Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social like Mashable — with Google Friend Connect (check out http://www.google.com/friendconnect/).

By using little snippets of code, you can connect your web site with your friends using OpenID, Facebook, Google, and MySpace account. Easy?

It seems like Google’s aim to overtake Facebook and MySpace are getting stronger.

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SocialSpark is a Social Marketing Network that connects advertisers and bloggers through an online advertising marketplace. Advertisers are able to target blogs based on conversational topics and make cash sponsorship offers to the bloggers who publish them. Bloggers can make money by either placing display advertisements on their blog or by writing sponsored content. The sponsorships offered through the SocialSpark marketplace allow advertisers to build buzz, generate traffic and maximize social media exposure.

Created by the people who brought you The Blogger’s Choice Awards, currently SocialSpark is still in Beta.

The Benefits of SocialSpark for Bloggers and Advertisers

Unlike the other pay per post, in SocialSpark, you will not only get paid to write sponsored blog content on a per post basis, you can have advertisers pay per day to sponsor your blog too!

So, will SocialSpark spark? Only time will tell.

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Get ShareThis button for your site

As we all know, ShareThis used to be a Wordpress plugin which enables the readers to share a specific blog entry they like to their friends via Digg, reddit, Facebook, MySpace, StumbleUpon, etc. Yes, ShareThis is still a Wordpress plugin, but now, publishers can also find ShareThis in the form of Blogger Plugin, Typepad Plugin as well as for non-blog publishers.

Ordinary web users can also install ShareThis button into their Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers so they can share their favorite web sites with their friends and family.

By registering at ShareThis, publishers get an additional perk — they can track users through a Report tool.

An example of ShareThis Report

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Techcrunch has reported that Facebook has been testing a new instant messaging service and will be launching it some time next week.

The instant messaging service may be something like MySpace, which proves unsuccessful. For now, Facebook will not be making it a desktop software like Yahoo! Messenger, MSN or AIM meaning users will have to log into Facebook to chat with their Facebook friends.

Yay to instant poking!

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