Top 10 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Friends

Writing e-mails, sending e-cards and calling them will help you get connected with your friends and family but this idea is obsolete right now. Here's how you can simply follow what your friends are doing.

1. Facebook
   Stay connected with your friends and family at school and at work. Their popular features include free chat, e-mail, photo album, status updates. For more information log on to www.facebook.com
2. MySpace
   With MySpace you can see what's happening to your friends and family. You can also listen to music, share music and videos and open your own myspace page for free. For more information log on to www.myspace.com
3. Twitter
   Just as you ask somebody 'How you doing?', twitter is the place where you can stay updated with your friends and family frequently. Follow me @optnote in twitter. For more information log on to www.twitter.com
4. Hi5
   Unlike other social networking websites, Hi5 claims its utility as the international social network with local flavor. I will totally agree with their idea. Also you can create your own website and add glitters and update your status with Hi5. For more information log on to www.hi5.com
5. Linkedin
   Usually when you call your friends, they immediately think that you called them because you need some favor. How about some strong relationships with Linkedin? Many people rely on this social networking website to find out jobs. And during this time of job crisis, believe me there are plenty of people who might use their website to get information about job openings. For more information log on to www.linkedin.com
6. Orkut
   There is nothing wrong about sharing where your places and cultures. Orkut is one of the popular sites operated by Google and I have bunch of Indian friends who are using Orkut as their social networking utility. I have learned a lot from them and in fact they are far ahead of other people regarding software ideas. For more information log on to www.orkut.com
7. Tagged
   Harvard graduates founded tagged according to www.wikipedia.com. We sure know that facebook was founded by a Harvard attendee as well. With tagged, people can browse photos of their friends, leave comments, tag them and chat as well. For more information log on to www.tagged.com
8. Associated Content
   One other way to connect with your friends and make money at the same time is using Associated Content. With Associated Content, you can be familiar with the top ideas of today. Moreover, you can sell your ideas. How cool is that? The URL they have provided me is http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/331723/janak_dahal.html where you can find all of my published articles. For more information log on to www.associatedcontent.com
9. Google Blogspot
   Now-a-days you don't only surf the net to get informed. With google blogspot, you can share your thoughts to the world by creating your own blog. Also, you can change the theme of your blog and make it all the way you want. Also the google adsense feature they have will allow you to make money. For more information you can log on to http://googleblog.blogspot.com/.
10. Classmates
    One of the traditional ways to keep track of what your friends are doing is to remember your classmates. We have heard of lots of re-unions of classmates. But how is that possible without a social platform?
    With over 40 million members worldwide, classmates.com will help you find your highschool friend or even a college friend from many years. For more information log on to www.classmates.com

There are several other social networking websites to get connected with your friends. The top 10 list that I have proposed are not based on any reviews or suggestions. I have created this list based upon my personal experience and I hope this information is helpful to you.