| Website | tagged.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | 415-946-1953 |
| Employees | 38 |
| Total | $13.5M |
| Angel, 9/05 Reid Hoffman | $1.5M |
| Series A, 12/05 Mayfield Fund | $7M |
| Debt, 12/08 Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC Leader Ventures | $5M |
When Tagged launched in 2004 as a teen-only social network, security was a top priority. In October 2006 the site made a drastic change and went from being under-18 only, to allowing users of any age to join. This change has helped user registration skyrocket. In fact, Tagged was adding more users per day than MySpace in May of 2007. In addition to all of the new users, Tagged has still been able to bill itself as safe environment for teens by keeping security in place for the under-18 crowd.
Another reason for the large number of registrations is Tagged’s aggressiveness with signing up new users. At registration users are strongly encouraged to invite their entire address book as friends. It’s a highly viral, albeit controversial, way to quickly add lots of new users.
The site, which is profitable, has many competitors in the second tier of social networks including Friendster, Bebo, Piczo and Orkut.
| Website | tagged.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | September 7, 2006 |
| Tags | social-networking, tagged, kid-friendly, teen-friendly |
Protecting the safety of their users is what makes Tagged different from other social networking sites. Although the site has opened up to all ages, they still have tight security in place for users under 18. For example, profiles for 13 and 14 year olds cannot be viewed by the public or registered users over 16, and profiles for 15-16 year olds are private to non users and users over 18. Older users can still add these youngsters as friends, but they must know their email address or last name to request the friendship, and the younger user must also accept them.
Besides that, Tagged seems like a lot of other social networking sites out there. The default profile layout is similar to that of MySpace. Users can list information about themselves, upload pictures, send messages, leave comments, share videos, play games, chat and more.
