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What is Ning?
Ning Profile

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What is Ning? A Ning Profile.

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Website: http://www.ning.com
Monthly Traffic: 4,409,901 visitors (as of 12/11/08*)
Description: A social networking website for creating social networks
Similar Websites: MySpace, Facebook, Flixster

Ning Features

  • Join a social network from among thousands available or create your own
  • Customize your social network with a unique look-and-feel and profile questions

What is Ning?

Launched in October of 2005, Ning is a social network designed around creating social networks. Ning invites users to create their own social network by going through a series of steps that name the social network, select a color scheme, and allow for unique profile questions.

In some ways, Ning is a portal to mini-social networks since you can choose to join any of the thousands of user-created networks, and in other ways, it is a social network development platform.

Why Should I Use Ning?

Ning has many uses such as creating a fan site for your favorite artist, a social network for your family to enjoy, a place to organize a class reunion, and much more. The open-ended nature of Ning makes the possibilities limited only by your own imagination.

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