Social sites have made a big impact on the Internet and the communities we live in over the past few years. Everyone from all walks of life have taken to these social sites, from entrepreneurs, internet surfers and the everyday punter for array of different reasons, from business groups to hobby groups and staying in contact with your mates and regaining contact with long lost pals from the old days. Another way these sites have been used by many is to collect personal email information, names, addresses and phone numbers.

As the years pass by we all move on in different directions, and more often or not it's common to lose track of friends from school, college and buddies from the past. The modern age has had it's effect on society in a social way as in many others ways as well. It's very common for people of all ages to belong to Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo, Myspace and who knows what in the future, all of which are finding these social sites a great way to stay connected with each other, not only in the same country but companions overseas as well.

One of the easiest ways to find your old friends is by searching in Google or your web browser, by typing in their name and seeing what comes up. The problem is if it's quite a common name you could be spending heaps of time looking through many names... not much fun. Sifting through websites and relative information to find long lost pals can be very tedious to say the least.

Identifying the right 'Joe Blow' from the other can be more or less impossible with out a good picture, which is where social sites have been an excellent source for many to regain contact with old buddies. Having a profile picture makes it so much easier to recognize you've contacted the right person and say Hi.

Chat rooms are becoming more popular and can be another source for looking for long lost friends. Posting can be made with descriptions and photos of mates of old, although it's not the best way to go about it. This can be long and unless you know people in the chat rooms it will be like following a long lost trail of who knows who to find email information about your friend or family.

Finally another way to go about finding someone is through their hobbies, if you can remember which hobbies they were interested in, then you can search through hobbies using social sites. It's a bit of a wild chance, but they may still be interested in the same things as they were when you last saw them, this could be in their profile, which could lead you to tracking them down.

There's no doubt that social sites have made a big difference to the way we all interact on the internet today. It's becoming a different way of staying in touch with friends from the old days, gone are the letters and stamps, this is the age where everyone can be found at a click of a button, making new friends online and rekindle old friendships from the past.