• 05/31/2009 - 18 More Social Sites Added to SocialNetwork.in
• 05/25/2009 - Run Your Own Remix or Music Project at ArtistServer.com
• 05/22/2009 - AudioBoo.fm and YouNoodle.com Added to SocialNetwork.in
• 05/06/2009 - mp3tunes.com - no option to close your account
• 03/17/2009 - How to run a Remix Project
• 09/28/2008 - My Lovely Wife Lou is Pregnant
• 12/14/2007 - ArtistServer News and a new site: FreeMusicLicensing.com
• 09/18/2007 - AritstServer and ToneThis Serve Up Indie Ringtones
• 09/11/2007 - Running LightTPD and PHP on Windows
• 09/06/2007 - Compete.com -vs- Alexa.com - Comparing Website Rank

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As you can see, I haven't been blogging much over the last month, and today, I'm announcing why!

I'm launching a new site today at: http://SocialNetwork.in

It's a cross between a social aggregator, and a social directory, with ratings and reviews.

While the site doesn't aggregate content from social sites, it does help people aggregate links to their social profiles, links to friends profiles, or simply to just link to their favorite social media sites.

Both profiles on the site, and any links a member adds to their SocialNetwork.in profile can be made private, allowing people to aggregate their online profiles in privacy.

The site also provides a means for members to rate and review social sites and services. Ratings are based on a 1-10 scale, with the site displaying averages. Clicking on any 'line chart' icon next to any site, will open a space where you'll be able to compare the selected site with up to 5 others by generating Alexa comparison charts (once www.compete.com offers a chart widget, I'll add it as an option or replace Alexa's charts if works well).

Sites and services are also organized by category, in addition to having their own site profile.  On the site profile pages, visitors can get a better view of the service by reading over reviews, clicking through Alexa traffic charts, and viewing data from both del.icio.us and Technorati.com.

I hope to have a widget available by the end of February, which will list your public profile links, and another update soon after, where I'll add support for RSS feeds per each site on SocialNetwork.in - and possibly for members too.

There are other players in this space, offering deeper integration with social sites, mainly focusing on content and friend aggregation (Mugshot.org, ProfileLinker.com, Spokeo.com). I may offer deeper integration with key sites once the service grows and users request these features, but for now, I'm looking to provide profile URL/link support for all social sites. Currently, the site has support for 97 social sites, with more on the way.

For those who are monitoring the social network/media market, I hope that this site becomes a tool that makes their job easier. This was the idea behind the comparing options on the site, in addition to providing members with a rate and review tool.

The primary criteria for which sites get added to SocialNetwork.in, is that they need to provide a profile site, and a Username, or UserID. Although, I've also added support for sevices like Netflix, which offer RSS feeds to your data. I plan on adding a means for displaying RSS feeds on your SocialNetwork.in profile at a later date.

On the tech side of things:

• Developed in ColdFusion MX7, MSSQL Server
• Built in 35 days by 1 developer
• Uses jQuery javascript library
• Data/Services integrated: del.icio.us, Alexa, Alexaholic
  

Visit the site - take it for a spin - sign up - and if you have some feedback, let me know!