2. Orkut “ Orkut is an Internet social network service run by Google and named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten . It claims to be designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships. Similar to Facebook , Friendster and MySpace , Orkut goes a step further by permitting the creation of easy-to-set-up simple forums (called "communities") of users. Since October 2006 , Orkut has permitted users to create accounts without an invitation. In April 2007 , Orkut introduced polls in communities. The initial target market for Orkut was the United States, but the majority of its users are in Brazil . [1] In fact, as of November 2007, 62.9% of the traffic come from Brazil, followed by 19.2% from India. [2] ” Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut
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9. LinkedIn “ LinkedIn is a business-oriented networking site (comparable to a social networking site ), mainly used for professional networking. As of November 2007, it had more than 16 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).” taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn
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13. WHAT IS FACEBOOK? Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to communicate with their friends and exchange information. Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
14. Facebook was launched on February 4 th 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg who was a Harvard Graduate in the class of 2006. At first membership was restricted to Harvard students, but it was expanded to allow any members of Ivy League schools within two months. After September 11 th 2006, anyone over the age of thirteen has been allowed to join. “ Facebook” refers to the paper facebooks that new students and staff get at the beginning of the year so they become familiar with the faces of the students on campus. Facebook is free to users and generates profit from advertising. Users create profiles, write about themselves, add pictures, join groups and causes, and add some of Facebook’s many applications to their profiles. Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
15. What makes Facebook different from other sites? Facebook has privacy features, that allow you to have restricted access to your profile page. Only users that you confirm as friends can see all of your information. Facebook has a feature called a “Wall”, where friends can post messages and comments for all of a user’s confirmed friends to read. Facebook has over 6500 different applications that users can add to their profiles. Sticky Notes, Horoscopes, Tarot, Happy Hour, Inspiring quotes and Anonymous boxes, are some of the most popular applications. Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
16. FEATURES -Facebook Market Place is a place where users can post adds, like For Sale, Jobs, Housing and other things. -Users can change their status to what they are doing at a certain time. -You can send people gifts/ - Facebook Events is a feature that lets friends know about upcoming events in a certain area. -You can add the top friends feature. -iLike is a music feature that shows the upcoming tour dates of the bands you like and has a music quiz similar to the one on the iPod. -Users can add songs and videos to their profiles. -Users can make slideshows with their pictures and tag the friends that are in them. -When a Facebook user passes away, their profile is changed to a memorial page where users can leave comments and condolences. Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
17. Disadvantages There have been some cases where Facebook is used to investigate underage drinking or violations of dry campus policies. High Schools are now starting to investigate underage drinking and other illegal activities with Facebook. Third Party users, such as the makers of certain applications, have access to nearly all of a person’s profile information. Facebook doesn’t screen these developers, and cannot control what they do with the information. Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
18. STATISTICS -Over 55 million active users -An average of 250 000 new users everyday -Over 65 billion page views per month -Largest networks are in London, UK and Toronto, Canada -Seventh highest traffic rank -1.7 billion photos Sourced from www.wikipedia.com
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