Ning

Last edited: 2007-01-06 - suggest a modification
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Billed as the "fast and free way to create custom Social Websites!" Ning is innovative and and good-looking service. It's now split into 3 sections, you can create a video site (e.g. YouTube), an image site (e.g. Flickr) or a groups site (e.g. MySpace). You can use their 'clone' feature to make use of any of the apps already being used including many user-contributed systems. The service is not completely free however, and if you want to map your domain to your Ning account or start to create revenue through advertising you need to pay for "premium features". If your not looking for revenue right now though, this takes the ease of publishing to a next level.

http://www.ning.com/