All Web 2.0

OkCupid

OkCupid is a free-of-charge social networking and dating website, which also offers features including user-generated content such as blogging and member-created quizzes. OkCupid users are presented with questions (most of which are authored, submitted, and vetted by members) about various topics such as politics and tastes page by page, and given a list of up to four answers per question to choose from. They are also asked "How would your Ideal Match answer this question?", and then "How impor...

Mingle2

Mingle2 is a free online dating site where men and women can meet up for friendship or romance. Site members anywhere in the world can keep in touch either online or use the easy zip code search option to locate singles in their own vicinity. Signing up and creating a member profile is a simple, hassle free process. After creating a profile one can head over to the forums or use the site's new Mutual Match feature to discreetly view profiles of those that have similar interests. An online meeti...

Google Reader

Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. It was released by Google on October 7, 2005 through Google Labs. Reader graduated from beta status on September 17, 2007. Features Interface Major revisions to Reader's interface were made on September 28, 2006. In an interview with Robert Scoble, product manager Nick Baum stated that the redesign is a movement toward making news aggregation something for the general public to enjoy. Here are so...

Top 20 Social Media Sites

Base on ComScore traffic stats for November 2008, ComScore keeps a list of what it calls “social networking” sites, but these include blogging platforms and other social media sites as well. While the audience for blogs is still showing healthy growth overall, Facebook stands out as the social gorilla taking share from not only other social networks but blogs and other social media as well. Blogger (222 million) Facebook (200 million) MySpace (126 million) Wordpress (114 million) Win...