When I had a glimpse at few set of interesting sites on how to build a social network apart from orkut, I came across this two social networking giants Facebook and Myspace.There is something called as White Label which means to make the platform provider as invisible as possible to the social network’s users and to brand the network with the builder’s identity or intent.
So, this “white label” social networking platforms enables their customers to build their own social networks which means from the scratch and to tailor those networks to a range of purposes.
There are 3 categories where you can choose your social networking provider.
-->The first category of company is called as do-it-yourself solutions. So here the customer can easily create their social network. And the user can have only minimal service.
This first category includes:
Ning provides the best platform for setting up good-looking, sophisticated social networks with minimal effort.
KickApps provides the best platform for integrating social networking components into existing websites.
CrowdVine and Haystack are viable options for organizations that are looking for simple social networks to improve personalized communication online.
CollectiveX is most suitable for existing groups that want to collaborate online.
GoingOn provides a promising hybrid solution with capabilities shared by both Ning and KickApps.
Me and PeopleAggregator are the one, which are having simple standards to explore with.
-->The second category of company provides social networking software for download and installation onto one’s server.
-->The third category works very closely with clients to build a social network based on their needs.
The 2nd and the 3rd category include:
Social Platform – which is a personalized service
PHPFox – which gives downloadable solution.
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