Social Networking Sites

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233 Social Networking Sites for Marketing Your Blog

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about using niche 2nd-tier social media sites to create a domino effect of traffic with larger social media sites . Since then I have received a number of requests to compile a list of social media sites. Here is a categorized list of what I have found. Feel free to leave suggestions for inclusion in the comments.

TECHNOLOGY:

Slashdot
Dzone - Developers
CSS Globe
DNHour - Domain Name News
Pixel Groovy - Web design
Design Float - Web design
Leet Daily
DevelopersNiche

INTERNET MARKETING:

PlugIM
Sphinn

NEWS:

Digg
Netscape
Reddit
Newsvine
News Heat - Politics
Sk*rt
Shoutwire
Wobblog
Content Pop
Blogg-Buzz

BOOKMARKING:

del.icio.us
Ma.gnolia
Furl
AllMyFavorites
Blinklist
Blogmarks
Blummy
BuddyMarks
BookmarkTracker
Chipmark
Connectedy
De.lirio.us
Dogear
Favoritoo
FeedMeLinks
Foxmarks
Fungow
Linkatopia
Livemarks
Mobilicio.us
Mylinkvault
Socializer

SHOPPING:

AgentB
Dealigg
Yub
BiddingBuddies - For Ebay members
ThisNext
Zebo
Judy’s Book
Deal Comet

MUSIC/POP CULTURE:

Purevolume - Music
Last.fm
Buzznet
MOG
Soundpedia

IM/MOBILE:

Twitter
Pownce
FlickIM
IMified
Radar
Zannel

PHOTO SHARING:

Flickr
Photbucket
Fotolog
Fotki
My Opera
Zoomr
Text America
Picli

VIDEO SHARING:

YouTube
Broadcaster
Panjea
Revver
Viddler
Video Bomb
Video Sift

FASHION/CLOTHING:

Threadless - T-shirts
Stylehive

EDUCATION/BOOKS:

Shelfari
LibraryThing
BookCrossing
Good Reads
Book Tribes
Connect via Books
qoolsqool

ARTS:

Humble Voice - Art, music, video, photography
Virb - Music, art, fashion, film and more
imeem - Music, videos, photos
deviantART

SOCIAL ACTION:

TakingITGlobal
Care2 - Social Issues/Humanities
Hugg - Environmental
Planet Change - Environmental

CULTURES/FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

Amina - Chechen Republic
Wamba - Spanish social network
Black Planet - African American
Hyves - Dutch
IRC Galleria - Finland
iWiW - Hungary
LunarStorm - Sweden
Playahead - Sweden
MiGente - Latino
Mixi - Japan
Nexopia - Canada
ClubGh - Ghana
Acelerame - Spanish (cars)
Scoopeo - French
Yigg - German
StudiVZ - German students

LINK/WEBSITE SHARING:

StumbleUpon
Blue Dot
Trailfire
Ensiting

CARS AND AUTO:

CarDomain
AutoSpies
Boompa
Motorpulse

TRAVEL:

TravBuddy
WAYN
Gusto
Couch Surfing
Travellerspoint
Woophy
EveryTrail - GPS
Trip Advisor
TripUp

REAL ESTATE:

Trulia
Zillow

CONSUMER REVIEWS:

RateItAll
Yelp
Cork’d - Wine reviews
Chowhound - Food
Epinions

PROFESSIONAL:

LinkedIn
MeetIn
Ryze
Xing
Biznik
Cofoundr - Entrepreneurial
Fast Pitch
Konnects
StartupNation - Entrepreneurial
Startupping - Internet entrepreneurs
Tapped In - Educational professionals
Ecademy

DATING:

Flirtomatic
OkCupid
Chemistry

CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS:

Classmates
Friends Reunited
Dodgeball
Graduates
Meetup
MyYearbook
Reunion
ConnectU

HEALTH/MEDICAL:

Sermo - Doctors
Disect Medicine
Walker Tracker
Who is Sick?

TEEN:

eCRUSH
eSpintheBottle
Piczo
Profile Heaven
Sconex
Student.com
Stardoll

KIDS:

imbee

PARENTING/FAMILY:

Babbiz
Moxie Moms
GreatSchools - Parents review schools

FAMILIES/GENEALOGY:

Geni
WebBiographies

RELIGIOUS/CHRISTIAN:

MyChurch
Blogs4God
Xianz
GodTube - Video sharing

SPORTS:

Joga - Soccer (Football)
Sportsvite
Ballhype - Sports
ScoreGuru
SportsCast
SportsFlip

GAMES:

Gaia - Games and anime
Game Diggity
GuildCafe
WeeWorld

PETS:

Dogster - Dog lovers
Catster - Cat lovers
Fuzzster
Pikapet

GENERAL:

MySpace
Facebook
Trig
Friendster
Orkut
Bebo
CyWorld
LiveJournal
Grono
Tribe
Hi5
Jaiku
Multiply
Netlog
Passado
Skyrock
Tagged
AIM Pages
Yahoo! 360
Everyone’s Connected
Windows Live Spaces
Zaadz

MISCELLANEOUS:

9rules
Beautiful Society - List and vote for your favorite things
43 Things - Goal sharing
Consumating
Dandelife - A social biography network
DontStayIn - Clubbing
Experience Project - Share Life Experiences
Faceparty - “The biggest party on Earth”
Gather
Recruiting.com
Ning - Create your own network
Searchles
Vampire Freaks
Faqqly - Community of questions and answers
Ficlets - Collaborative writing
Global Voices
Spout - Films
Prosper - People to people lending
DigStock - Financial
Clipmarks
Listible
Rummble - Texting