Abstract: A method is disclosed for address book owners to link to a publisher's contact information profile, and establish an automatic updates relationship with the publisher. Upon establishing this relationship, when a publisher modifies his or her profile to reflect updated contact information, the publisher's updated profile information may then automatically be published to an address book owner's address book so that the address book owner's contact for the publisher is automatically updated to reflect the new information in the profile. Thus, the publisher's contact in the address book owner's address book may be automatically updated as a result of a publisher updating his or her profile, and without any action on the part of the address book owner.

Abstract: A social networking service is integrated with a traditional communication service. The communication service may include an instant messaging service, an electronic mail service, a content page management service, or other communication service. The communication service provides one or more interfaces allowing a user to navigate and manage a contact network. A user may access several layers of contacts, and expand their contact list, by selecting additional contacts within additional contact lists.

Abstract: A content page is configured by a user and located on a network. Changes made to the content page are automatically communicated with notifications to a group of contacts for the user. Only contacts with permission to view the content page, or the changed content, will receive the notification and have permission to view the changes. A visual indicator notifies contacts that a content page of one of their contacts has been changed. When the visual indicator or some other contact indicator is selected by the user, a summary module can be provided. The summary module is a portal to network content, including the content page.

Abstract: A content page is configured by a user and located on a network. Changes made to the content page are automatically communicated with notifications to a group of contacts for the user. Only contacts with permission to view the content page, or the changed content, will receive the notification and have permission to view the changes. A visual indicator notifies contacts that a content page of one of their contacts has been changed. When the visual indicator or some other contact indicator is selected by the user, a summary module can be provided. The summary module is a portal to network content, including the content page.