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What Is Friendster.com? What Does Friendster.com Offer?
What You Want To Know!

By Linda Roeder, About.com

Cost - Absolutely free!

Parents Permission Policy - When you sign up you are required to click a button that says you are over 16 years old.

From Friendster.com's FAQ page:

  • "The minimum age to have a profile on Friendster.com is currently 16. Furthermore, while all Friendster.com members have access to all services, the minimum age you can use to search for someone is 18..."

Profile Page - Tell all about you on your profile page. From age and gender to favorite books. From your profile editing page you can add music, video and add photos graphics to your profile. You can create a profile, join groups and forums, search for friends and post classifieds if you want.

Edit your profile page. They offer several different background patterns you can choose from. You can also add your own background photo or other image if you want.

Photos - Add a photo to your profile page with a caption. You can display up to 50 photos on your profile each with a caption. Your friends can upload photos to your profile too. When you sign up for a blog you can then create photo albums.

Blog - Choose a layout for your blog and choose a design style. Once you sign up for the blog you will be able to write about your life, memories and tell stories. Along with your Friendster.com blog come a Typelist and a Photo Album. A typelist is a list that will show on the side of your blog. It is a list of links, friends, things you're reading or music.

If you have a blog on another site you can enter the RSS address and have your other blog listed on your Friendster.com profile. Friendster.com has a free blog but if you sign up for the pay versions you will get more options. Choose your own subdomain name to go with your Friendster.com blog.

Advanced Design - You can add music, video and graphics to your profile. If you know CSS you can alter your profile using CSS too. Friendster also offers skins to help you change the look of your site.

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