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'''Tagged.com''' is a [[social networking site]]. Tagged has had numerous consumer complaints lodged against it for its practices, and is regarded as a [[phishing]] and [[spamming]] site by consumer anti-fraud advocates.<ref> |
'''Tagged.com''' is a [[social networking site]]. Email messages have been received by individuals that appear to be from friends inviting them to see family photographs via a link to "Tagged:)" but upon clicking on the emailed link no photographs are found. Individuals receiving such links have discovered that the friend never sent any email and that photographs will not be provided upon linking to "Tagged:)." Rather, linking to "Tagged:)" will result in a geometric (pyrimidal) progression of such emails being sent without permission from the person whose email address-book has had its integrity and security compromised. Such activity has been verified, for example, in three instances for a single email account in the space of a few hours on June 6, 2009. Tagged has had numerous consumer complaints lodged against it for its practices, and is regarded as a [[phishing]] and [[spamming]] site by consumer anti-fraud advocates.<ref> |
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http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/phishing_Tagged_dot_com.php</ref> See the "Controversy" section below. It was co-founded by Harvard graduates and entrepreneurs Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith.<ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/tech_entrepreneurs/source/9.htm BusinessWeek Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs]</ref> 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.<ref> [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_09/b3973086.htm Business Week Feb 2006]</ref><ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_12/b3976444.htm Business Week Spring 2006]</ref><ref>[http://www.mayfield.com/newsarticles/mayfieldfundxii020806.htm VentureWire]</ref> The site initially targeted US high school students<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114600135884335697-3CoKalhF9jjuA4iaRaPA5NjQiHs_20060525.html Wall Street Journal]</ref> but has since opened to all users worldwide age 13 and older. The company reached profitability in early 2007.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/tagged-turns-profitable-may-be-fastest-growing-social-network/ TechCrunch]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/www-tagged-com-make-new-friends Killer Startups]</ref> Early innovations include the use of third-party [[widgets]] and [[YouTube]] as a part of the site’s graphical interface. Other partnerships include Slide, RockYou, PhotoBucket, Meebo,<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/meebo-turns-chat-rooms-into-a-web-service/ TechCrunch]</ref> Razz<ref>[http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/press-release-razz-inc-partners-major-social-networking-site-tagged Razz press release]</ref> and Jangl.<ref>[http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/04/23/daily41.html?jst=s_cn_hl East Bay Business Times]</ref> As of July 2008, the site claims to have 70 million registered users.<ref>[http://corp.tagged.com/statistics.html Tagged Corp Site]</ref> In late 2008, Tagged raised $5 million venture debt from Horizon Technology Finance and Leader Ventures. In December 2008, Social Networking Watch reported that Tagged.com ranked 4th, 9th, and 19th by [[Hitwise]], [[Nielsen]], and [[Comscore]] respectively.<ref>[http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/usa-social-networking-ran.html Social Networking Watch]</ref> In June 2009, TechCrunch ranked Tagged as the 6th most valuable social networking site in the world, according to their unique "social network valuation model", with estimated valuation up to $920,000,000.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/04/the-true-value-of-social-networks-the-2009-updated-model/ TechCrunch social networking sites valuations]</ref> |
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/phishing_Tagged_dot_com.php</ref> See the "Controversy" section below. It was co-founded by Harvard graduates and entrepreneurs Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith.<ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/tech_entrepreneurs/source/9.htm BusinessWeek Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs]</ref> 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.<ref> [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_09/b3973086.htm Business Week Feb 2006]</ref><ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_12/b3976444.htm Business Week Spring 2006]</ref><ref>[http://www.mayfield.com/newsarticles/mayfieldfundxii020806.htm VentureWire]</ref> The site initially targeted US high school students<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114600135884335697-3CoKalhF9jjuA4iaRaPA5NjQiHs_20060525.html Wall Street Journal]</ref> but has since opened to all users worldwide age 13 and older. The company reached profitability in early 2007.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/tagged-turns-profitable-may-be-fastest-growing-social-network/ TechCrunch]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/www-tagged-com-make-new-friends Killer Startups]</ref> Early innovations include the use of third-party [[widgets]] and [[YouTube]] as a part of the site’s graphical interface. Other partnerships include Slide, RockYou, PhotoBucket, Meebo,<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/meebo-turns-chat-rooms-into-a-web-service/ TechCrunch]</ref> Razz<ref>[http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/press-release-razz-inc-partners-major-social-networking-site-tagged Razz press release]</ref> and Jangl.<ref>[http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/04/23/daily41.html?jst=s_cn_hl East Bay Business Times]</ref> As of July 2008, the site claims to have 70 million registered users.<ref>[http://corp.tagged.com/statistics.html Tagged Corp Site]</ref> In late 2008, Tagged raised $5 million venture debt from Horizon Technology Finance and Leader Ventures. In December 2008, Social Networking Watch reported that Tagged.com ranked 4th, 9th, and 19th by [[Hitwise]], [[Nielsen]], and [[Comscore]] respectively.<ref>[http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/usa-social-networking-ran.html Social Networking Watch]</ref> In June 2009, TechCrunch ranked Tagged as the 6th most valuable social networking site in the world, according to their unique "social network valuation model", with estimated valuation up to $920,000,000.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/04/the-true-value-of-social-networks-the-2009-updated-model/ TechCrunch social networking sites valuations]</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:37, 7 June 2009
Type of site | Social Networking Site |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tagged Inc. |
| Created by | Greg Tseng Johann Schleier-Smith |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
Tagged.com is a social networking site. Email messages have been received by individuals that appear to be from friends inviting them to see family photographs via a link to "Tagged:)" but upon clicking on the emailed link no photographs are found. Individuals receiving such links have discovered that the friend never sent any email and that photographs will not be provided upon linking to "Tagged:)." Rather, linking to "Tagged:)" will result in a geometric (pyrimidal) progression of such emails being sent without permission from the person whose email address-book has had its integrity and security compromised. Such activity has been verified, for example, in three instances for a single email account in the space of a few hours on June 6, 2009. Tagged has had numerous consumer complaints lodged against it for its practices, and is regarded as a phishing and spamming site by consumer anti-fraud advocates.[1] See the "Controversy" section below. It was co-founded by Harvard graduates and entrepreneurs Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith.[2] 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.[3][4][5] The site initially targeted US high school students[6] but has since opened to all users worldwide age 13 and older. The company reached profitability in early 2007.[7] 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.[8] Early innovations include the use of third-party widgets and YouTube as a part of the site’s graphical interface. Other partnerships include Slide, RockYou, PhotoBucket, Meebo,[9] Razz[10] and Jangl.[11] As of July 2008, the site claims to have 70 million registered users.[12] In late 2008, Tagged raised $5 million venture debt from Horizon Technology Finance and Leader Ventures. In December 2008, Social Networking Watch reported that Tagged.com ranked 4th, 9th, and 19th by Hitwise, Nielsen, and Comscore respectively.[13] In June 2009, TechCrunch ranked Tagged as the 6th most valuable social networking site in the world, according to their unique "social network valuation model", with estimated valuation up to $920,000,000.[14]
Controversy
Tagged provides a feature whereby users are invited to provide it with their email username and password, and it will then check their email address books for contacts and repeatedly send email invites to people who are not yet on Tagged, claiming that they have been "added as a friend" or had photos of them tagged. This process has met some criticism in the technology press[15][16] and from some users.[17] The resemblance to a "virus" has been often been mentioned, including by watchdog sites like snopes.com[18].
In March 2008 Microsoft announced a commercial partnership with social networking sites Tagged, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bebo, and hi5 regarding email contacts APIs[19][20] which has since been implemented [21].
Prior to Tagged, Greg Tseng was Co-Founder and CEO of Internet incubator Jumpstart Technologies.[22] In March 2006, Jumpstart Technologies settled with the FTC on alleged violations of the CAN-SPAM Act, which included a $900,000 fine, but no admission of guilt.[23]
From February 2009, Tagged.com has been blocked in the State of Qatar by the only ISP Qtel after a number of "complaints from the public”. [24] Tagged.com is one of the 10 most visited sites in the State of Qatar.[25]
Tagged is known for a major lack of spam guards in user profiles, thus allowing users journals to be hijacked and repetitive messages of spam be posted.
References
- ^ http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/phishing_Tagged_dot_com.php
- ^ BusinessWeek Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs
- ^ Business Week Feb 2006
- ^ Business Week Spring 2006
- ^ VentureWire
- ^ Wall Street Journal
- ^ TechCrunch
- ^ Killer Startups
- ^ TechCrunch
- ^ Razz press release
- ^ East Bay Business Times
- ^ Tagged Corp Site
- ^ Social Networking Watch
- ^ TechCrunch social networking sites valuations
- ^ eWeek
- ^ Symantec
- ^ User comments at McAfee Site Advisor
- ^ snopes.com
- ^ Windows Live Dev Blog
- ^ TechCrunch
- ^ TechCrunch
- ^ Greg Tseng's speaker bio at the Authentication and Online Trust Summit 2007
- ^ FTC Press Release
- ^ arabianbussiness.com
- ^ Gulfbase