Posts Tagged ‘Tagged’

Tagged, a social discovery site focused on meeting new people has acquired Hi5, the social gaming network led by the boisterous Alex St. John.  Hi5′s goal over the last few years, after a major redesign, was to be a destination site for gamers and a place that gave game developers better tools and deals than were [...]

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

Here’s something to warm the heart of social networkers this Valentine’s Day: a new study has found that more than one-third of Internet users have connected romantically through playing social games. So, although stereotyped as sometimes anti-social, occasionally isolating and always a running joke, social networks can be useful…and better than a box of chocolates.

The Tagged social network distinguishes itself as a social network about making new friends, and has been successful in a social networking industry dominated by Facebook. Greg Tseng, co-founder and CEO, explains the source and details of their growth below. ST) Do you have any idea how many of users use Facebook AND Tagged? Some [...]

If you’ve scanned the social networking news recently, you’ve probably noticed that many non-Facebook social networks are losing traffic, and a lot of them are shifting direction towards games. hi5 acquired Big Six games last week and Bebo launched a dedicated games section late last year. MySpace has been losing traffic steadily for years, and [...]