MARKET WATCH — July 23 — Following are the top ten rankings of social networks and Communities as rated by wealthy consumers from the 2008 Luxury Brand Status Index (LBSI) survey from the independent New York City-based Luxury Institute
1. Technorati
2. WordPress
3. LiveJournal
4. YouTube
5. Digg
6. Blogger
7. Photobucket
8. LinkedIn
9. Webshots
10. Windows Live Spaces
The proprietary Luxury Brand […]

BRAND REPUBLIC — July 23 — Facebook dominates UK social networking with 45% of the market. According to Hitwise this is an 188% increase compared with a year ago. Bebo.com is ranked second by Hitwise with a market share of 25%. In the US it is ranked 5th with just over 1% of market […]

MASHABLE — July 24 — LinkedIn now supports two languages: English and Spanish. Users can choose the language from the drop down menu at the upper right hand side on the homepage. This move is on par to what other social networks have been doing for some time; Facebook is also available in Spanish, […]

NY TIMES — July 25 — Microsoft thinks it has found a promising source of users for its search service: Facebook. Facebook’s users will soon see displays of Microsoft’s Live Search box on their friends’ and their own Facebook pages. Microsoft already sells and manages display advertisements on Facebook. The search deal could be […]

SCOOP — July 15 — StumbleUpon has become the latest casualty of the United Arab Emirates’ web blocking lottery. StumbleUpon, which is owned by eBay, is a Web browser plug-in and internet community that allows its users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos. The site joins other social networks banned by […]