- Tagged.com
Infobox Website
caption =
commercial = Yes
type =Social Networking Site
registration = Required
owner = Tagged Inc.
author = Greg Tseng
Johann Schleier-Smith
launch date = October 2004
current status = Active
revenue =Tagged.com is a social networking site. It was co-founded by Harvard graduates and entrepreneurs Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith. [ [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/tech_entrepreneurs/source/9.htm BusinessWeek Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs] ] Tagged.com was launched in October 2004 by Tagged Inc. and is privately owned. Tagged Inc. has raised $7 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield Fund. [ [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_09/b3973086.htm Business Week Feb 2006] ] [ [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_12/b3976444.htm Business Week Spring 2006] ] [ [http://www.mayfield.com/newsarticles/mayfieldfundxii020806.htm VentureWire] ] The site initially targeted US high school students [ [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114600135884335697-3CoKalhF9jjuA4iaRaPA5NjQiHs_20060525.html Wall Street Journal] ] but has since opened to all users worldwide age 13 and older. The company reached profitability in early 2007. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/tagged-turns-profitable-may-be-fastest-growing-social-network/ TechCrunch] ] The site allows its users to build and customize profiles, send messages, leave comments, post bulletins, customize status, browse photos, watch videos, play games, give gifts, give tags, chat and make friends. [ [http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/www-tagged-com-make-new-friends Killer Startups] ] Early innovations include the use of third-party
widgets andYouTube as a part of the site’s graphical interface. Other partnerships include Slide, RockYou, PhotoBucket, Meebo [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/meebo-turns-chat-rooms-into-a-web-service/ TechCrunch] ] , Razz [ [http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/press-release-razz-inc-partners-major-social-networking-site-tagged Razz press release] ] and Jangl [ [http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/04/23/daily41.html?jst=s_cn_hl East Bay Business Times] ] . As of July 2008, the site claims to have 70 million registered users. [ [http://corp.tagged.com/statistics.html Tagged Corp Site] ] The site has also shown a surge in traffic in 2008 to date. [ [http://quantcast.com/tagged.com Quantcast] ]Controversy
Tagged provides a feature whereby users may check their email address books to see if their existing friends are already on Tagged. They then have the option of connecting with friends already on Tagged and sending email invites to friends who are not yet on Tagged. This process has met some criticism in the technology press [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Harvesting-Teenagers/ eWeek] ] [http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/04/spam_meets_web_20.html Symantec] ] and from some users [ [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/tagged.com User comments at McAfee Site Advisor] ] . However, in March 2008 Microsoft announced a commercial partnership with top social networking sites Tagged,
Facebook ,LinkedIn ,Bebo , andhi5 regarding email contacts APIs [ [http://dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/archive/2008/03/25/237.aspx Windows Live Dev Blog] ] [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/25/microsoft-learns-to-let-go-windows-live-contacts-now-exportable/ TechCrunch] ] .Prior to Tagged, Greg Tseng was Co-Founder and CEO of Internet incubator Jumpstart Technologies. [ [http://www.aotalliance.org/summit2007/speakers2007.html#Greg_Tseng Greg Tseng's speaker bio at the Authentication and Online Trust Summit 2007] ] In March 2006, Jumpstart Technologies settled with the FTC on alleged violations of the CAN-SPAM Act. The settlement included a $900,000 fine but no admission of guilt. [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/freeflixtix.shtm FTC Press Release] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.tagged.com Company Homepage]
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