mean
applications with which they can your friends or certain users to view that whatever you post on the site
socially network with ease. Although the information you post. becomes the property of Facebook
these feature-rich sites do make for Facebook users benefit from its immediately and can be used by the
great fun, it is important to think twice privacy options that allow them to owners for any purpose—all without
before adding the third-party apps be very selective in what they wish your further permission.
provided by them. Before adding an others to see on their profile. They On the other hand, the social
application, check the privacy options can also choose friends who will be networking site Zorpia ensures its
on the site. allowed to view their pictures and users that advertisers and third
In its Privacy Settings for Other Applications, Facebook states that it does not However, in its License Agreement, it states that the user gives total rights to
sell the user’s information to third-party developers. Facebook to use the posted content as its own without further permission.

parties will never be allowed to Yahoo’s Flickr that allows users the parents’ knowledge. This leaves them
access your personal information. benefit of complete privacy. You could exposed to online sexual predators,
However, on reading the entire privacy even pay for a service if you need to which often take advantage of the
policy, you realize that this policy can share information with family and opportunity of exploiting a minor
be updated at any time by the owners friends that live far away and want to without almost any chance of being
and that the user may or may not be be assured of complete privacy. caught. The best way to overcome this
informed about the same, thus making is to restrict certain sites from being
it no less risky than the other sites. Use monitoring tools accessed by using Internet monitoring
So it is essential to be cautious Most social networking sites refrain tools like WebWatcher and SpectorPro
about what is posted online and not from allowing children under the age that are available for this purpose.
to be careless when it comes to of 13 to sign up. However, due to the Windows Vista users will also find an
disclosing information out in the open. anonymity that the Internet allows easy workshop in this article that will
To avoid this, the best way is to once for, more and more kids sign up help them set parental controls for a
again use an online photo gallery like onto these sites-often without their specific user ID.
PRO-TIPS
Cyber bullying is a term used for with a fraudulent profile on a peer- If you are dealing with a cyber bully,
cases of harassment that occur to-peer website with an intention follow these steps:
via the Internet. These include of embarrassing the person it is } Do not respond to the bully under
cruel forum posts, use of name- directed at. any circumstances.
calling in chat rooms, creating fake Often the picture is distorted } If the bully is using a particular
profiles on websites, and sending of with photo-editing software to ID, block him or her so as not to
malicious e-mail messages that are create an unflattering image of receive any further mails from the
meant to affect the morale of the the person. Victims also at times bully.
victim. Most cyber bullies also use face anonymous threatening and } You can also use Web and e-mail
other high-tech bullying methods taunting e-mails that threaten to filters that automatically delete
that use threatening text messages harm them. The e-mails usually mails containing certain words.
and voicemails. come from random accounts } If you have noticed a fake profile
Many a times a picture of a person making it difficult to trace the of yourself created, immediately
is posted online without their offenders. Cyber bullying is often report abuse on that particular
consent and is often done with the done as a method of picking on website.
intention to poke fun or ridicule. people, but it a serious crime in } If you are a minor, immediately
The picture may be posted on a most jurisdictions and one that is notify your parents or school
‘hot or not’ public polling site or punishable in court. authorities.
VIRTUAL PARENTING WITH VISTA

To avoid minors in your household standard user. Create a separate download” to prevent users from
being exposed to dangerous online account for your child by clicking downloading files. Click “OK”.
predators, try using the Parental on the “Create a new user account”.
Control feature in Windows Vista. Click on the standard user account. STEP 4: You will be directed to the
This feature enables you to block page where you can allow or block
websites that you would consider STEP 2: You will then be directed to websites. In the “Blocked website”
unsafe. In order to start using this a page where you can set up how field, enter the Web address you
feature, first click on the “Start” your child will use the computer. wish to block, for example www.
button. In the “Start Menu Search Here, under the Parental Controls facebook.com. Click “OK”.
Box”, type “Parent Controls” and section, select “On, enforce current
press “Enter”. In the “User Account settings”. Click “OK”. STEP 5: Try to access the site that
Control” dialog box that appears, you blocked from your child’s user
click on “Continue”. STEP 3: Select the option “Block account. You will find that the page
some websites or content” to is restricted and a message will
STEP 1: On the “Vista Parental specify which parts of the Internet appear saying “Windows Parental
Controls” page, you can configure your child can visit with this Controls” has blocked access to
the Parental Control for the account. Next, select “Block file this webpage.

Online Bookworm!
Read, discuss and discover new books! BY KAMAKSHI VENUGOPAL
To rate multiple books at once; go
to the "My Shelf" page. Click on the
"list view" appearing next to your
total book count under the page
title. Here, you can add tags to your
books, and specify if you read the
book, or are reading it, planning to
read it, own the book, wish to own
it, if its your favorite and also rate
the book according to your liking!
You can find like-minded people

with the same taste of books as
yours. Send invites to your Gmail,
Hotmail-msn, Yahoo! or AOL
address book directly for friend
requests. Locate friends and search
for existing members on the site
using the respective links provided
on the page. You can also track
pending friend requests using the
"manage friends" link.
Join specific groups and be a part of discussions and arguments about the The "My Authors" page lists all the authors whose
books you have already read or plan to read! unbound, which means you can add and edit detail

Share and have healthy discussions about all the books you have ever read! Using the "My Shelf" feature on Shelfari, you
can recommend whether to read a book on not to your friends. Organize and rate the books on your bookshelf. Buy your
favorite books online. What's more, you can even add the bookshelf as a widget on your blog!
Creating an account
in shelfari is safe
and simple. All you
need is an existing
email-ID! Key-in your
first and last name
(which is visible only
to your friends),
your e-mail address,
specify and confirm
your confidential
hose books feature on your bookshelf. It is password, and it’s

etails about your listed authors! done!

Make Friends the hi5 way
Meet new people and make blogging fun! BY DOLWIN FERNANDES

Want to make new friends? Join hi5! Sign up, Create your own profile, upload videos and pictures, view
different profiles and much more.
This section of your profile allows you to upload and
share your pictures with other users. Simply browse
your pictures and click the Upload button to upload
your pictures on hi5. You can also categorize your
photographs by creating different albums.
The Messages section on hi5. Here you would be able to
send messages to friends who have an hi5 account. Moreover,
you can also send a photo, video or song along with your
message.
This is the Home page of your screen. Here you will find your friends that have already joined hi5 and add them to
your friends list. At the same time you can also edit your online status and much more.
This is the main page of your account. This page can be simply viewed by anyone who has the link to your profile. You
can create a link by simply entering a link name on this page. At the same time you can also edit your basic info, change
the skin of the home page and much more.
This is the Friends section on hi5. Here you be able to
view all your friends that are on your hi5 list. Simply
click on a particular friend to view his or her profile,
pictures etc.
With hi5, you can join various groups that are of your
interest. If you want to join a particular group, just enter
the name of the group you would like to join and specify
its category and the language in the Search for Groups
section. Moreover, you can also create your own group
and ask other members to join in.
WORKSHOP X SOCIAL NETWORKING
Meet like-minded
folks
Youniverse is a photo blogging and social
networking site. However, it has a major
difference that sets it apart from other sites
like Orkut.com, MySpace.com and hi5.com. The
site helps you recognize your true personality
with the help of a few picture options.
BY GARETH MANKOO
TIP STEP 1: Personality Test

REFRESHING THE Photo blogging is growing in popularity these days. Most people use it to share pictures with friends
TEST PAGE and relatives and also to find old friends and make new ones. Youniverse is a very different photo blog.
Youniverse.com has many It uses a personality test to judge who will make a good friend and who will not.
features which are
presented in flash format.
One such feature is the
personality test that asks
you to pick from among a
number of images. Your
1 Visit
http://youniverse.com/.
personality is reflected
through your choices. You
need to go through many
steps while taking this
test. These need a lot of Enlisted on the right hand
thinking and reasoning in side of the homepage are all
order to come out with the
most appropriate choice.
the different segments of
the site. 2 Click on the
“Start here” button.
However, sometimes some

flash images do not load.
In such instances, you
may have to refresh the
page. However, this is not
such a good idea as you 3 Click on any “Art is…” image. Select an image that
satisfies your definition of art.
4 Click on any “This is how I like to listen to
music…” image. Select your favorite source and
style of hearing music.
have to start the test all
over from the beginning
since it is a Flash object
and loads as an entire
image.

SOCIAL NETWORKING W WORKSHOP
TIPS
5 Click on any “My kind of treat…” image. Pick an
image that describes your most comforting 6 Click on any “Freedom is…” image. Click on an
image that defines a situation that would make you MATCHES AND
moments. feel free. FRIENDS
It is important that you do
not confuse between
matches and friends.
Matches are those people
with whom your
personality matches the
most. There is a
percentage figure next to
each of the matching
members’ names and
photos. Friends are those
people whom you have
added and who have
accepted your request in
return.
7 Click on any “That’s gross…” image. Select an

image that disgusts you the most.
8 Click on any “Right now what I would like to be
doing is…” image. Select what would you like to do
now.
ADD REQUESTS TO
FRIENDS
You can invite all your
friends to open accounts
in youniverse. Click on
the “my Profile” link to
visit your profile page. On
the bottom of the page,
you will see a “FRIENDS”
tab. Click on the “Invite
friends…” link. You will
find a textbox displayed
on your screen. You can
type multiple email
addresses. Click on
“Send”. You can click on
9 Click on any “My kind of bedroom…” image.
Select a bedroom image that matches your style.
10 Click on any “My kind of holiday…” image.
Your favorite holiday destination should be
selected here.
the address book link
and send invites to your
existing address books on
selected e-mail services.

TIP
SEARCHING FOR 11 Click on any “My kind of excitement…”
image. Choose the most exciting activity 12 Click on any “My favorite kind of landscape…”
image. Which of these landscapes appeals to
PEOPLE (VISUALDNA) according to you. you the most?
You can look for people in
Youniverse who are of the
age and sex of your
preference. Simply go to
your profile page by
clicking on the “my
Profile” link. Click on the
“Discover lots more
people who match your
VisualDNA” located on the
page. You will see a
number of images opening
up on your screen. You can
select profiles of those
who satisfy only certain
conditions. You can
specify the “Age”, 13 Click on any “My kind of drink…” image. Click
on the picture of your favorite beverage or
one that comes close to your favorite drink.
14 Click on any “The best things about
friends…” image. Think about the moments
that you felt grateful for having a friend.
“Gender”, “Country” and
the “Number of photos”
that you want to have
displayed on your screen.
Youniverse will now
display only those profile
images that satisfy all the
conditions that you chose.
15 Enter you
email
address, username
17 Click on
“Show me
my results”.
and password.
16 Fill in your
birth date,
gender and
country.
STEP 2: Edit your profile

After the personality test come your results. Your personality will be judged and described by Youniverse
based on the images you had selected. Be ready to find people with your interests from all over the world.

TIPS
1 The results of your personality test will be
displayed on your screen.
As you scroll down on the page you will find the “Redo”
button that will enable you to give the test again. CHANGE PASSWORD
If you want to change your
password then there is a
simple procedure to be
followed. Click “settings”.
On the page that opens,
go to the “Account”
tab. Under the “Change
Password” section, type
the “Old Password”,
“New Password” and then
“Confirm New Password”
in the respective text
boxes. You can also use
settings like changing
2 You can click on each of the available tabs on the
“Personality” page.
You will see a chart that displays the most popular
image choices by others who had given the test. the viewing preference
of your personal info.
Click on “Save Changes”
3 There are other
additional tests
that can be taken
4 Click on “Take
it” link near
any of the tests
button located under the
password options.
to portray your that impress you in
personality to order to give the
others and also test.
help you inspect
yourself.
DISABLING
PERSONAL DETAILS
ON YOUR PROFILE
Adding details such as
your current location or
birthday on your profile
may pose threat to you.
5 Click on “My
profile”. It can 6 Here you can
edit and create
your profile. To find
You can disable these
be found on the top features from appearing
of your page. people who match on your profile page. To
your personality
click on the do so, click on “Settings”.
“VisualDNA” On the page that appears,
button. go to the “Privacy” tab.
Uncheck the “Display
birthday on profile” and
the “Display region on
profile” options. Click on
“Save Changes”.
7 Enter the
criteria for the
persons you want
8 You will be glad
to come across
people with the
to meet and click similar thinking as
“Next Page”. yours. Their
compatibility is
measured and
represented as a
percentage value.

Get started with

Orkut
Orkut started of as a social networking site
that provided only the basic features that one
can expect from such sites. As time went by
Hemali Limbachiya
it grew into one of the most populous social

networking sites in the world and has a huge
user base. This workshop will give you a head
start on using Orkut. BY GARETH MANKOO
TIP STEP 1: Create an account
MESSAGES Like every other site that needs you to sign up, you need to create a login name and a password in
You can send email Orkut as well. The email login name you create here will also create a G-mail account for you with the
messages in Orkut using same login name and password.
the “Message” feature.
This can be useful if you
want to send email
messages to contacts 1 Visit "www.orkut.
com" 2 Click on "Join
now".
directly from Orkut.
1 Click on
“Home”.
2 On your home page

click on “Messages”.
3 You will see your

“Inbox” that will
display the messages
If you have a G-mail
account then enter
your user and
the people send you from password. You do
Orkut. not need to sign up
4 To compose a new in Orkut.

message, click on the
“Compose” tab.
5 You can send the

message to one
contact or to all your
3 Enter details like
you "First Name" 5 Select a good
password.
and your "Last
contacts. Select the Name".
appropriate option button
for the same.
6 Enter a “Subject”
and the body of the
message.
7 Click “Send” to send

your message.
Your contacts will
receive this message in
their inbox as an Orkut
message. 4 Enter the email
address that you
want to link with
The strength of your
password will be
Orkut. displayed at the side

TIPS
6 Type the exact
same text as is
seen in text
7 Click on "I
accept. Create
my account".
USING G-MAIL
verification image.
ACCOUNT
Orkut and G-Mail are part
of Google. Creating an
account in Orkut that is
based on a G-mail account
will prove more beneficial
since both the sites have a
You will receive a common lineage. You can
confirmation mail in
directly log into your
the given account.
Your account will Orkut account with a
have to be activated G-Mail account. Even if
from here. you create an account in
Orkut based on another
email address, a G-Mail
8 Enter your
birthday by 10 Check the
checkbox
that's asks you to
account will be
automatically created. We
selecting the values
in the dropdown confirm your age. recommend that you
boxes. create an Orkut account
using your G-Mail ID if you
9 Enter your year of

birth. This is
crucial since only
already have one.
Facilities like direct
members above the updates of incoming
age of 18 are allowed
to use Orkut. 11 Click "Accept
Terms".
scraps, when logged into
Google Talk can
be availed.
STEP 2: Edit your profile

Now that your account has been created you need to activate it from your email account. Once you do that,
visit “www.orkut.com”. If you are asked for your email ID and password then provide the same and sign in.
Your home page will be displayed in on the site.
WRITE
TESTIMONIALS
1 The home page
will display you
friends in a tiled
If you have something
format. to write about any
friend then Orkut has a
testimonial facility for the
same. Click on the profile
of a friend in your list.
2 The scraps that
you receive will
be shown in your 3 Click on "Edit" to
edit your Orkut 1 Click on “Write
testimonial”.
2
scrapbook. profile.
Type the testimonial
and click on “Submit”.
4 Edit your first
and last name. 6 Enter details like
your date of birth
and address.
It will appear on your
friends profile after it is
accepted by him/her.
7 Click on the
appropriate
checkbox to state
your purpose of
5 Select your
gender by
clicking on the
joining Orkut.
appropriate radio
buttons. 8 Click
"Update".

TIP
UPLOADING VIDEOS 9 Click on the
"Social" tab. 12 Click on the
"Fashion"
Since both YouTube and link to expand it
check the
Orkut are affliated to checkboxes that you
Google, videos from
YouTube can directly be
10 Enter details
like your
ethnicity and religion.
want to.
added to your profile. Just

like the way we add
images to our profile in
the “Photos” section, we
have the “Videos” section
11 Extend the
"Humour" link 13 Fill in other
details on
the other details on
and click on the
to add videos into your appropriate check the site and click
boxes. "Update".
profile.
1 Open the page of any

YouTube or Google
video of your choice.
14 Click the
"Contact" tab.
It is advisable to not
enter your complete
address and your
2 Copy the link from the telephone number

address bar on the
video page.
15 Here you can
enter your
email addresses.
on social
networking sites
since it may be
3 Click on the “Videos”

section on your profile
misused by
miscreants.
page. 16 Select any
two instant
4 Paste the copied messaging addresses

that you wish to share
link into the textbox
provided.
with your friends. 17 Click
"Update".
5 Click
“Add video”. 18 You can add
"Personal" 20 In the dialog
box that
and "Professional" opens click "Browse".
information as well.
Remember to click
"Update" button so
that your changes are
21 Once you
upload the
image, it will appear
saved.
in an editing box.
Select the area that
The video will appear you would like to
in your profile. Click on crop by dragging the
“Edit description” if you
want to add or change the
19 Under your
profile image
click on "Add photo".
edges of the dotted
rectangle and then
click "Crop Photo".
descriptive text of the
video.
STEP 3: Upload images
You can upload your favorite images on Orkut. This will help your some great moments and photographs with
your closest friends. Your friends can even comment on your images and you can also add captions below
each image. These images can be segregated in albums.
1 Click on
"Photos".
2 You will find a

default album.
Click on "Edit" and
change the album's
name and
description. 3 Click
"Update".

TIPS
4 Click on the
album and then
on "Browse".
5 Select an image
that you want to
upload. Clicking on
WRITE SCRAPS
A scrapbook is something
"Select more" will
allow you to upload like a pad in which
more images someone can leave a
simultaneously. message for you. This
message can be read
by everyone and needs
some certain settings to
6 Click "Upload
photos". be made in order to make
your scrapbook private.
7 The images that

you have 9 Enter
"Captions" for 1 Click on the profile of
any friend.
2
uploaded will be your images. Click on the “Scraps”
displayed on your
screen. link on his/her profile.
3 Type a message in
the textbox that is
provided.
4 Click
“Post scrap”.
8 Select any one
image as your
"Album cover". It 5 You can also add
photos in a friends
will represent the
rest of your album. 10 Click "Save
changes".
scrap book by clicking on
“Add photo”.
STEP 4: Find friends

Your main purpose of joining Orkut is to make new friends and meet old ones. There are some helpful means
6 Then select an
image by clicking on
“Browse”.
7
of finding friends in Orkut. This can help you grow your networks of friends. You can search your G-mail, Click on “Upload
Hotmail, AOL and Rediff friends. Picture”.
1 Click on "Home"
tab. VERIFY YOUR
ACCOUNT CREATION
2 In the left hand

pane, you will
After signing up you will
receive a confirmation
find a section that
says "Find friends". 4 Click "Find".
You will see all
the contacts who
email which will contain
a link that you have to
you had in common
3 Select an email
address from
the dropdown box
in that email ID and
who are signed up
click. Click on the link and
you will be directed to the
and enter you email in Orkut with that G-mail website. You have
ID and password. ID. to follow this process
in order to activate your
5 Click on the
name of
photograph of any
7 Enter some
introductory
message for your
accounts in both, G-Mail
and Orkut. You may have
one of your friend so that he can to login to your Orkut
contacts. recognize you easily. account again after the
verification process.
This process is done
6 In your friends
profile click on
"Add as friend" on
by Orkut to avoid fake
accounts being created
the left hand pane. by trouble-makers who
will use another persons
ID to create some fake
8 Click "Send". Your friends will receive a friend request
from Orkut and once they accept it they will be seen in
the friends list on your profile once the request is accepted.
accounts in Orkut.

Share, Blog and

Multiply!
Most blogs do not provide you with the best
features that can be derived from a site like
Multiply.com. It helps you add and maintain
Hemali Limbachiya
photo albums as well as videos on the site.

Multiply.com allows you to actually make your
own site that you can share with friends and
family. BY GARETH MANKOO
TIP STEP 1: Creating an account
SEARCH MULTIPLY Signing into Multiply.com can get you a lot of benefits. Like most other sites that handle file sharing,
If you want to look for a Multiply too has some very good features. You can design a page that will hold your pictures, videos
contact in multiply.com and blog entries all at one time. You also get a site address for yourself that you can brag about being
you can use the search your homepage link. Isn’t that wonderful? Here’s how you get started.
tool. Click on the
“Search” tab. The “Search
Users” section can be
used to search multiply 1 Visit http://multiply.
com/.
users. You can search by

e-mail address, name of
the user or multiply.com
ID by selecting the
appropriate radio button.
Once you have selected
the appropriate radio You can also browse
button, enter the search
text and click on the
2 Click on "Join For
Free" to create a new
account
through all the features of
the site by clicking on
"Take the Tour".
“Search” button.
Another search you
can make on the site is
the content search. Here 3 In the sign up page
enter the user ID that
you would like to use as
6 Enter the verification
text as seen in the
image.
you can look for any of the
the site address.
files that have been
uploaded such as photos,
reviews, videos, blogs,
etc. type in the search
text and then click on
“Search”. The final Search 4 Fill in all the details
like the password,
date of birth and address.
you can make is the
“Group Search”. Multiply
allows us to create groups
that contain users with a
particular interest.
Searching for existing
5 you can select the
frequency of email
alerts that you will be
groups is possible using receiving from the site by
clicking on the "E-mail
this property..
Alerts" dropdown box. 7 Click
"Register".

TIPS
8 You can enter the
names and email
IDs of friends and
You can directly
borrow contact lists
from popular sites
USING YOUR INBOX
Multiply.com also stores
relatives who you and blogs.
would like to invite to email messages sent
multiply. from other multiply.
com users. The number
of messages in your
inbox is displayed in the
“Message Summary”
section. Every time you
9 Click
"Next"
receive a message from
a multiply.com user you
will be notified about it
by mail. The space taken
STEP 2: Editing Your Profile to save these messages
Once you are signed up for Multiply.com you can start editing your profile page. You will be editing is compromised from
each section of your site in this step in order to make it more interactive and attractive as well. You will your overall multiply.com
also learn to upload your images and videos to the site. storage capacity.
There are email
1 Click on "Edit
Welcome Message". 4 Click
"Save". 5 Click on the "Add Photo" link
on "Photo". 6 Click on "Choose
Photos".
filters so that you can
easily find certain kind
of messages. Click on
the “Custom” button if
2 In the textbox that
appears enter the
"Title" text that you
you want to select only
certain messages. Using
would like to have at
the top of your page.
7 Click on "Choose
Photos". this option you can use
filters like a sender option
or a mail option to pick
only those messages
3 In the "Welcome
Message" section
which pertain to your
requirements.
enter a message for
your Visitors. 8 Click
"Upload".
9 To upload a music
track on your
profile click "Upload
11 Click
"Upload"
Music". MANAGING
CONTACTS LIST
In the beginning of the
You will see the
uploading progress workshop you are asked
10 Click
"Browse".
bar that indicates the
upload process.
to make a provision so
that you can invite more
people. Multiply provides
12 In the next
window you
can enter more details
14 You can enter
the search
tags so that other
you with direct links to
other sites like orkut.com
of the music track that people can easily find and gmail.com so that you
you have uploaded. your file. can directly import all the
contact that you have in
those lists. You can invite
your friends anytime you
want. Simply click on the
13 Enter the
"Playlist “Contacts” link.
Name" and
"Description". 15 Click "Save
and Publish".

TIPS
ENABLING EMAIL 16 You can upload your
profile image
ALERTS
You will receive
continuous notifications
from multiply.com. These 17 To upload you will have to click on
"Click to Upload" on the photo logo. 18 Select the image that you want
to upload.
may seem quite annoying
sometimes. You can
control how many 19 Click on the
"Music" tab on 21 All your music
will be enlisted
so that you can delete
messages you want to your site.
or add tracks
receive based on the accordingly.
settings you provide at the
site. Click on “Settings”.
Click on “Email Alerts”. 20 The name of
the song will
be displayed along
In the page that opens
with a direct download
up click on “Replies to my link.
post” checkbox if you
want to receive mail
notifications every time STEP 3: Adding Themes
you receive replies to the Instead of leaving your profile dull and boring you can make it a little more attractive to look at by
messages that you have using the readymade themes that are made available at the site. These themes are previously created.
posted. You can also
subscribe and
unsubscribe to 1 Click
"Settings".
newsletters. Once you are
done with the settings
make sure that you click
on the “OK” button.
2 Click "My
Site".
JOINING GROUPS
Groups are like
communities of people
with similar hobbies and
interests who like to
3 In the Site
Customization
section on top click on 4 Select any theme
you would like to
communicate online and "Choose a Theme". base your site on.
share ideas or views. Click
on the “Groups” link on
your multiply.com page.
Here you will see a list of
categories of various
groups that are available.
You can also search for
the groups that you want
in the given textbox and
then click on “Search”.
6 You can now reach

out to others with
5 Make sure that you

fill in all the
entries in your site so
your images, photos
and other blog related
information by simply
that it looks fuller and sharing your site link
complete. with them.

Tips & Tricks
Tips
& Tricks
Umesh Dahiwalkar
CHIP Plus - July 2008
Share your tips: tnt@chip-india.com
Orkut Send a
audio and video in
2 scrap
scraps
An example of a link of an audio file:
http://example.com/example.mp3.
1 Add color to your scraps } Add html-embeddable objects by
creating or uploading your content
on sites such as Photobucket (www.
photobucket.com), Imageshack (www.
imageshack.com), Rockyou (www.
rockyou.com), or Slide (www.slide.
com). Copy and paste the html-
embedded code to share it with
your Orkut friends.
3 Change themes
Photobucket.com is a useful site on which you Themes add spice to every site that
can upload your images. These images can be you work on. They make the pages
posted in as scraps in anyone’s scrapbook.
Use the following combination of characters attractive to work on and also invite
enclosed in brackets to choose the kind of
Are you bored of the standard text the attention of friends and other
emoticon you want to include in your Orkut scrap.
scraps? Do you want to do something people in your network. The theme you
Here’s a great way to add color and different when scrapping friends? select reflects your persona and state
funky emoticons to your posts when Try adding audio and video files when
you scrap your friends on Orkut. scrapping a friend.
} To change the font color of your text, } Copy and paste links ending in .jpg,
type the name of the color you wish to .gif, .png, or .bmp and the image will
use in brackets, for example, [green] appear in the scrap. For example,
environment[/green]. simply paste the following link into
} To show an emoticon, type the key your scrap: http://example.com/
shown above for each emoticon in example.jpg.
brackets, for example, [:)]. } Add videos from YouTube and Google
} To make text bold, italic, or by copying and pasting the URL of the
underlined, type in, [b], [i], and [u], video, for example, http://youtube.
respectively. com/watch?v=videoid. The video will
} To make a word a link, use [link]...[/ automatically appear in the scrap.
link], for example, [link] ideas [/link] or } To add podcast/audio, copy and You can find themes for every season on Orkut.
Have a [red] great [/red] [b][i]weekend paste the URL of an audio file and an Click on any option button and then on “Update”
[/i][/b] ! [;)]. audio player will appear in the scrap. to apply the theme.
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of mind to some extent. This feature

has been used on a huge scale on
sites like Hi5.com, MySpace.com and
Multiply.com among others. Now that
Orkut’s usual blue color was getting
a bit too stale for users and the site
administrators as well, it was time
for a change. The cool new feature
is available in Orkut’s new rendition
that’s called Orkut Beta. You can
change the theme of your homepage
and add fl avor to your otherwise boring
profile page.
} Click on “Home” to visit your
Click on the check boxes adjacent to the
homepage. Click on “View application” if you want to use it
notification setting in order to recieve the
and its features.
} Look for “Change theme” on your notification by mail or as an Orkut message.
top bar and click on it. that you would like to receive and also availible in this list and it may take
} Click on a radio button that how you would like to receive them. a while till you find a suitable one.
corresponds to the theme of your } You can edit the preference of each } To share the videos with your
choice. of the updates by clicking on “Edit”. friends click on “Share”. In the page
} Click “Update”. This will help you do away with all that opens up you will see a list
The theme will be applied to your the unnecessary mails that you receive with your friends and a checkbox
profile. You can also undo this action every time someone scraps you or above each of their images.
by following the similar procedure. adds you on Orkut. } Click on “Select all” and “Clear”
} Click on “Change theme” on your if you want to select or deselect
“Home” page. all your friends. Select those
} Check the “Disable themes”
checkbox.
5 Add Slide TV videos friends who you want to add to
the list and click on “Share”.
} Click “Update”. You can add some videos from popular } If you really liked a particular
The themes will not appear on your site, Slide TV. This is available as an video click on “Save to favorites”.
profile. You can enjoy the classical blue application which has to be added to You can keep updating your list of
color of Orkut. The trend of putting your profile. This application is entered favorite videos in Slide TV. Sharing
themes on Orkut profiles is picking up as an external entity into your profile. your videos with your friends is
since it is a new feature and there are You can share it with your friends or let a good idea since they will come
just a few themes available in Orkut. them know about it. to know more about your choices
It is advisable to avoid themes from } Click “Home” in your Orkut profile. and your sense of humour.
secondary sources and use only those } On the left hand pane click on “Add
that are provided by Orkut. apps”. Hi5
} A list of applications will be
Change your e-mail and
4 Control notifications
displayed on your screen. In the
textbox provided above enter the list of 6 password
applications type “Slide TV”.
The notifications you receive from } Click on the name of the application, Hi5 keeps mailing its members about
Orkut updates and other messages “Slide TV by Slide.com”. notifications and updates on its site.
are received either by mail or as } Click on “Add application”. You may want to submit a different
Orkut messages. Sometimes these } Click on the name of name of the e-mail ID for such purposes rather
messages may seem unsolicited and application in your left bar. than use your personal ID. In order to
also irritating. In such times you would } The page that is displayed will show change your current ID, make sure that
like to block them or control them to you the videos that are available with you are logged in with your original
suit your needs. Here’s how to do it. Slide TV. e-mail ID.
} Log into your Orkut account. } You can browse through the videos } Once you’re on the homepage, click
} Click on “Settings” in the right bar. that are available in the gallery on on “Account”, which is in the upper left
} Click in the “Notifications” tab. different pages by clicking on the corner of your page.
} Select and deselect the notifications arrow key. There are many videos } In the “Change Your Email Address”
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section that says “Status”.

} Click on “Edit”.
} Enter the text that you want to set as
your status message.
} Click “Save”.
If you want to view the status
message that you have added click on
“My profile”. The status message will
be displayed near your display image.
9 Write journal entry
It is always better to select a strong password. By creating new friend circles, you can form
If you feel that your password has been groups of your friends. Click “Save” after creating
compromised then make sure that you change it. a new group.
section, enter your new e-mail and New Circle”.

password. } You can also choose from a list of
} Click “Save”. existing hi5 groups.
} Your new e-mail ID will be } Once you’re done, make sure you
associated with this account. You will click on “Save”.
have to log in with this new e-mail The newly created Friend Circle
address. Changing your password is is a good way to find a certain bunch
a similar process. It is advisable to of friends.
change your password if your account
has been hacked into or if someone
has a hint of what your password
may be. By regularly changing your
8 Display status
The journal entry will be displayed on your profile
with the image that you had selected.
password, you can ensure that your
account will be safe from illegal Hi5 has a feature called as a journal
access. that allows you to write about a
} Enter your old passwords and particular topic and save it for future
new passwords in the “Change Your references (as a diary) or to share it
Password” section. with friends. The journal in hi5 can
} Enter your new password again have a single image attached to it.
where the site asks you to “Verify Your Log into your hi5 account, you will be
Password”. directed to your home page.
} Make sure you click “Save”. } On your homepage click on
The next time you need to log into your “Journal” in the applications section.
Hi5 account, you will have to enter the } The journal entry page will open up.
new e-mail address and password. Enter the title of your journal entry in
Click “Save” once you have typed the status the “Title” textbox.
message on your page.
} Enter the body of text in the “Journal
7 Create friend circles A status message is a fine way to
convey your current state to people
entry” textbox. You can format the
text in the body text using the various
Friend circles are groups of friends in your list. A small line of text can formatting tools available.
in hi5. You can group your friends do the trick of passing the message } Upload an image that can be
just groups of like real friends. on. You can also use a tacky or witty associated with your journal entry in
When you are logged into hi5, click line of text that will get your contacts the “Photo” section. Click on “Browse”,
on “Friends” on your homepage. inquisitive enough to message you. select the image and click “Open”.
} Then click on “My Friends”. } Log into your hi5 account with your } Click “Post entry”.
Click “Edit Circles” to edit username and password. The entry will be added to your
your friend circles. } Click on “Home”. journal. This will be visible to others
} To add a new circle, click on “Add } Once on your homepage, look for the in the “Journal” section of your
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profile. This is a great means of

blogging on Hi5 and also to exploit
all the advantages of using a social
13 Control spam in MySpace
networking site at the same time.
Readers can post comments on your
journal entry.
Make sure that you select a related
image to go with the journal entry.
You can later edit it by clicking on the
“Edit” button.
MySpace
12 Upload
profile
music to your Choose from the options in the “Information”
section to determine the exact information that
will be displayed in your limited profile.
Customize your MySpace privacy settings then add them to your limited profile
by selecting the relevant check boxes in the
list. Here’s how to do this.
“Communication Settings” option.
} Click on the “Privacy” link.
Are you getting messages on your } In the “Privacy Overview” page,
MySpace profile from people who are scroll down till you reach the “Limited
complete strangers or are you wasting Profile List” section.
time deleting unwanted messages? } In the “Person” field, start typing
Then try tweaking your MySpace the name of the people in your friend’s
settings to stop spam from entering list who will be able to view your
your profile. limited profile.
} Click on “Home” in the top } Then click on the “Add” button.
navigation menu from any MySpace } You will then be navigated to the
Web page. “Limited Profile Settings” page.
Upload music of your favorite bands and videos of } Click on “Account Settings” link and } In the “Information” section, check
your favorite artists on your MySpace profile.
then click on the “Spam” link. mark the information that will be
Are you a hard core music lover? Do } In the “Settings: Spam” section, displayed in your limited profile.
you want to showcase all your favorite select the option “Overall Level” of } Click on the “Save” button.
artists onto your MySpace profile? Try “Spam Presets” that you wish to have
uploading your music onto your page.
We bring you seven simple steps and
in your MySpace account.
} Click on the “Save Changes” button. 15 Get listed on search
engines
here’s what you need to follow; } In the “Communication Settings”
} Click on “Home” in the top section, check mark the field Here’s how you can get your friends
navigation menu on any MySpace applicable to you. For example, in the to find your Facebook account by using
Web page. “Messages” category, uncheck the one of the popular search engines
} Click on the “Edit Profile” link. check box “Allow non-friends to send like Google.
} In the “Profile Edit” main section, me messages” in order to receive } Click on the “Privacy” link.
click on the “Song & Video on Profile” messages from only friends. Once } In the “Privacy Overview” section,
under the “Profile Songs” section. you have decided on the spam and click on the “Search” link and then on
} Click on the “Find a band in communication settings. the “Edit Settings” link.
MySpace Music” link to add a song to } Click on the “Save all changes” } In the “Privacy Settings for Search”
your profile. button. page, under the “Who Can Find Me
} Click on the “Find a video in in Search and See My Public Search
MySpace Video” to add a specific video Facebook Listing” section, check mark the option
to your profile. “Allow my public search listing to be
} Use the “Profile Video Slider” drop-
down list to select “Show”.
14 Create a limited profile indexed by external search engines
(ex: Google, Yahoo, MSN)”.
} Click on the “Save” button for the If you want to hide certain information } Scroll to the bottom of the page and
changes to take effect. in your profile from specific people, then click on the “Save” button.
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Essential Tips on Blogging
Expression of thoughts, emotions, and LIVEJOURNAL.COM
ideas is a basic human need. Some This is a very good blogging site for
people express their ideas simply by people who have interest in different
saying it, some like to jot it down. areas and like to read or write on them.
Blogging is a way to express your You can have post blogs and comments
personal thoughts, ideas, and opinion and have specific discussions on
in a personal journal online. All you dif ferent topic s such as culture,
need to do is create an account on any enter tainment, life, music, news,
of the blogging sites, and start posting politics, and technology. This site also
blogs! The blogs are arranged in has communities. You can join the one
chronological order. After you post the you like and interact with the members.
blogs, you can send the web link of your You can also add friends, on the friend’s
blogs to the people you want to read it. page you can see all the blogs posted
It is also a way to interact with people. by your friends. If you want a journal to
Some of the common blog sites where be read only by your friends and nobody
you can voice your thoughts and opinion else, you can create a friends-only
are mentioned below. Choose the one journal. You can also convert your
that suit s your needs and star t journal into a personal diary by setting
expressing! everything to private.
BLOGGER.COM XANGA.COM
It is one of the most commonly used Xanga is one of the fastest growing
and popular blogging sites. Getting blogging sites which offers a wide
started on this site is very easy as it can variety of beneficial features. The site
be done in just three simple steps. The is ver y well or ganized too. T he
features that makes this blogging site a communities here are called blogrings
hot favorite are finding bloggers with which can help you find people sharing
common interests and designing your common interests. This site also has
blog in your own way. You also post some beautiful themes which you can
comments on the blogs which you have use to make your blog attractive. With
read. There is an option called Go Xanga you can also subscribe to your
Mobile on this site which enables you to friend’s blog. The subscription section
send photos and text to your blog by shows you instant links to your friend’s
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July 2008 | Free with CHIP, not to be sold seperately

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Popular Social Networking Sites ............................................4

Comparison of Social Networking Sites .................................6

Safe Social Networking..........................................................10

Social networking for business ............................................. 12

The Facebook Mania .............................................................. 17

Useful Social Networking Groups .........................................21

Do you have a Facebook? .......................................................24

Perils of Social Networking ...................................................28

Online Bookworm! .................................................................32

Make Friends the hi5 way ......................................................34

Meet like-minded folks ..........................................................36

Get started with Orkut ...........................................................40

Share, Blog and Multiply!.......................................................44

Tips & Tricks ...........................................................................47

BUSINESS HEAD & DGM CIRCULATION WRITERS HEAD OFFICE

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Feature Comparison of the 5 Most Trendy Social Networking Sites

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TIPS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY ON NETWORKING SITES

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Social networking for business

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They can also sites. More on this later.

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groups online. In fact, there was once

OTHER BUSINESS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

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Nudge your friend’s with

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1 In the left pane, under

4 Click the “Create Album button”.

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tag line “Welcome to Wikipedia, the CONS: CONS:

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Do you have a Facebook?

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put your picture on your profile for a similar application, socializing is

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CONTROL PRIVACY SETTINGS IN FACEBOOK

1 Click on the “Privacy” link in the main menu of your

2 Click on the “Profile” link (refer to screenshot 1) to edit

3 Click on the “Search” link (refer to screenshot 1) to go

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Perils of Social Networking

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where you come to many more people than just the

DOS & DON’TS

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