Talk:Professional network service

Defining Professional Network
(original comment removed from article page and placed here - Jimcripps (talk) 16:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC))

"( The source itself for the above entry is the WSJ. The WSJ article had no sources, so it was the work of a journalist )

I think the Professional Network Service is not what I was looking for when I surfed and wanted a professionally written, clean definition of the term PROFESSIONAL NETWORK,  which took me to the above definition. I think there should be two categories of definition, below.

1. Professional Network by definition is the sharing of customer information to expand business opportunities and profitability across a spectrum of fellow professional specialties.

2. Professional Network Service is an internet based professional information sharing online database, usually supported by large server based information companies." - user:Humandefinition

Meaning of SNCR not explained
The text refers at several occasions to an organisation called SNCR which apparently stands for "society for new communications research". There is no wikipedia-page for this society and the reference is a presentation given by DiMauro and Bulmer in 2009. Maybe the text could be modified to: 'According to a survey conducted by the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR), there are at least nine online professional networks [...]' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.110.110.4 (talk) 20:43, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

About SNCR - https://www.conference-board.org/SNCR/ The Society for New Communications Research of The Conference Board (SNCR) is dedicated to the advanced study of the latest developments in new and emerging communications tools and technologies, including digital, social media, and mobile, and their effect on business, media, health, law, culture, and society. SNCR’s Fellows include a leading group of futurists, scholars, business and communications leaders, members of the media and technologists from around the globe—all collaborating together on research initiatives, educational offerings, and the establishment of standards and best practices. Vdimauro (talk) 12:31, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

German language article
Hi, so far this links to the German article "Netzwerker" (networker), which is far from what this article talks about. Anyone up to creating a German-language article with me? Suggestion: de:Geschäftsnetzwerk (Internet) -- Horst-schlaemma (talk) 16:17, 25 January 2014 (UTC)