Top 10 Social Networking Sites 2011 ...

Social networking sites have taken over so many peoples lives and time. In the US alone, millions of people have been hooked on the number one social networking website, Facebook. Ever since its establishment, people have been in front of their computers just staring at their profile pages. Now, Facebook is available on pretty much every medium possible. Facebook is available on your computer, laptop and even mobile device. There is no question to why many people have been hooked on social networking. Social networking websites provide you with the ability to intrude in the lives of others and see what they are doing. It simply diminished the real life contact you have with someone over time. In this article, we will be looking at the top 10 social networking sites 2011.

10. Myspace.com

Myspace.com was once the leading social networking website on the internet. This site provided millions of users the ability to connect with one another. Surely, it was not as great as what we have today, but it did wow people. There were music groups that shared their albums and songs on Myspace, and there were people who created fan pages and much more. If you had an urge to meet with someone, it was going to be through Myspace.com The social networking site was a major hit in the USA and Canada, and it did spread across the globe. However, the rise of other social networking websites have stopped this from growing. Some people still use Myspace.com, but site experts say that user count has lowered  by over fifty percent.

9. Orkut.com

If you are from Canada or the US, you may not be too familiar with the social networking website Orkut.com. Orkut is a social networking website which is owned and operated by Google. The site is a major hit in Brazil and Mexico, but it is solely based in California with Google. Brazilians have used Orkut ever since its creation and they account for over fifty percent of the traffic. Google has targeted much of the social networks traffic to Brazil as that is where they have seen the largest growth rate. In September of 2008, over twenty million Brazilians visited the social networking site, making it the number one site for Brazil. It still stands at the peak of its traffic source.

8. 51.com

Some social networking sites like to create a large group by focusing on a large and diverse community. However, 51.com has had different plans from its start. The social networking website strives to connect with a specific audience from Asia. For 51.com, China was the biggest traffic source and target audience. In 2008, the user base from China alone was over one hundred and twenty million. Do you really want to know how surprising this figure is? There are only two hundred and ten million people in China with access to the internet. More than half of this amount had an account on the 51.com social networking website. In the US, eighty percent of the population uses the internet, while in China it is about twenty five percent.

7. Friendster.com

This is a social networking website that many of us had heard about, but never bothered to join or visit. When you think about the start of social networking websites, this was one of the first sites to ever pop up on the internet. This website came to be before the dotcom crash in 2002. All the other social networking websites came to be after the Friendster.com release. After much of a traffic surge in 2003, Google offered to buy Friendster.com, but a deal was not reached from both ends. A couple of years down the road, Google and Friendster.com came together for a twenty million dollar deal that would incorporate Google into part ownership.

6. Skyrock.com

Skyrock is a very fancy version of Myspace and Orkut. It has all the same features you see elsewhere, but they have done a much better job with arranging the content. The overall look and feel of the site is very modern, which makes people come back and stay on the site. You, as the user, could open up your own blog, fan page and more. The Skyrock.com social networking website first began as a blog titled Skyblog, which was operated by a radio station in Paris. After much of the commotion and increase social networking sites, they planned and launched the social networking wing of the company. Ever since then, millions of people have joined and started using the site.

5. Hi5.com

Hi5.com was just as popular as Myspace, but it too fell apart once the leading social networking website came into play. There are people who still use the site, but user-ship has gone down a tremendous amount in the past few years. Hi5.com used to have great advertising and promotions to have new users sign up, but even that has gone down in the last couple of years. The company was going through several million dollar deals concerning a buy out, but nothing significant occurred. In 2006, Hi5.com launched a Spanish version of their website, which did see some spikes in traffic. Today, the newer Spanish version of the website is doing much better than its original.

4. YouTube.com

YouTube.com is now a multi billion dollar business for the Google Enterprise. There is absolutely no other purchase in the history of the internet, in which more of a potential was seen. With YouTube, billions of users across the globe access millions of minutes of data. The video site has now become a top level social networking website that generates money for both the company and users. If you post videos on YouTube, you could become one of those people who make a living off YouTube. Many of the YouTube celebrities like Shaycarl, KassemG and RWJ make a living from the YouTube money they make. This website is one of the most viewed websites in the entire world.

3. Linkedin.com

Linkedin is a professional levels social networking website. If you are a professor or a animation artist, you should have a profile on Linkedin. This is the site where professionals and business officials come to get information on other professionals. There are over thirty five million members on the site and experts claim that all of the fortune 500 company CEO’s have a profile on the website. The website also provides users with the ability to find information about a particular professional in the business world. You can connect and share with other professionals as well, and this is why it has made it on our top 3 list.

2. Twitter.com

Twitter.com and its tweets have made millions of dollars from its official launch. You see everyone’s Twitter links everywhere you go. You need to follow her, him and them. Twitter is the new way of finding out what people are doing and where they are going. You can tweet messages, pictures, videos, links and more. Twitter has become a very easy medium to share your status with the rest of the world. Unlike the other social networking websites, with Twitter, everything is so easy to get done. Twitter on your mobile device is even so much easier to use.

1. Facebook.com

There is no absolutely no question as to why Facebook is now the leading social networking website on the planet. More than half the worlds population now has or had an account on Facebook.com. The leading social networking website is a billion dollar company that is only growing in size. It started off with the brilliant Mark Zuckerberg from his dorm room at the Harvard University. His idea to create a zone for Harvard student soon became a hit and took over the world. He is now one of the most valuable billionaires. Many companies tried signing deals with Facebook, but Mark declined offers and grew his company even further.

NEW! Google Plus

Google Plus is Google’s new social networking website. You may notice the GooglePlus icon around the internet, as a Google colored plus one (+1) button. You can like things by clicking on the plus one button. By clicking on the (+1) button, you are saying that this is pretty and that your friends should check it out. Since its part of the Google Buzz network, all your Google contacts get to see what you liked. For now, disliking something is not possible. The Google Plus button is very new to the social networking world, but it has gained a lot of popularity in the past few months. As Google is one the most powerful web companies in the world, it will be highly beneficial to get in on the trend with Google’s new plus one (+1) feature.

Posted in: Ahmed Sajjad Hashemy