Facebook is a social network site that started out strictly for uni students and was available by invite only. It is now cultural phenomenon reaching across the globe. Facebook has now overtaken Myspace to be the leader of the social network big boys.
Facebook is made up of separate networks based around schools, businessesand regions. Although registration is now open to the public, the site still caters to a college and high school demographic focusing on networking through groups and social activism.
Profiles allow users to post pictures, comments, blogs and apps. It also has some of the best privacy options on the Internet. It is mainly used to connect with people you already know in the real world but there are some limited features allowing users to meet new people
One of the problems with Facebook is that it lacks customization options. However, most users like the design and uniform feel of the site the way it is.
MySpace is extremely popular and receives a lot of traffic, but is not for the serious blogger.
The advantages to MySpace include the ability to upload and share video, audio and image files as well as a blog. But blogging is not the main business of Myspace, MySpace’s central focus is social networking.
One of the problems we have with MySpace in terms of blogging, is not many people would want to send their business associates or family to a site that displays the kind of material MySpace users post. MySpace does give you a link to your blog, so you could send your direct link to someone, but if they had to search for your blog it is nearly impossible to find. For example, in order to find work–friendly blogs, we tried to find blogs on cars and dogs; we were given a list of blogs that had more to do with sex than cars or dogs.
If your primary interest is social networking and non–professional blogging, then MySpace will work for you, otherwise try WordPress.
Very popular in the UK, Bebo is beginning to give some of the other social networking sites a real run for their money. Like other sites you can personalize your profile, add apps, set privacy settings and join groups.
The site is almost too secure making it difficut to use but there are definatly some interesting features.
Friendster is one of the most popular social networking sites in Asia. Now, it is starting to make an impact in the United States. Friendster provides plenty of networking features, the ability to customize your personal profile and to get you on your way to establishing a large network of friends.
Discover other avenues of expression by posting blogs and joining forums. You can choose from a variety of extra features like videos and groups. Friendster tries to cater to a slightly older crowd requiring users to be at least 16 to join.
Hi 5 is a large social network with a wide reaching following. . It allows users to connect with people they dont know from all over the world.
hi5 offers profile customization, security options and apps. A few of the things keeping hi5 out of our top three is the difficult search options, their sad help and support section and dependency on apps. It als has more of a younger and childish feel.
All in all bongal feels that it is sitting pretty in this diverse marketplace. We cant wait to show you!!!!
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