(BuildingWebsiteNews) Xing buys Turkish online business site - Guardian Unlimited

Social networking sites are increasingly targeting niche audiences to offer specialised services, and both firms want to attract the lucrative business community which typically makes up around 25% of the population. Xing has a particularly strong presence in Germany but, unlike Facebook, makes money through a paid-for premium service. Flat-rate internet tariffs are helping drive take-up of social networking tools on mobile phones, according to research. A Cambridge University admissions tutor has admitted he checks up on students applying to his college by browsing their Facebook profiles. The UK leads Europe in using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, according to a study by media regulator Ofcom. The teen social networking site Piczo is expanding its service to allow users to post photos, videos and messages from their phones. read more

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