How many social networking sites are there today?

Ok – so as I continue to do research for CenterNetworks, I start to think about the sheer number of social networking sites online today. So far I have counted about 650, and that is just the beginning. I remember sitting with some coworkers at CKS back in the mid-90′s. We were talking about some client projects we were working on and one of the people said something to effect of “every company is racing to get a site up quicker than the next”. We laughed and then headed over to play another game of pool. Aah the pre-bubble days…

Today, it seems you are nothing if you don’t own a social networking site. I am willing to bet that every day, at least 3 social networking sites pop up across the world.

I am curious to hear how many social networking sites you believe there are as of today and how quickly they are popping up.

Do I see the trend slowing down? Nope. And I don’t think it should. If you have an idea, run with it. Run Forrest, Run.

When I attended the Search Engine Strategies conference in February I claimed that 2005 was the year of the SEO. Today, I proclaim that 2006 is the year of the social networking site.

Tags: social networking