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A mishmash of specialty markets is what we’re focusing on today – from racial to age-based, or health-based, these sites offer networking to very specific communities.

This installment of Niche Social Networking Sites showcases a few travel sites that captured our attention. If you’re in the travel business and have travel articles or advice to share, or are just plain addicted to traveling, then check out what we’ve rounded up for you!

Check out these social networking sites built around two very popular subjects, and maybe you’ll discover a new wine to try, beer to drink, poker game to join, or a few fellow pet lovers. Do you have any sites like these to share? We’d love to hear from you!

Measuring the effects of your social media presence, and finding a way to connect it to your bottom line can be tricky since so many measurements (like friends added, number of visitors to your website, etc) generally indicate how loyal fans are, rather than how much business is coming in because of it. Here to help you make sense (haha) of it all, are a few measurement tools.

Today’s installment in our Niche Social Networking Sites series covers sites that offer you the ability to create something – a story timeline, a photo book, or even your own social networking site. The first two sites can either stand alone or be connected to your other social media profiles, while the third site is something different altogether (in a good way).

Rev your engines and warm up those muscles because here are our top picks for sports and motor vehicle-oriented niche social networking sites!

Bibliophiles have united across the internet, and their passion has created an even more tightly-knit community ready and willing to share the names of their favorite tomes, or even lend you a well-worn copy of that novel you’ve always wanted to read. Are you a part of any of these communities?

Here are our picks for interesting niche business and career-specific oriented social networking sites. Do you know of any great sites we might have missed? Let us know in the comments section below the post!