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Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia

Six degrees of separation is the hypothesis that anyone on Earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances with no more than five intermediaries.

The hypothesis was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Karinthy Frigyes in a short story called Chains.

SIM6D - And experiment to validate the Six Degrees of Separation Hypothesis

Sim6D is the first experiment to validate the theory - Six Degrees of Seperation in China. The goal is to gather comprehensive data on China social networks base on which we can compare China and US key findings and conduct further analysis. We hope everyone can benefit from this experiment and cont

Social Bookmarking - What's it all about and why it is important to business?

Social networking is part of a revoluton in collaberative development internet that form part of Web 2.0 and an important development in connecting with markets.

My online Networking places 

Please feel free to connect with me.

Richelle (Rikki) Arundel - Ecademy Profile

If you are looking for Small Business Marketing tips and ideas to make your membership of the Ecademy more profitable - Well this is a good place to start.

I have been a member of the Ecademy since 1999 and have met a great many very good contacts all over the world - a lot of whom have become good friends. You can sign up and have a look around for 10 days for free - then it really is worth signing up - Undoubtely the best network around in terms of functionality.

LinkedIn: Rikki Arundel

Rikki Arundel's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a networking tool that helps users like Rikki Arundel discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners.

I have just over 300 linked in contacts who have between then 100,000 contacts whon in turn have over 2 million contacts - See the power of Networking - its free to join - you will need my email address - which I have spelled out to avoid spammers - it is rikki at espeaker dot com.

Richelle Arundel's Ryze Business Networking Page

The only problem with all these networks is that connecting with people takes time. I have not been very active on Ryze for a while - but it does have a big userbase and I found it an excellent way to connect with people in Asia last year.

OpenBC - primary European Network

Like Ryze I have not been very active on OpenBC - It is a great network if you need to connect with people in Europe - like all the networks there is a basic level that is free - but if you really want to connect with people you have to pay a small amount every month.

MySpace - More of a Social Network

I have only recenlty joined MySpace however it is one of the biggest online social networks - MySpace if free but you will get lots oof requests from people to connect - You can specify if yo uare looking for network contacts or relationships - though that does not put some of them off.

Yahoo 360 - Wide range of business and social networking tools

I have used Yahoo for years - but it is growing dramatically - as with Myspace and the developing Google Services it provides a unique range of tools like Yahoo Groups and LaunchCast - create your own online Radio - and common tools like bloggin and comments.