This document compares 12 different websites across four categories: social networking, fashion, search engines, and video. It provides brief descriptions for each site, including their purpose, key features, and differences between them. For social networking, it examines Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Tumblr. Fashion sites covered are H&M and FashionNova. Google and Yahoo are discussed as major search engines. Finally, it analyzes video platforms Netflix, Tenies Online, Vimeo, and Twitch.

1. Comparing 12 websites
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Asha De Zutter
Constantinos Psomas
Hannelore Jansegers

2. Social Networking

3. Facebook
• Free social networking site
• Keep in touch with people
• Post pictures/videos/statuses
• Many different features in 37 languages
• Has an app & messenger app
• Very handy and easy to use platform
• Frequently updated attractive layout
• Used by millions

4. Twitter
• Micro blogging networking service
• “Tweets” updating followers (max.
140 characters)
• More public than Facebook
• Has an app but no instant chatting
• Many celebrities use it
• Easy to use but don’t think one
needs both a Facebook & Twitter
account
• Well defined layout

5. LinkedIn
• Networking service more for
professional than personal life
• For job seekers as well as employers
• Post professional experience & talents
• Very different use than Facebook &
Twitter
• Can “connect” with anyone you are
interested in
• Available in 24 languages
• Logical layout & chatting opportunities
• Very useful site to network with potential
employers & job candidates

6. Tumblr
• Very different from other
networking sites mentioned
• Micro blogging for multimedia
• Follow people’s blogs
• Post and repost
photos/quotes/videos
• Private or public (up to you)
• The goal is not to contact others
but share interests
• Difficult to figure out all options at
first
• Good blogging site

7. FASHION WEBSITES

8. H&M
 Hennes and Mauritz
 Swedish multinational clothing company
 Men, women, children, home
 Easy to navigate through
 Colorful, accessible
 Shipping

9. FashionNova
 Based in downtown LA, only 5 retail shops
 Worldwide shipping
 Only women’s wear
 All tabs on top, no sub-tabs
 Clean, simple website
 Reviews

10. SEARCH ENGINES

11. Google
 Most used search engine
 Owned by Google
 +3 billion searches / day
 Google search + I’m feeling lucky
 Logo
 White background
 Market share: 58,5%
 Google+, YouTube

12. Yahoo! Search
 Third largest search engine
 Owned by Yahoo!
 Logo
 White background
 Weather
 Trending
 Market share: 23%
 Tumblr, Flickr

13. VIDEO WEBSITES

14. NETFLIX
 Found in 1997 in California by Reed Hastinngs and Marc
Randolph
 View movies, documentaries, series and more
 Pay every month (1st month free trial)
 HD videos and series
 Different in different parts of the world
 83 million paid subscribers (47 million in USA)
 Easy to use, with big displays

15. TENIES ONLINE
 Greek online streaming website
 Movies, series and documentaries
 Greek subtitles (hard to find)
 Tenies = movies in Greek
 Forum available
 Can see reviews and recommendations

16. VIMEO
 Video sharing site
 Founded by filmmakers in 2004
 Different paid versions, the more expensive the more
benefits you get.

17. TWITCH
 Live streaming video platform
 Subsidiary of Amazon
 Launched in 2007
 Introduced in 2011
 Focuses on video gaming
 February 2014 - 4th largest source of internet traffic in the
US
 Can Follow channels