Welcome - although it's really not the right greeting for college coaches and administrators - to the Facebook, YouTube, MySpace era. Cyberspace is the place to be, but often not the place to be seen, for student-athletes.

Yoh, a leading provider of talent and outsourcing services and a business unit of Day & Zimmermann, today announced that it has embarked on a joint venture with CareerBuilder.com and Facebook. As part of this relationship, Yoh will create its own Facebook fan page with the most up-to-date industry news and resources. 

Social networks rank among the most popular destinations on the Internet -- particularly for the hard-to-reach youth audience -- and marketers will continue to look for ways to reach consumers at those sites, according to eMarketer.

Vidsense, the Web's largest video ad network, today announced the "Good Works Better Alliance," an innovative fund-raising initiative designed to put social networks to work on behalf of non-profits and NFPs. 

Social networking is going corporate. The popular technology used by millions of people to share ideas and photos on MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others is catching on at companies to improve productivity and communication among workers.

Most users of social networking Web sites are motivated mainly by personal needs and a desire for entertainment, rather than business and practical objectives, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that although the potential of such sites for business remains largely untapped, they will become increasingly important to the competiveness of large enterprises in the future.

Hi5 has had a growth spurt over the first half of this year, growing from 31 million to 56 million monthly active users over the first six months of the year. Like its still-larger rivals Facebook and MySpace, it has been hiring lots of senior leaders, especially on on the business side. 

There are countless websites that enable people around the world to jump online and calculate the negative impact in which they are affecting the environment and what they can do as an individual to reduce their footprint. 

Facebook has overtaken MySpace to become the world's most popular social networking site with 132 million unique visitors in June, according to new figures from web tracking firm ComScore. 

Limelite Web announced today the launch of its first-to-market, Social Network Shoutlist (www.shoutlist.com) a new social network based on top lists. The site aims to capture the imagination of the many web users that enjoy creating Top 5 and Top 10 Lists.

Desired Results Consulting, the Florida-based community association consulting firm, has announced the launch of My Condo Coach, a social network specifically for Licensed Community Association Managers (LCAMs) and the boards of directors of community associations. This forum will be the first of its kind, entering the Community Association Management industry into the dynamic world of social networking. 

Entrepreneur.com announces the launch of Entrepreneur Connect, a highly anticipated online social networking site for the small business community at http://econnect.entrepreneur.com. The new online destination, presented by Sprint, is a business-to-business marketplace designed specifically for entrepreneurs.

SPOT LLC, the pioneer behind the award-winning SPOT Satellite Messenger(tm), today announced its integration with Yahoo! Fire Eagle further enhancing the mainstream consumer appeal for the SPOT Satellite Messenger. 

Fitspott (fitspott.com), a social networking platform targeting the health and fitness industry will open the doors to the beta version of its platform in Mid-September. “The most popular social networks are reaching a critical mass which will result in the emergence of much more targeted social networks. Our target is the health and fitness industry” says Erin Hurry, Co-Founder of Fitspott.

After the recent worm outbreak on Facebook and MySpace, the social networking sites and security experts are working to prevent future attacks.