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Ning competes with large social sites like MySpace and Facebook by appealing to people who want to create their own social networks around specific interests with their own visual design, choice of features and member data. The unique feature of Ning is that anyone can create their own social network for a particular topic or need, catering to specific membership bases.

Groupsite ties together social networking and collaboration in an effort to make group communications easier and more efficient. It's a hosted solution with Pro plans and a free tier for social networks. With the free account, you can add individual premium features at $9/month each. Groupsite has all of the features you would expect to find, including forums, calendars, blogs, file sharing, and profiles. Some have said that Groupsite is to Ning what Facebook is to Myspace. Check out our coverage here and go take it for a spin yourself.

SocialGo, founded in 2007, is more of a direct competitor to Ning as far as their goals. They allow "anyone to create a professional-grade social network for their group, business or interest." They are focused on expanding premium services, but do offer a free (forever) account to get your feet wet. If you don't really feel like setting up your network on your own, you can pay $149 and have a SocialGo Concierge do it for you.

Who knew there was so much to think about before ripping off a quick post to your favorite social networking site? But not stopping to consider what you're saying, and to whom you're saying it, can have serious consequences. In many ways, the Internet is forever - and your actions there can come back to haunt you years later. Social networking can be a useful tool for both business and personal purposes, as long as you use it the right way.

Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. The website's name refers to the paper facebooks depicting members of a campus community that some US colleges and preparatory schools give to incoming students, faculty, and staff as a way to get to know other people on campus.

MySpace is a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.

GovLoop is the premier social network connecting the government community.

Ning in Education Using Ning for Educational Social Networks

Plurk is a social journal for your life Tired of your existing Social Networks? Share your life easily with friends, family and fans.

Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. We encourage you to sign up to participate in the great discussions here, to receive event notifications, and to find and connect with colleagues.

Trillian lets you connect to multiple IM and social networks at the same time, managing contacts and real time status feeds efficiently.

A demo of how to use Facebook.

Over 40 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities