Categories of Social Networking Websites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter

Most popular websites in the internet community are social networking sites like, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and Flixster etc. Millions of peoples are connected with each other through these social networking sites. People are sharing their posts, views and comments around the globe with their family, friends and relatives. The use of new advanced web technology is making these websites more popular and easier to use. Every social networking site is trying to moderate its platform and attract more users towards its services. If we discuss social networking sites in details, we can divide these sites into three categories according to the services they provide. these three categories are:

General Purpose Social Networking Sites

The sites where people share their general purpose posts, comments and photos with their family and friends are called General Purpose Social Networking Sites. Facebook is on the top of General Interest social networking sites. It was founded and designed by Mark Suckerberg for Harvard Students initially. From Harvard Facebook was opened publicly in 2006. Now millions of people are using this social networking site around the globe. MySpace is a class mate of Facebook and is in the same General Purpose Social Networking Sites category. MySpace, a highly cusomizable social network, was founded in 2003. Like Facebook it also attract millions of people toward its features. Before the introduction of Facebook, MySpace was the on the first number in General Purpose Social Networking Sites. Twitter is next to the MySpace in this category. Initially twitter was introduced as a micro-blogging website and then it grown into very popular social messaging platform. Twitter provides and outlet for trends, buss, chat and news among its users. Ning is the next most popular social networking site. The best feature of Ning is that it allows the users to create their own community. 

Special Interest Social Networking Sites 

These sites are designed to share the posts or materials related to specific category of media like photo sharing sites, music sharing sites, video sharing sites etc. Flixster is on the top of special interest social networking sites category. Flixster main tag line which clearly shows about the purpose of Flixster is "stop watching bad movies". On this social networking site users share their reviews about movies. By reading reviews of peoples on this social networking site your can clearly understand about the level of the movie and through this way Flixster stop you from watching bad movies. Last.fm is a social music site, allows users to create their own radio station. This radio station can lean that what kind of music person likes and it also suggests music based on persons interests. Members of last.fm can listen the radio stations of their friends and other members  LinkedIn is a well known and very famous special interest social networking site. It is a business oriented social network and is a contact management system. Through LinkedIn peoples invites other members to connect instead of friends. You can contact with thousands of business companies and professional to find job opportunities. It has a question and answer section where you can ask question and thousands of professionals and companies are ready to answer your question and to provide you guidance related to your profession. Xanga is another very famous social blogging sites which allow its users to earn and spend credits on various things.    

National Social Networking Sites

These social networking sites are created and running in a specific area of the world. Badoo is on the top of social networking site in Europe and is based in London. Orkut was created by Google has caught hold in Brazil. The main purpose of Orkut was to compete with MySpace and Facebook. Studivz is a German version of Facebook and is very famous in students.  

Best Free Calling and Messaging Services Online

People don't like to pay a large amount of charges to communicate with their family, relatives and friends. Due to development or advancement in communication technology, many online applications are available that can  help us to communicate with our family, relatives and friends for free. VoIP services are making it possible to make free and unlimited calls anywhere in the World.  

WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a smartphone messenger uses 3G or WiFi to communicate with friends and family. You can send and receive messages, audio notes, pictures and video messages. It is free service for first year and then you have to pay only $0.99 USD per year. There is no other hidden cost, just download the application and use it to chat with your friends and family as much as you want, anywhere in the World. You can also enjoy group conversation friends by using WhatsApp. WhatsApp works with your phone number and there is no need for extra PIN or username. WhatsApp automatically use your address book to connect you with your contacts if the have WhatsApp Messenger. There is also no need to log-in or log-out again and again, WhatsApp is always on and connected. Share location, Custom wallpaper and notificatoion sounds, Email chat history, Exchange contacts, Landscape Mode are some other features of WhatsApp.

LINE

LINE is a VoIP application which allows you to make free calls and messages anywhere in the world. LINE is a very popular free calling application in many countries. LINE provides free high quality voice calls to talk with your family and friends as long as you want. Send messages with colorful icons and images. You can also share your location information with the help of LINE.  It is available for both PCs, Smartphones and Tablets. By using 'Timeline" on LINE you can see and comment on what your friends have posted, same as you do on your Facebook page. Through LINE official accounts you can receive messages from popular celebrities and singers. You need a 3G or WiFi internet connection to use LINE.   

iCall 

iCall is another well-known application which allow its users to send SMS, create video chats and make free calls to phones or another iCall user. A big advantage of iCall service over other free calling services is that you can chat with your friends even if they have not installed iCall. It is very popular due to its simplicity and social media features. You can share images and can chat on AIM, Windows Live, Facebook and many other social networking sites. It has more than 15,000,00 active users all around the World. 

Skype

Skype is one of the most famous and well known PC calling service. With the help of this calling application you can make video or audio free calls anywhere in the world. There are no limitaions of time and distance. Skype doesn't allow for free calls on cell phones therefore it can not be called a complete solution to all kind of communications. Skype provides other common features like text messages group calls, file sharing etc. but all of them are not free. These limitations are making Skype less popular than other services. 



All of above mentioned services are designed to save you money and cut down phone bills. Therefore these applications are very famous all around the World. LINE, iCall, Skype or WhatsApp whichever your choose are the best free communication services.