Professional Portfolios, Plaxo, Linkedin

The pros and cons of these three methods is similar to facebook and myspace accounts. The pros are the capability to access contacts, such as friends, family, business associates, easily and all at the same time. Another pro is the accessiblity to information with regards to your contacts and the access to other contacts through the network system that these sites provide. The cons are the same ones I have for facebook and myspace accounts and that is the easy access to personal information that can give identity theft criminals information that could make it easy for them to destroy your life. If you use these sites you must be careful with the information that you provide and the communication that you do with others on these sites. Supplying personal information needs to be carefully selected before you submit. Being cautious needs to be vital if you access these types of sites.