OK, I am the first to admit that the following article is a little intense. Still, there is some great stuff in there with regard to social networks and the Web in general.

This article surveys properties of social networks and the semantic web, suggests that social network analysis applies to semantic content, argues that semantic content is more searchable if social network metadata is merged with semantic web metadata.

The Learning Organization Journal, 12(5).
Abstract

Purpose: To illustrate the need for social network metadata within semantic metadata.

Design/methodology/approach: Surveys properties of social networks and the semantic web, suggests that social network analysis applies to semantic content, argues that semantic content is more searchable if social network metadata is merged with semantic web metadata. [Read the rest]

Tags: internet, social networking, metadata, websites, semantic networks