ProfileLinker Launches and Lets Users Sync Profiles Across Social Networking Sites
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If you’re one of the estimated 173 million social network users in the US, chances are you have more than one profile on the many social network sites in existence. In fact, you probably have multiple profiles and “friends” across various social networking sites like YouTube, MySpace and others. Updating the variety of profiles and messages across each social dwelling can be wearisome and time-consuming.
A new company named ProfileLinker has recognized this fact and developed a system to help folks gain their multiple profiles and messages across bunches of accepted networking sites. Today ProfileLinker launched a service that gives web users the ability to link their profiles across various social networking sites in one centralized status. ProfileLinker is a free service that has fair exited what ProfileLinker called “months of closed beta testing and product development” in an email sent out today about ProfileLinker’s launch. 
Recently reviewed by TechCrunch, ProfileLinker basically allows users to input the social networking sites they currently use along with login credentials, letting ProfileLinker bring all the users’ friends from their favorite networks together and receive updates in one central location. ProfileLinker also lets users search across “over 250 million profiles with live member data from some of the biggest names in social networking” such as Digg.com, del.icio.us, Facebook, eHarmony and more. Users can also customize their ProfileLinker start page with specific modules such as local sports, weather, etc. And, ProfileLinker supports its users’ chosen RSS feeds from sites across the internet. The ProfileLinker toolbar enables users to be notified when they receive messages from friends across their chosen social sites, and provides access to their ProfileLinker page while their scanning other websites. “ProfileLinker solves an direct that active social network users face everyday – the extensive amount of time it takes to check, change, update and manage multiple social network profiles,” said Alix Holder, co-founder of ProfileLinker, in a press release distributed today. “We see ourselves as a My Yahoo! for social networking that can help supplement and drive traffic to existing networks, both mainstream and niche, by encouraging activity and repeat visits,” Holder continued. To begin using ProfileLinker, visit http://www.profilelinker.com register and provide your username for any of the desired following social networks currently listed on ProfileLinker: Aim Pages AsianAvenue Bebo BlackPlanet Bolt Buzznet.com Care2 Chemistry CherryTAP Cpixel CrushSpot Cyworld DateMyPet Dead Journal del.icio.us Digg.com DodgeBall Dogster ecademy eHarmony Eurekster.com Facebox FaceParty Flickr Friendster Gay.com GreatestJournal IdBeat Imeem Imvu IQONS IRC-Galleria Live Spaces LiveJournal LocalHookupz Match Migente Myspace myYearbook Nexopia OkCupid openbc Orkut Passado Paxed Peopleaggregator ProfileHeaven ProfileLinker Reunion Sconex SMS.ac Solomodels Spleak StudyBreakers StumbleUpon Sulekha Tagged TagWorld Text America Tribe.Net Webshots Xanga.com Xuqa Zorpia |
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