News: google trends where do I add my guitar web site

News:
20-06-2008:
OK, so your an unknown guitar player who wants to get known, where do you add your web presence? Well you could have your own web site. The chances of this being found directly are limited. So you could pick from one of the many social networking sites. Google trends shows popularity by web search.

myspace.com 
5.40
  
facebook.com 
1.00
  
youtube.com 
2.90
  
orkut.com 
0.70
  




So the top choice is still MySpace, then YouTube, much lower but rising Facebook and Orkut. Orkut is a natural choice for Brazilians and South Americans. But there is another option, set up a web site on all of these social networking sites and increase the likelyhood that your name will get known. It takes a little web management, but with Google Open Social

Many sites, one API:
A common API means you have less to learn to build for multiple websites. OpenSocial is currently being developed by a broad set of members of the web community. The ultimate goal is for any social website to be able to implement the API and host 3rd party social applications. There are many websites implementing OpenSocial, including Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.


It is likely more and more that you'll be able to share posts between all web sites, posting blogs on on MySpace from YouTube is a typical example of this sort of feature. One thing is for sure is that top guitar idol player Gustavo Guerra has benefited from his presence on MySpace, Orkut and YouTube. So what are you going to do?

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