Just like e-mail, we know that many of you use and enjoy social networks to stay connected with friends and family members. We are introducing a feature called "My Networks" that lets you see your updates from multiple social networks all in one place. And we're giving you an easy way to send a status update out to your profiles with just one click.

You can log in and access your profile updates from AIM, MySpace and Facebook. Bebo and Twitter and other networks are coming soon.

And, if you're asking yourself "What's a social network?", they are sites that provide a fun and easy way to stay connected. Try setting up an account with one of them and see how many of the people you know already belong to a social network. We bet you'll be surprised!

My Networks


How To Get Started
The login and setup for each provider is easy. For AIM, you will simply need to enter in your username and password into the fields provided. A quick tip for AOL and AIM users -- you can use your AOL screen name to log in to the AIM Network.

Logging Into AIM on My Networks

For Facebook and MySpace, you'll make a quick visit to their site first to log in and give your permission to access your profile on the AOL.com home page.

Logging Into MySpace on My Networks

Once signed in, you will be able to see notifications of pending messages, friend updates and more at a glance without having to go to each site individually unless you want to do more with your social network.

Global Status Updater
For you super users who belong to every social network out there (you know who you are...), one of the most time-consuming activities is updating your status on each of your networks. One of our favorite new features of the new home page is the ability to update your status across your social networks without leaving your AOL.com home page. Just go down to the Update Your Status area at the bottom of "My Networks " and click on the social networks that you want to update Then type in your message, and click Update All. You just need to be signed in to the networks you want to update.

Global Status Updater


How We Store Your My Networks Choices
When you make changes to your page, like changing your My Networks, we store those choices in a secure "cookie" on the computer that you are using. A cookie is, basically, a file that stores information you enter on a Web page, to save you time later. We use cookies on the AOL.com home page so that you don't have to Sign In or be required to have an AOL screen name to use and save your personalization options. However, deleting your browser cookies or private data will wipe out any changes you've made to your home page. Click here to learn how to protect your personalization choices.


It's that simple. Now, if only everything in life could be this easy and convenient! We hope you love this new feature as much as we do. Please send us your feedback and let us know what other social sites you'd like to see added here!

Learn more about the other new features:

My Stuff - your mini-dashboard with mail preview and more
Mail Preview - preview your mail from Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL
My Links – customizable navigation
My Local – weather, real-time news and more
RSS Feed Browser - news and updates from other Web sites
Themes - choose your homepage design