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3 most successful social-networking websites

By admin ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Most of you, probably have an account with Myspace, Facebook or Bebo. These are 3 biggest social-networking websites in the world. So I thought, I’ll gather some info about them: how much they are worth, how many users they have, what traffic they generate and some other general information. Happy reading

1. Myspace.com

MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media; which is owned by News Corporation, which has its headquarters in New York City. (Wikipedia)

Launched:	July 2003
Founded by:	Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe
Type:	Social Network
Targeted Audience:	16 - 24
Users:	more than 110 million active users
Acquisition:	Bought by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Interactive Media in July 2005 for $580 million

2. Facebook.com

Facebook is a social networking website that was launched on February 4, 2004. The free-access website allows users to join one or more networks, such as a school, place of employment, or geographic region to easily connect and interact with other people. Users can post messages for their friends to see, and update their personal profile to notify friends about themselves. (Wikipedia)

Launched:	February 2004
Founded by:	Mark Zuckerberg
Type:	Social Network
Targeted Audience:	20 - 25
Users:	More than 70 million active users
Funding:	$378M
Acquisition:	Rejected $1 billion offer from Yahoo! in September 2006, asking for $2 billion

3. Bebo.com

Bebo, a backronym for “Blog early, blog often”, is an online social media network similar in format to MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, and Yahoo! 360. The site was founded in January 2005 by husband and wife team Michael and Xochi Birch. According to Hitwise, Bebo is the third most popular social networking website. Bebo was acquired by AOL on March 13, 2008 for $850m. (Wikipedia)

Some facts:

Bebo is officially the largest social networking site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand, and is the third largest social networking site in the US behind only MySpace and Facebook.

In the UK, Bebo is the most searched-for brand (ahead of eBay and Facebook) and has enormous brand equity.

Launched:	July 2005
Founded by:	Michael Birch and Xochi Birch
Type:	Social Network
Targeted Audience:	16 - 24
Users:	More than 35 million active users
Funding:	$15M
Acquisition:	Acquired by AOL on March 2008 for $850M