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As Online Business Networks Grow by the Millions, Anthillz.com Asks Networkers to Think Small

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Anthillz

Philadelphia-based startup Anthillz.com announced today the launch of its business networking website, designed exclusively for the close and trusted relationships that have the most impact on a professional’s career success.

“We created Anthillz because, as power networkers ambitious about our careers, we found ourselves connecting with the wrong people on networks like LinkedIn,” says CEO Blake Jennelle, referring to the Mountain View, CA-based professional network with over 25 million users.

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MyYearbook.com Raises 13 Million in Financing

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myYearbook.com

Teen social networking site MyYearbook.com has just secured 13 million in a second round of financing. The lead investor is Norwest Venture Partners.

The company plans to use the investment to help develop new member services and drive revenue.

Existing investors US Venture Partners and First Round Capital also participated in the round, which will be used to develop new member services and continue to drive revenue.

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Video Comments: 5 reasons they DO work

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Viddler

Blog entry about video comments and Viddler:

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[Video comments] add a really nice wrinkle and option in the way that people can interact with a blog or website (for a bunch of examples, check out TechCrunch, which rolled out video comments through its partnership with Seesmic yesterday). Think about it: if someone’s going to take the time to turn on a webcam and say something in front of it that the whole world might have the potential to contemplate, isn’t that a pretty cool thing? And when we’re talking tech and media-related blogs, I think in the vast majority of cases people who leave video comments are going to at least try to be thoughtful and intelligent about it."

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Second-tier social networks feel the pain too

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myYearbook.com

Blog article discussing the recent decline of Facebook.com, will it affect second-tier social networks too?

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Other Second-Tier Social Networks Susceptible?
It will be interesting to keep an eye on other second-tier social networks, such as Hi5, Tagged and myYearbook.com.

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