SOCIAL NETWORKING

Hi! Good day & salam   

What do you think when we're talking about social networking? Yes! of course there are pros & contras. A social networking is one of the bloom of information technology nowadays. Millions of people engage in this marvellous technology even for what reasons they are joining for membership of the sites. Ok friends... here you are... a social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, let say... who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Additionally, most social network services are web based and provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as  email and  instant messaging. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.

To share with you all... in early social networking on the World Wide Web (www) began in the form of generalized online communities such as  Geocities (1994), Theglobe.com (1995),  and  Tripod.com (1995). Many of these early communities focused on bringing people together to interact with each other through chat rooms, and encouraged users to share personal information and ideas via personal webpages by providing easy-to-use publishing tools and free or inexpensive webspace. Some communities, such as Classmates.com - took a different approach by simply having people link to each other via email addresses. In the late 1990s, user profiles became a central feature of social networking sites, allowing users to compile lists of "friends" and search for other users with similar interests.

Afterwards, the new social networking methods were developed by the end of the 1990s, and many sites began to develop more advanced features for users to find and manage friends. This newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of  Makeoutclub  in 2000, followed by Friendster in 2002, and soon became part of the internet mainstream. Friendster was followed by  MySpace  and  LinkedIn  a year later, and finally, Bebo. Attesting to the rapid increase in social networking sites' popularity, by 2005, MySpace was reportedly getting more page views than Google. Facebook, launched in 2004, has since become the largest social networking site in the world. Today, it is estimated that there are now over 200 active sites using a wide variety of social networking models.

Actually I'm going not to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the social networking more further because there are a lot of news that we've heard through mass media whether printed or electronic media. It's up to all of us to think carefully for the entire of those services by reading more, and watching all related news about the previous cases and experiences by the victims in such syndicates which are using the social networking services as the medium for their modus operandi. But... I just want to share with you a several of the list of major active social networking websites such as :-

a) 

Founder : Mark Zuckerberg

Founded : Cambridge, Massachusettes

Description : General

Date Launched : 4 February 2004


Registered Users : 600 mil (Jan 2011)


Revenue : US$800 mil (2009)

   

b) 

Founder : Jack Dorsey

Founded : San Francisco, California, USA

Description : General, micro-blogging, RSS, updates

Date Launched : 15 July 2006


Registered Users : 200 mil (Jan 2010)


Revenue : US$150 mil (2010)


c) 
            

Founder : Jonathan Abrams

Founded : Morgan Hill, California, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 22 March 2002

Registered Users : 90 mil (Jun 2010)

Revenue : -

 

d) 

Founder : Ludicorp ( owner - Yahoo! inc. ) 

Founded : Vancouver, Canada

Description : Photo sharing, commenting, photo related networking, worldwide

Date Launched : February 2004

Registered Users : 32 mil 

Revenue : -


e) 

Founder : Orkut Buyukkokten ( owner - Google Inc. ) 

Founded : Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 22 January 2004

Registered Users : 100 mil 

Revenue : -

f) 

Founder :  Tom Anderson ( owner - News Corporation ) 

Founded : San Francisco, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 21 Jun 2003

Registered Users : 80 mil 

Revenue : - 

g)  

Founder :  Ramu Yalamanchi ( owner - Sona Networks ) 

Founded : Santa Monica, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : August 2003

Registered Users : 100 mil 

Revenue : US$385 (2009)

h)  (Formerly - Facebox & Bingbox)

Founder :  Lorenz Bogaert ( owner - Netlog NV/SA ) 

Founded : Ghent, Belgium

Description : General

Date Launched : July 2003

Registered Users : 70 mil ( September 2010 ) 

Revenue : - 

i)   

  

Founder :  Michael Birch ( owner - Criterion Capital Partners ) 

Founded : San Franscisco, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : July 2005

Registered Users : 117 mil 

Revenue : - 

j)  

Founder :  Reid Hoffman ( owner - LinkedIn Corporation ) 

Founded : Santa Monica, Carlifornia, USA

Description : Business & Professional Networking

Date Launched : 5 May 2003

Registered Users : 100 mil (March 2011) 

Revenue : US$161.4 mil

( source : http://www.wikipedia.org )

Before leaving, I'd like to ask you ladies & gentleman... actually... How Big Is Social Networking?

 ( Video dated : 13 May 2008 )

Wokey friends... I think I should stop here. Suppose we can meet again in another writing. Hope you'll be always in good condition and received some knowledge from this sharing.

Roger & Out!