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A number of offshore social networking service providers are focusing on creating online communities for people with similar interests and activities and even in work which intrinsic in a company.

Author: Hemal Shrimanker

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The social networking services provided by thousands of companies today are in the limelight because of the explosion in social media among the youth of today. People are interacting heavily through social networking websites through its many interactive services. Even companies which were reticent to explore and give a leeway to marketing through social media sites and has created powerful new ways to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are now visited and interacted with by millions of people, which they use for meeting people, sharing information, creating publicity etc.

Structure of a Social Networking Website

Most of the social networking services enable users to create profiles for themselves which includes their personal and professional information in internal as well as external social networks such as Orkut, Facebook and Bebo. The internal social network of a company, education provider or organization or any other social network for general purposes but for an internal environment is an ISN. An ESN or external social network is primarily used to attract a general audience and for meeting and interacting with people who live far and wide.

During the course of social network development, the developer might be instructed to merge some additional features, which might be targeted to evoke interest in a group of people who share the same affiliations. The social sites might have the features related to the uploading of videos, and hold discussions in forums. Geo-social networking co-opts internet mapping services to organize user participation around geographic features and their attributes. There are many sites which help users to post reviews and opinions about a single topic or event thus encouraging more and more users to join in the discussion and voice what they think.

Interoperability has been the latest trend in the social network development arena along with the prominence of technologies such as OpenID and OpenSocial. There are even some social networks which developers have designed in such a way that even the teens can have a go at it. Many companies are also approaching niche social sites which can be harnessed to publicize their products or services to their targeted audience. Additionally, the companies find networking through such sites cheaper and without any overheads.

Many web development firms have opted for Web 2.0 projects and are increasingly successful in this regard. The interface design and the overall look and feel during and after offshore social networking development has been a major pivot for a good traffic flow.

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Hemal Shrimanker - Business Development Executive at Indusa Technical Corp.
Indusa Technical Corp. (www.indusa.com) is an SEI - CMM Level 4, ISO - 9001:2000; ISO - 27001 Certified, 150+ people Custom Software/Web Development and IT Consulting Company. We have been providing services since 1989. Please visit www.archive-plus.com to learn more about our Database Archiving Solution.

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Social Networking Features and Trends