Where to save your links. Your gateway to an efficient 2.0 professional life

By Ana Dinescu

Introduction

It is almost impossible to stay away of various links and information from your domain(s) of interest. Most part of the information is available for free, on Internet. You need them, because you want to improve your education and knowledge. But you need as well time, a lot of time, for reading them. And, space, for saving the precious data for the free moment when you will be able to read it. Or, what about to share them with other people interested in the same things? A couple of year ago, this was almost a dream! Now, we have difficulties in making the right choice over an ever-increasing number of websites and bookmarking sites where we can build new personal and professional contacts.
I tried to set up a list with the most important links, as available at the end of 2010. The list includes the most important social networking website, their geographical and linguistic coverage, the geographical areas and social target.
In most part of the cases we used the official descriptions offered by the websites themselves or my professional publications (as TechCrunch). In other cases, we expressed our personal feedback, as constant or accidentally users. Where possible, we wanted to offer also short explanations about the names and the profile of the users.
Given the rapid changes taking place every single second, we will try to update this list as often as possible. So, stay tuned for the newest information about how to improve your presence in the 2.0 world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ana Dinescu
• Release date: Feb 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458153029

Ana Dinescu

Freelance journalist and communications consultant, PhD in history, passionate about languages, travel, books and writing. Author of several books, articles and many other writing contributions.

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Introduction

It is almost impossible to stay away of various links and information from your domain(s) of interest. Most part of the information is available for free, on Internet. You need them, because you want to improve your education and knowledge. But you need as well time, a lot of time, for reading them. And, space, for saving the precious data for the free moment when you will be able to read it. Or, what about to share them with other people interested in the same things? A couple of year ago, this was almost a dream! Now, we have difficulties in making the right choice over an ever-increasing number of websites and bookmarking sites where we can build new personal and professional contacts.

I tried to set up a list with the most important links, as available at the end of 2010. The list includes the most important social networking website, their geographical and linguistic coverage, the geographical areas and social target.

In most part of the cases we used the official descriptions offered by the websites themselves or my professional publications (as TechCrunch). In other cases, we expressed our personal feedback, as constant or accidentally users. Where possible, we wanted to offer also short explanations about the names and the profile of the users.

Given the rapid changes taking place every single second, we will try to update this list as often as possible. So, stay tuned for the newest information about how to improve your presence in the 2.0 world.

Hope you will enjoy the ride!

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.netShoutout - http://dotnetshoutout.com/

A community dedicated to net developers. You can post stories in English, related to news about technology

100zakladok - www.100zakladok.ru/

A bookmarking site in Russian and dedicated to the Russian-speaking market.

A1 Webmarks - http://www.a1-webmarks.com/

Social webmarking site, organizing the webmarks alphabetically and for private and public use, accessible from any browser and all over the world.

Academia.edu – www.academia.edu

Social network for academics.

Adfty – www.adfty.com

Social bookmarking site in Arabic.

Adifni – www.adifni.com

Social bookmarking site in Arabic.

Alexa - http://www.alexa.com/

Is known for its toolbar and website. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing behavior which is transmitted to the website where it is stored and analyzed and is the basis for the company's web traffic reporting.

All My Faves – www.allmyfaves.com

The resource for links in every possible area and addressing all the age and social categories.

Allvoices – www.allvoices.com

A platform of citizen journalism, where users can post news and other relevant information or opinions, rated and promoted by the other users.

Amazon – www.amazon.com

You can save reviews of products, music, movies and last but not least books. Why you will use it? Because the words are power and you power to use the words is a valuable tool in the 21st century.

Amen Me! – www.amenme.com

A website discovery engine specifically for Christians that helps you find sites you like.

Arto - http://www.arto.com/

On Arto you can share pictures, videos, create friendbooks, make a blog and