Yes, I’m sorry its true ….Its really there – Its not april fools day and Danny Brown isn’t involved. Now your Pets can have their own profile on their own social network – My Social Petwork… where pets do the talking.

You have to be over 14 to register with the Pet social network but I’m guessing this is the pet owners age not the pet!

My Social Petwork is operated by Pep Publishing – who also own Loveit magazine, Full House and That’s Amazing Magazine, and are asking for stories.

As an open platform any photos or links that you put on My Social Petwork can be seen via search engines but your profile however cannot – this can only been seen by members of the network.

On the network you can add – photos, videos, links, which you can “love” The ones with the most “loves” will be awarded Picture of Video of the day.

You can also comment, friend, and send private messages just as you can any other network.

A word about content

From the terms and conditions on My Social Petwork

By posting User Content to the Site you grant us the right to distribute this content in any existing or future media for any purpose in connection with the Site or the promotion. By posting User Content you promise that you have the right to post and publicly display this content. You also waive all of the moral rights that you have under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any User Content.

My Social Petwork on Facebook

So, I saw that they have their own Facebook page but when I looked in to it, I found out some more information.

I thought this was a new and clever name but now I see that there are a few Facebook pages or profiles with the name “Social Petwork” – one has 2000 likes and was founded in January 2011 but it doesn’t seem to be connected - The Social Petwork and this one from November 2011 – Social Petwork and another The Social Petwork and the list goes on.

However My Social Petwork appears to have a Facebook page from somewhere other than UK but has the same Font and logo which was launched June 2011 and the UK My Social Petwork which was launched in February 2013

There doesn’t seem anything wrong with that, I just found it astonishing that there are all these Facebook pages for Social Petworks.

I know you all want your pets to have their own Twitter or Facebook accounts well now they have their own Network!

You need never wonder where to share your cat pictures again …. no need to put them on your own profile anymore!

Skillpages is a social media directory or networking website for job seekers and recruiters or people looking just for a type of skill. If you are looking for full-time, part time, temporary or a one off job, Skillpages might be a great place to start as it now has over 10 million users.

Skillpages was originally called Weedle and was launched in 2009. However it went through some changes and was relaunched in January 2011 as Skillpages.

After recently launching an iPhone application Skillpages became just that bit more popular increasing their database by 1.5million users.

What is Skillpages

Basically, Skillpages is where you find skilled people or showcase your own skills.

People say that Skillpages is just another Linkedin but its different in the way that it concentrates on your skills. With Skillpages you are searching for peoples skills in certain areas – so people might be looking for an expert in eCommerce in London, Skillpages will find them for you, either in your own community of people you trust or new contacts. With the search function you can immediately see who has the most recommendations by the thumbs up and if they are in your community or not.

On signing up for an account you add your profile as you would normally on starting a social network, and then your work experiences – you can connect facebook and linkedin and it will add that information for you but on Skillpages the most important thing is to..

Add your skills

If you have many skills remember to start with the skill that you want to be seen for the most as this is what appears first when people click on your profile to recommend you.

You add the name of your skill
A description – Here you put things like – why you are good at this skill – your qualifications and your experience and maybe which companies you have worked for.
Add a cover photo
Then you finish off by asking for recommendations, either by Facebook, Twitter or Email. - There has been talk of spam arising from using the email method, which I’m not sure of as I didn’t use it, I assume it emails everyone in your address book to ask for a recommendation which could seem like spam to some.
All of this is optional, but I would suggest filling it all out.

Work Opportunities

If you are looking for work – you can search for Work Opportunities.

Click Work Opportunities at the top and the fill in what type of work and the area and you will get a list of people that are looking for that skill in your area – Here you can click on the position or opportunity that you like. Baring in mind many people are looking for the same thing so if you are going to apply you need to make your reply stand out from the rest and as always having a fantastic personal avatar and being polite helps. Unlike this reply I just saw - JUST CALL ME I NEED JOB!!

Looking for a Skilled Person?

Once you have your own account you can then post an opportunity if you are looking for someone with a certain skill.

Scroll down to under your skills on your profile page and you will see – Post an opportunity.

Here you just fill in, What you need and What you need them to do – and Skillpages will notify people with those skills for you, no need for searching.

I haven’t actually used Skillpages to find a job for myself but it certainly looks like the place to be if you are looking for any type of work, there are many many opportunities available and its growing all of the time. Skillpages says it has 21,292,088 skills and counting.

Skillpages is available on the web or mobile.

Hope this helped you understand a little bit about What is Skillpages.