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An answer to my social networking nightmare...

I've been wondering how long it would take for a social media guru to not only create a site that could incorporate all your social networking profiles into one profile but also incorporate feeds of you and your friends on your profile!  I've become a Facebook addict and love seeing who is doing what on the social corner. Never mind my MySpace profile, Flickr account with all my 'forget-me-not' photos, my business network, a definite must on LinkedIn, it goes on and on and on...

It seems the answer thus far is Wink - The people search engine! Wink specifically targets their search engine to find individual people who are active web and social network users. A few others such as 8hands, ProfileFly, and Tabber.

The Wink feeds pull in information about your friends from del.icio.us, Twitter, which has recently been added to Wink’s search tools, Flickr, Jaiku, MySpace, Facebook, Wordpress and more. You can find more on the subject on Mashable.

There is still a long way to go before it becomes 100% integrated, as I'm still playing with it and it's not exactly where it should be. However I do feel it's a good step in the right direction.  I look forward to seeing what happens next.  Below is a widget from Wink which will be placed on all my profiles shortly...

where i'm at...


 


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About Gaylene Ravenscroft

Gaylene heads up the Digital practice in the UK. She is an Online PR and marketing specialist. She joined Hill & Knowlton in 2006 and since then has focused on Social Media & Web 2.0 as a core expertise for various clients. Gaylene has been involved in the launch of the LG Shine phone and Yahoo Panama in 2007. She established a Blogger Relations Programme between LG Shine and relevant bloggers to spread word of the Shine phone in the Blogosphere, including Social Networking sites across UK and Europe. The Digital team implemented a similar program for LG Chocolate in 2006 which received a commendation for the 2007 Revolution Awards. Her other clients include Yahoo!, HSBC, Intel & Qualcomm who require strategic consultation and integrated online communications. Her skills include strategic and tactical consultation when developing workable concepts for clients’ online needs to support offline PR objectives. They include Social Media, Online Media, SEO, Web Design and Viral & WOM marketing. Gaylene comes from South Africa where she owned an Internet Development and Online Marketing agency. Her business background has always been in the Digital Marketing arena working alongside clients such as NEC, South African Airways, Alstom UK, Nikon SA & Ellis Park Stadium. Moving to the UK she worked with Halpern Cowan, a Digital agency on clients such as Norwich Union, Supernanny (Channel 4) and e-Booker.