Friend Me, Follow Me or Google Me?

It sometimes feels like it was easier to exchange contact information with someone before the Web came along. You really had two options: handing out a business card or scribbling down a phone number. And although the Web promised to make this transaction simpler, it feels more confusing than ever. Now we have to decide where to send people online whom we meet in real life. Friend me on Facebook; follow me on Twitter; e-mail me; go to my personal Web site. Oh, forget it, just Google me. Facebook, Twitter, Google and a number of other social networks are trying to become the new first destination for everyone online.