Family-networking sites

Move over Martha, here comes a whole passel of family-networking sites. Martha Stewart's may be more about networking around crafts, entertaining, décor, cooking, etc., than about parenting, but there's a lot of what might already be called 2nd-generation social-networking competition beating her to the Web. "Since January, nearly a dozen family-networking portals have launched in test version, including Ourstory.com, Zamily.com, Amiglia.com, Families.com, Famoodle.com, Jotspot Family Site, Cingo.com, FamilyRoutes.com, [Minti.com] and Famundo.com," CNET reports. CNET also mentions the about-to-launch LiveHeritage.com, a "free facial recognition site offering photos and genealogy" features. Like MySpace, they're multimedia, allowing collaborative blogging, photo- and video-sharing, and calendar-sharing, but with more emphasis on (and user interest in) privacy. Then there are all those parenting groups on MySpace itself – see my "Parents on MySpace," 3/10.