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Ten Social Web Community Sites You Might Not Know About
One of the primary concepts underpinning the Web 2.0 movement has to be that of community: sharing content and ideas with others on the greater Web. Social community sites on the Web offer the searcher anything from shopping to fitness. Here are ten new community Web sites that you might not know about yet, but should.

Find Message Boards with BoardTracker
BoardTracker is a search engine dedicated to only sifting through forums and online message boards. It's a highly targeted search engine and brought back relatively good results.

Find New Addictions with Tastespotting
You can find all kinds of delicious goodies over at Tastespotting, a social networking site based entirely on food, recipes, cookbooks, and dining out. Warning: Don't view this site if you're trying to stick to a diet.

Top Ten MySpace Tools on the Web
Wouldn't it be nice to have all your MySpace tools all in one place? Keep reading for the essential MySpace tools on the Web.

The New Technorati
Technorati has made plenty of great new improvements for the searcher: a well-designed interface, faster results, and easier features. Learn more about the new and improved Technorati.

Reddit - Discover the Web with Reddit
Reddit is a unique social bookmarking and social networking service that offers several Reddit subnetworks for different subjects: science, celebrity news, etc. Learn more about Reddit and how to use it.

What is the Blogosphere?
If you’ve ever read a blog, then you’ve visited the blogosphere, a catchall term for all the various blogs – otherwise known as online journals – on the Web. Learn more about the blogosphere and how to explore it on the Web.

Share2me
Share2me is a free browser plug-in that allows you to share your favorite stuff on the Web with your friends across a variety of platforms, with just one simple click.

Amazon's Askville
Learn more about Amazon's newest addition Askville, a community question and answering site.

Upscoop
Upscoop is an intriguing service that allows you to track your friends at various social networking sites, i.e., MySpace, Friendster, etc.

Ask.com's AskCity
Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has an incredibly rich mapping product out titled AskCity. Learn more about AskCity and what it can do for you.

Use the Web to Find a Roommate
Find a roommate using the Web.

Find an Instant Messenger Client
Using the Web to talk instantly in real-time is possible with instant messenger clients. Here are a few of the best instant messenger programs on the Web.

Craigslist
Craigslist is one of my absolute favorite sites on the web for finding something I need and selling something I don't. Find out more about Craigslist.

Yahoo Answers
Got a question you need answered, or want to join a thriving online community? You can do both at Yahoo Answers, a bustling hub of all kinds of people-propelled information.

Digg Tools
While Digg does have a couple of fun tools to play with, the best ones exist elsewhere on the Web. Read more to find more Digg tools.

Five Things You Can Do With Craigslist
Did you know that you can find a house to buy or rent on Craigslist? Interact with people all over the world in a variety of forums? Barter your services for something else? That's just the tip of the Craigslist iceberg. Here's a few more things you can do with Craigslist.

Technorati Search Tips
Technorati is a great resource to use for searching the Web as it's updated. Find out how to search Technorati better.

Getting Started with Technorati
Find out how to get started with Technorati: signing up, claiming your blog, and tagging.

Find Mailing Lists on the Web
Find a mailing list that fits your interests on the Web.

Freecycle
There's a great community site called Freecycle, where you can find something you need or get rid of something that you don't.

MSN Groups
MSN Groups has something for everyone. You can find a community of like-minded people at MSN Groups.

Icons for MySpace
I've found a few good sites that offer free icons for any kind of site, whether it's MySpace, your own site, blogs, message boards, etc. Keep reading to get free icons for MySpace and more.

Yahoo My Web 2.0 Beta Social Search Engine
Yahoo My Web 2.0 is a social search engine, which means that people and search technology are working together to create both better searches and a better search experience.

eSnips - Share ALL Your Content
With the features of sites such as Digg, Flickr, eSnips has fully arrived on the scene with a combination of all three of these services. Oh, and heck - let's add in a bit of YouTube and MySpace in the mix as well.

The Best Cool MySpace Stuff on the Web
I'm a big fan of MySpace, and there's a few widgets, MySpace editors, and websites that make it even easier to use MySpace. Here are my current favorite sites for cool MySpace stuff.

Music Video Codes for MySpace
Looking for some good music video codes for MySpace? I've rounded up a few of the best sites to find them.

MySpace Links
MySpace can be difficult to get around in. Here's a list of the most essential MySpace links for easy navigation.

Free Premade MySpace Layouts on the Web
If you're looking for free MySpace layouts,you've come to the right place. I've put together a list of my favorite MySpace premade layouts here, and there's something for everyone.

MySpace.com-Making Some Pretty Good Headway
I learned today that Myspace.com "has surpassed both Hotmail and Google to become the fifth ranked web domain in terms of page views, according to comScore Media Metrix (source: BusinessWire)."This is a social networking/community site; users are invited to create a "community" in which they can share interests, photos, links, etc.

MySpace Deemed Harmful to Children...Well, Duh
Recent headlines that rival those in Murdoch's tabloids, such as "Man arrested in MySpace.com teen-sex case," "Sex predators are stalking MySpace; is your teenager a target?" and "Space Invaders" have dotted airwaves, newspapers and television news across the United States, triggering a nationwide backlash against the site.

How To Succeed on MySpace Without Really Trying
Updates on the MySpace experiment.

MySpace Layouts and a bit of a Social Experiment
I want to see what kind of connections I can make, what makes MySpace so special, and if it's really worth the hype. I'll also share with you various MySpace tips and tricks that I come across.

MySpace.com - Third Most Visited Site on the Web
"According to comScore's Media Metrix Internet audience ratings measurements, which currently puts social networking site MySpace third most-viewed site on the Internet in terms of total page views, ahead of Internet stalwarts Google, AOL, and eBay."

MySpace Questions Answered
Want to get some of your MySpace questions answered, as in why people use MySpace, what MySpace is good for, how to make the most of MySpace, and more? Find out the answers to these questions in more in this article titled MySpace Questions.

Cursors for MySpace
If you're looking for some interesting cursors for MySpace, you've come to the right place: I've done the heavy lifting and found some of the best MySpace cursors sites for you on the Web.

Blog Search-Find Blogs with Blog Search Engines
Blog search engines help you find blogs on the Web on whatever topic you'd like to explore. Search for TV blogs, celebrity blogs, political blogs, photo blogs, and more.

Opinmind, a Blog Search Engine
Opinmind is a unique kind of blog search engine. It not only searches blogs, but it searches those blogs for opinions expressed on whatever subject you might be looking for.

Daypop, a Current Events Search Engine
Daypop is a current events search engine. Daypop crawls sites that are updated frequently in order to bring searchers the latest news; included in Daypop's index are newspapers, blogs, online magazines-any site that is updated on a regular basis will make it into Daypop's index. You can use Daypop to search a small slice of the Web for news and information.

Technorati, a Blog Search Engine
Technorati is a real-time search engine dedicated to the blogosphere. It only searches through blogs to find exactly what you're looking for. At the time of this writing, Technorati was tracking over 22 million sites and over a billion links, a mind-boggling amount.

LjSeek.com, a LiveJournal Search Engine
LjSeek.com is a search engine dedicated to only sifting through the LiveJournal blogging community. If you're a dedicated LiveJournal user or just looking for information, you'll find that LjSeek comes in handy.

Find Links with TalkDigger-A Conversation Search Engine
TalkDigger is a search engine that finds what links are talking about links. Make sense? Well, in a nutshell, TalkDigger lets you enter in a URL, and then goes out and finds what sites (from a variety of different search engines) are linking to it. It's a conversation search engine.

Sphere Reviewed
Here's my review of Sphere, a blog search engine with some great features, relevant results, and an excellent overall user experience.

Digg-Find Popular Sites, See What's Buzzworthy
I've been using the site Digg for a while now, and the more I visit Digg the more I appreciate it. Basically it's a social bookmarking site with a bit more usability and general mass appeal than other social bookmarking sites out there; you can browse the front page Digg stories, search for stories you'd like to read, or submit a new story....read more

How To Find Message Boards and Forums on the Web
One is the loneliest number...until you find a forum or message board on the Web to join. There's something out there for whatever you're interested in, whether it's doll collecting, flashlight repair, or just boring old politics.