Social media services may become distinguished by a common audience and networking sites for business purposes, business networking. But for the business or commercial usage the social media services allowing both private and business use are interesting, too. The best example is Twitter, which is greatly used for business purposes as stats have shown. Lately, twibs, a Twitter business directory has been introduced already. At this post a business directory for Google Friend Connect and another one for Twitter are introduced.

The Friend Connect Directory lists commercial sites, which have integrated Google Friend Connect. The homepage of the service assorts businesses like a typical directory. Too, the data of listings are equivalent to typical business listings. These do include the name of a business or business person, the subject and addresses featured on maps. By searching within the directory the related data will be displayed. This includes a link to a related website with the appendant Google Friend Connect community. The basic submission to the Friend Connect Directory is free.

twtBiz.com is a new business directory of professional Twitter users, companies, professional users and investors actively using the service. The submission is simple and the form directly available at the homepage. A link named search at the upper right refers to the directory, where already about 7000 businesses are listed. The listings include links to websites, Twitter accounts and possible further resources. By an editable message one may describe the subject of a business. Further information is supplied about the numbers of followers and followings and account activities like posts.

Directory Sources: Social Media Marketing – Yellow Pages