Social Networking Website

If you’re young and Internet-freak user, you probably run an account on a social networking website.A social networking website build online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends’ friends. Create a private community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends.MySpace is owned by Fox Interactive Media and it was launched in 2002.Facebook, on the other hand, was initially a website reserved strictly for

students of Harvard University. It was launched in February of 2004 and gradually extended its membership to include students from other universities across the globe. Today anyone with a valid email address and falling within a specific age group can sign up for a Facebook account. It also offers members the chance to join groups online and run forums within them. Facebook is particularly known for its photo-sharing feature.Almost all the United States users use only MySpace or Facebook.

Check this CNET Prizefight between MySpace and Facebook :

hi5 is another social networking website launched in 2003 and it became the one of the top 25 most visisted websites of 2008.It wasnt a huge success yet it is getting visitors everyday.Friendster is developed in 2002 the first to come in social networking websites group.It was mainly created to find and keep in touch of the High School friends(mainly US) as they might be joining different colleges.Later it gainly popularity then it was promoted worldwide with a heavy list of colleges and schools.Orkut is created by an Turkish Google employee(Orkut Büyükkökten) and it was launched in 2004.At present,Orkut is owned by Google and it was a huge success in Brazil and India.Almost 54% of the Orkut users are from Brazil and 17% are from India.Most important fact is that only 2% are from US.

Bebo is one such website launched in 2005 by husband and wife named Michael and Xochi Birch."Bebo" is a backronym for “Blog early, blog often".The unique feature of Bebo is that a 'Video Box' may be added, either hot-linked from Youtube, uploaded directly to Bebo's servers via Videoegg copied from a Bebo Media Content Provider's page.Bebo most received his almost 80% of visitors from United Kingdom.MySpace attracted more than 114 million global visitors age 15 and older in June 2007, representing a 72% increase versus year ago.Facebook experienced even stronger growth during that same time frame, jumping 270% to 52.2 million visitors.Orkut continues to dominate the Indians and I wonder how long before Google acquires a social networking site . However,Orkut is definitely not working in the United States and Europe.