***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS*** Colleagues/ A Most Interesting Business/Social Online Network: _Hoover's Connect_: Hoover*s, Inc., a D&B company, announced the official launch of Hoover*s Connect, a business networking tool that helps users get introduced to and establish relationships with targeted prospects. [snip] Hoover*s Connect is designed to provide an effective, nonintrusive way for its users to connect to a person through someone the prospect may already have a strong relationship with and who is therefore best suited to make that introduction. [snip] Hoover*s Connect is easy to use. When the user goes to a particular Hoover*s company record and clicks the "Connect" button, various referral paths appear that highlight the strongest path within that user*s network. The service allows users to build their networks actively (by inviting colleagues to join) as well as passively (through an Outlook plug-in that applies unique social networking algorithms to automatically rate relationship strength). [More] For Additional Information about Hoover's Connect and Links to The Home Page and The Demo Site Please Visit [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/02/hoovers-connect-business-ne... ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows ... [ http://www.alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]