That’s right. The increasing number of web users are tuning into various niche-relevant social networks instead of using Google to tap into dirty pages on the ‘net.

But there’s a little catch.

While social networking site traffic is on the rise, a portion of those members are using the social networks for the sexual purposes or online match-making (not the same thing, but you know what I mean).

The good news is, social networks are being harnessed by everyone – from celebrities to politicians, from the ‘tween to the Baby Boomer. Even anti-social people are creating social networks about how much they hate social networking!

There’s a Delete Your MySpace Account network, an Enemybook (anti-friends) site, and more. You can even rent a friend from FakeYourSpace.com if you’re hard up to build a list of contacts in the web 2.0 arena.

Monks are using YouTube to recruit other monks.

Musicians are finding backup singers on social networks.

If you’re not on or creating a social network, you’re out of the loop.

Right now I use Ning for my Building an eBook Empire community (it’s closed to buyers only, sorry).

I use Squidoo for social marketing and as my soapbox for issues I find important.

I use Hub Pages for the same thing.

Which social networks do you see pulling you in or do you wish they had?

Tiff

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